HappsNow vs PlayGridX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Live event discovery
- Mobile ticketing
- Search and browse events
- Purchase tickets
- Curated selection of events
- Optimized event experience
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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.
PlayGridX
This app is a professional-grade video player for Apple devices, supporting HD and 4K playback in various formats. It offers features like Picture-in-Picture, background playback, and customizable settings for an enhanced viewing experience.
- HD & 4K video playback
- Supports all major video formats
- Picture-in-Picture mode
- Background playback
- Subtitle support
- Customizable playback settings
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PlayGridX – HD & 4K Video Player PlayGridX is a professional-grade video player that transforms your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV into a complete media hub. It supports all major video formats, including HD and 4K, delivering smooth, high-quality playback with effortless performance. Enjoy your favorite content anywhere with full subtitle support, Picture-in-Picture mode, and background playback for uninterrupted viewing. Customize your experience with dark mode themes and playback settings such as playback speed, mute options, and screen orientation control. PlayGridX works with a wide range of compatible media services. Users can sign in using credentials provided by any participating service or media source of their choice. Content access and availability are determined by the selected service provider, independent of PlayGridX. PlayGridX delivers a flexible, reliable, and high-performance viewing experience across all your Apple devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlayGridX at 5.0 against HappsNow's 2.3. PlayGridX also leads on device support (4 vs 2). HappsNow's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlayGridX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
HappsNow ships an update monthly, PlayGridX every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HappsNow | PlayGridX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SI Tickets, Inc. | Myvue Design Llc |
In-app purchases
HappsNow
No in-app purchases
PlayGridX
No in-app purchases
