Bold Type Tickets Scanner vs FastBar Registration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
Easily scan event tickets using your device's camera or by searching for ticket details. Sync scans with servers to prevent duplicate entries and ensure ticket validity. Requires an event producer account on BoldTypeTickets.com.
- Scan ticket barcodes with camera
- Look up tickets by name or code
- Sync scans with servers
- Prevent copied tickets
- Real-time ticket validity check
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Scan your event tickets with the greatest of ease! Just point your iPhone or iPod Touch at the ticket barcode and immediately know if the ticket is valid. You can also look up tickets by name, confirmation code, or serial number. The app syncs your scans with our servers so you can have several scanners at different entrances and never worry about copied tickets! Wa-pow! An event producer account on BoldTypeTickets.com is required to use the app.
FastBar Registration
This application is designed for event staff to quickly and securely register attendees on-site at events using a cashless payment system. It streamlines the entry process by allowing staff to link new credit cards, load cash onto accounts, or scan pre-registered QR codes.
- On-site attendee registration
- Cashless payment system
- Secure and quick payment processing
- Link new credit cards
- Load cash onto accounts
- Scan pre-registered QR codes
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FastBar is a cashless payment system for events. It helps eliminate long bar lines by making payment quick, easy and secure. THIS APP IS ONLY FOR EVENT STAFF RUNNING FASTBAR AT THEIR EVENT This app is used by event staff to register attendees on-site at an event that is running FastBar. If you're an attendee at a FastBar-powered event, you don't need an app to use FastBar. If you're event staff looking for the FastBar Point of Sale (POS) app (used to sell items at the event), it is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fastbar-point-of-sale/id1199098912?mt=8 HOW DOES THIS APP WORK? As a member of the event staff, take the following steps to register attendees on-site at your event: 1. Download this app 2. Login with your account, or the credentials provided to you by the event manager 3. Select your event 4. Start registering people! You can register attendees either by connecting a new credit card, loading cash onto their account or by scanning the attendee's FastBar QR code if they have pre-registered ahead of time. MORE QUESTIONS Check out our website http://getfastbar.com or drop us a line at support@getfastbar.com and we'd be happy to help! Thanks for using FastBar!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FastBar Registration at 100% against Bold Type Tickets Scanner's 50%. FastBar Registration also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). Bold Type Tickets Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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.
FastBar Registration holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Bold Type Tickets Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of FastBar Registration's.
Bold Type Tickets Scanner ships an update every 7 months, FastBar Registration weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bold Type Tickets Scanner | FastBar Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 303 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noisy Creek, Inc. | FastBar Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
FastBar Registration
In-app purchases
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
No in-app purchases
FastBar Registration
No in-app purchases
Questions
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