Comparison

HappsNow vs Troma NOW!

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

Head to head
About

HappsNow

Discover live events like games and concerts, and purchase mobile tickets. Enhance your event experience with features designed to help you focus on enjoying the moment.

Highlights
  • Live event discovery
  • Mobile ticketing
  • Search and browse events
  • Purchase tickets
  • Curated selection of events
  • Optimized event experience
Features
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Know what is happening now. HappsNow is a live event discovery and mobile ticketing platform that allows users to search for, browse and buy tickets to a curated selection of games, concerts, and venues. Your experience shouldn’t end after you scan your ticket at the door. Which is why with HappsNow, that’s when the fun starts, our features are designed to optimize your experience so you can spend more time living in the moment, and less focused on everything else.

About

Troma NOW!

Access Troma Entertainment's extensive 47-year film library, featuring classic and cult movies. Enjoy curated content with subtitles and special features. Subscribe for full access to this unique collection of independent cinema.

Highlights
  • Extensive Troma film library
  • Curated content
  • Subtitles available
  • Special features
  • Classic and cult movies
  • Independent cinema
Features
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Troma Entertainment's Entire 47 year Library, easily accessible & meticulously curated... featuring as many subtitles & special features as inhumanly possible. Established in 1974 by Yale friends Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment is the longest-running independent movie studio in North America, and it's one of the very few genuine brand names in the industry. Troma is worldfamous for producing and distributing classic films such as Kaufman's "The ToxicAvenger", Trey Parker's "Cannibal, the Musical", "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "Class of Nuke 'Em High", Charles Kaufman's "Mother's Day" and "Tromeo & Juliet". Early works of many of today's luminaries can be found in Troma's library of 1000 films, cartoons, TV shows and shorts. Jenna Fischer, Robert De Niro,Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Fergie, Vincent D'Onofrio, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gunn and Eli Roth are just a few notable Troma alumni. Troma's latest in house productions are "Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volumes 1 & 2". www.twitter.com/lloydkaufman, www.twitter.com/troma_team, www.facebook.com/troma.entertainment To access all features and content you can subscribe to Troma NOW! on a monthly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: http://watch.troma.com/tos Privacy Policy: http://watch.troma.com/privacy

Screenshots

HappsNow4 screens
Troma NOW!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Troma NOW! at 97% against HappsNow's 0%. Troma NOW! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (141 vs 3). HappsNow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). 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. Troma NOW! sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. HappsNow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Troma NOW! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Troma NOW! has 141 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of HappsNow's written reviews are positive against 97% of Troma NOW!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HappsNow ships an update monthly, Troma NOW! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HappsNow versus Troma NOW!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappsNowTroma NOW!
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (141 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews96.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3141 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS8.2 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB102 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSI Tickets, Inc.Troma Entertainment Inc.,

Customer experience

HappsNow

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Troma NOW!

All ratings139 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%

Bugs and requests

HappsNow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Troma NOW!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes on iPhone
  • Unable to watch in full screen

Requested features

2 requests
  • French version of the app
  • More detailed descriptions for different movie versions

In-app purchases

None

HappsNow

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Troma NOW!

Subscriptions1
  • Troma NOW! Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is HappsNow free?
HappsNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Troma NOW! free?
Troma NOW! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HappsNow or Troma NOW!?
Troma NOW! is rated higher. HappsNow averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Troma NOW! averages 5.0 from 141 ratings.
Do HappsNow or Troma NOW! have ads?
Neither HappsNow nor Troma NOW! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HappsNow or Troma NOW!?
HappsNow ships an update monthly, and Troma NOW! every 4 months. Most recently, HappsNow was updated on November 1, 2026 and Troma NOW! on November 3, 2026.

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