# GDC Festival

> Productivity

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6476165719](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6476165719)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6476165719`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Informa Tech Holdings, LLC
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (60 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-14
- **First published:** 2024-01-28
- **Size:** 141 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gdc-festival/id6476165719)
- **Website:** [https://gdconf.com](https://gdconf.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.informa.com/privacy-policy](https://www.informa.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

The GDC Festival mobile app is your essential companion for maximizing participation at the world's largest game developer event. Use an interactive map to navigate the show floor, moving between sessions, meeting rooms, exhibitor booths, and networking areas with ease.

The app also curates a personalized agenda with fast search and detailed track descriptions, helping you quickly find sessions and speakers. Beyond scheduling, you can connect with peers, schedule meetings, and share insights, while real-time updates, announcements, and reminders keep you informed throughout the festival.

## Rankings

- #175,890 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviews praise the app for scheduling and aiding first-timers, but the app is hindered by a clunky UI, unreliable search, and persistent privacy concerns. Users report frequent crashes or outages, heavy battery use, and forced ads. Critical missing features include per-day views, bookmarking sessions, and customizable notifications. Privacy worries include exposure of personal data and difficulty removing or controlling it. Despite some praise for accessibility, the overall sentiment highlights significant UX flaws and data security risks.

### Pros

- Strong scheduling and personal schedule management that helps plan talks and events.
- Accessible and easy-to-use interface for first-time GDC attendees, improving orientation.
- App is generally seen as helpful for navigating the festival and connecting with talks and people.
- Users repeatedly rely on it for scheduling across multiple years, indicating consistent usefulness.

### Cons

- Clunky UI with poor navigation and nonfunctional search.
- Privacy and data-security concerns: exposure of personal data and difficulty removing or controlling data.
- Battery drain and forced popup ads on startup.
- Occasional outages or non-functionality making the app unreliable.
- Missing essential features like bookmarking sessions and per-day schedule view.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6476165719)