Comparison

Bold Type Tickets Scanner vs iLink Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Scan ticket barcodes with camera
  • Look up tickets by name or code
  • Sync scans with servers
  • Prevent copied tickets
  • Real-time ticket validity check
Features
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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.

About

iLink Mobile

Features
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iLink by CEM is your solution for remote access to MARS6, Discover 2.0, Liberty 2.0, BLADE and other iLink-equipped CEM instruments! iLink allows you to monitor the status of multiple instruments, manage the queue, start and stop the run, and view run results.

Screenshots

Bold Type Tickets Scanner4 screens
iLink Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: iLink Mobile at every 3 months against Bold Type Tickets Scanner's every 7 months. Bold Type Tickets Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bold Type Tickets Scanner ships an update every 7 months, iLink Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bold Type Tickets Scanner versus iLink Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBold Type Tickets ScanneriLink Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoisy Creek, Inc.CEM Corporation

In-app purchases

None

Bold Type Tickets Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

iLink Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bold Type Tickets Scanner free?
Bold Type Tickets Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iLink Mobile free?
iLink Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bold Type Tickets Scanner or iLink Mobile have ads?
Neither Bold Type Tickets Scanner nor iLink Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bold Type Tickets Scanner or iLink Mobile?
Bold Type Tickets Scanner ships an update every 7 months, and iLink Mobile every 3 months. Most recently, Bold Type Tickets Scanner was updated on October 24, 2026 and iLink Mobile on October 26, 2026.

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