# Gen Con

> Guide to The Best Four Days in Gaming

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gcms\_mobile](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gcms_mobile)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.gcms_mobile`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gen Con Mobile
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 41,924
- **Rating:** 2.67 / 5 (118 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.57
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2019-07-19
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcms_mobile)
- **Website:** [http://www.gencon.com](http://www.gencon.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.gencon.com/privacy](http://www.gencon.com/privacy)

## Description

Make the most of your Gen Con experience with the Official Gen Con Mobile App—the ultimate electronic guide to The Best Four Days in Gaming. This app lets you browse and search for a wide range of gaming events, purchase tickets seamlessly, and organize your personal event schedule. Stay connected by messaging your friends directly within the app, and easily find your way around the convention with the interactive map feature. Updated regularly with new features and fixes, the app also supports event hosts by enabling badge scanning for electronic ticketing. For technical support or feedback, users can engage through the Gen Con forums.

## Rankings

- #323,152 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.gcms_mobile.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app's schedule, ticket purchasing, in-app maps, and messaging features as helpful tools for managing Gen Con events. However, many find it difficult to use due to frequent forced logins, poor map usability, unreliable search functions, persistent incorrect update prompts, and crashes. These issues cumulatively make the app frustrating and unreliable for attendees seeking convenience and guidance during the convention.

### Pros

- Helpful schedule feature showing events in chronological order
- Ability to purchase tickets for events through the app
- In-app maps of the convention center and surrounding locales
- Messaging capability to contact friends and event organizers
- Provides a basic electronic version of the Gen Con program

### Cons

- App frequently requires re-login each time it is opened
- Map functionality is poor; unclear, confusing orientation, and lacks context at different zoom levels
- Search function is unreliable, often not working or causing errors
- Persistent false update notifications with no available updates
- Usability issues such as difficult navigation, small clickable icons, and app crashes or freezes

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gcms_mobile)