Cvent LeadCapture vs Neostart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cvent LeadCapture
Capture attendee leads at events using your device. Scan badges, manually enter information, rate leads, and send documents or weblinks directly. Take notes to manage your contacts effectively.
- Scan attendee badges
- Manual lead entry
- Lead rating (1-5)
- Send documents/weblinks
- Take lead notes
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Cvent LeadCapture works with Cvent’s OnSite Solutions platform to scan attendee leads onsite using your own device. To get started, download Cvent LeadCapture on your lead-scanning device. Enter the access code you received earlier, and that's it! You're ready to scan. With Cvent LeadCapture, you can: - Scan attendee leads onsite - Enter leads in manually if they don’t have a badge - Rate leads on a scale of 1 to 5 - Send documents and weblinks directly to your leads - Take notes on your leads
Neostart
This business application helps employees, partners, and customers manage events and product roadmaps. It provides a centralized platform for accessing important information and staying updated on project developments.
- Event management
- Product roadmap planning
- Employee access
- Partner collaboration
- Customer engagement
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Neostella's Neostart application is used by Neostella employees, partners and customer for event and product roadmap management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Neostart at 5.0 against Cvent LeadCapture's 4.5. Neostart also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). Cvent LeadCapture's advantage is ratings volume (401 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Neostart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cvent LeadCapture has 401 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cvent LeadCapture ships an update every 3 months, Neostart every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cvent LeadCapture | Neostart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (401 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 401 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Cvent | Neostella, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cvent LeadCapture
Neostart
Bugs and requests
Cvent LeadCapture
Reported bugs
19 issues- Does not allow for manual entry
- Requires manual clicks after scanning
- Clunky user experience with 'DONE' button
- Slow to open and sluggish performance
- Codes scan sometimes and not others
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- Cannot add a lead without the barcode scanner
- Scans do not come up with all information
- Only half the leads scan
- Not giving email information
- Cumbersome to grab more than one lead at a time
- App did not work during trade show, scanned zero attendees
- Contact information was not captured for leads
- No way to export leads to excel
- Not saving email addresses when scanning codes
- Will not send access code
- Customer service doesn't respond or help
- Fails to capture QR code half the time
- App is slow to load
- Will not confirm via email
Requested features
12 requests- Allow manual entry of leads
- Provide a faster way to scan without manual clicks
- Allow scanning multiple badges at a time and saving for later
- Ability to put notes in prior to matching
- Allow editing notes after lead creation
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- Option to 'save and scan new' for faster workflow
- Add categories for lead qualification
- Enable exporting leads to Excel
- Fix issue with not saving email addresses
- Improve scanning consistency
- Ensure all necessary information is captured in scans
- Streamline the process after scanning a badge
Neostart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cvent LeadCapture
No in-app purchases
Neostart
No in-app purchases
Questions
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