Comparison

IEEE INFOCOM vs Pocket RFC

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

IEEE INFOCOM

This app provides a comprehensive guide to a major academic conference, offering a searchable program schedule, real-time updates, and offline access to all sessions and papers. It helps attendees navigate the event with personalized schedules, reminders, and even AI-powered recommendations and chat.

Highlights
  • Full conference program schedule with real-time updates
  • Searchable technical program by title, author, or abstract
  • Offline access to schedule and papers
  • Personalized favorites and reminder notifications
  • AI chat for conference program inquiries
  • Downloadable papers and proceedings
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Elevate your experience attending the conference with the official app for IEEE INFOCOM! IEEE INFOCOM is one of the flagship academic conferences in the area of computer communications and networking, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. Whether or not you may be attending the conference in person, the INFOCOM app has been redesigned from the ground up in 2024 to serve your needs by providing you the information whenever you need it. It is designed to be easy to use, convenient, and fast, and with your privacy taken very seriously. Attending a conference as large as INFOCOM, with over 500 talks, posters and demos, organized in over 160 technical sessions in the main program and workshops, is often a daunting experience. You may find yourself wondering where to go! To help you find your favourite sessions, the INFOCOM app allows you to: * Access the entire program schedule of the conference, with real-time updates in case the program schedule is updated during the conference * Search through the entire technical program, by searching for session titles, talk titles, author names, and abstracts with instantaneous results * As-you-type search with search results updating in real-time * Add a talk to your favorites * Schedule reminder notifications for up to 64 talks in the conference * Review more details about any session or talk, including showing the session that a talk belongs to * Supports both light mode and dark mode * Recommendations for similar talks, ranked by the similarity scores between camera-ready papers * Chat with Qwen 3.5 0.8B, a locally deployed model, about the conference program You can download and export any of the papers in the entire INFOCOM proceedings — including the program-at-a-glance and all the workshop programs — right within the app. Since conference venues often have poor Internet connections, the app works completely offline without connecting to the network, when you are viewing or searching through the entire schedule. Whenever there are new updates to sessions and talks, the app will be silently updated in real-time. You may also pull down to update the conference program at any time. We respect your privacy: your favorites and reminders will never leave your iOS device and will not be synchronized to the cloud. You do not need to sign in to use any of the features in the app. It is designed to be simple, private, and fast to use.

About

Pocket RFC

Access and explore Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comment (RFC) documents easily. Save documents for offline viewing, mark favorites, and search the index for terms of interest. Customize text colors and share with friends.

Highlights
  • Discover and explore RFC documents
  • Offline viewing of saved RFCs
  • Mark favorite RFC documents
  • Adjustable text colors for reading
  • Search RFC index by terms
  • Share RFC documents
Features
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Interested in Request For Comment (RFC) documents? Pocket RFC is your handy reference application to quickly discover and explore the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) index of Request for Comment (RFC) documents. + Quick discovery and exploration of RFC documents + Save RFC documents to your device for offline viewing + Mark your favorite RFC + Adjust text color for comfortable reading + Search RFC index for terms of interest + Share with your friends

Screenshots

IEEE INFOCOM4 screens
Pocket RFC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IEEE INFOCOM at none against Pocket RFC's 1. IEEE INFOCOM also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Pocket RFC's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket RFC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IEEE INFOCOM asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IEEE INFOCOM ships an update every 3 weeks, Pocket RFC every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IEEE INFOCOM versus Pocket RFC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIEEE INFOCOMPocket RFC
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuetone CorporationVerzitex LLC

Customer experience

IEEE INFOCOM

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pocket RFC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

IEEE INFOCOM

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pocket RFC

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is IEEE INFOCOM free?
IEEE INFOCOM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket RFC free?
Pocket RFC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IEEE INFOCOM or Pocket RFC have ads?
Neither IEEE INFOCOM nor Pocket RFC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IEEE INFOCOM or Pocket RFC?
IEEE INFOCOM ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pocket RFC every 7 months. Most recently, IEEE INFOCOM was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pocket RFC on October 24, 2026.

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