HackerTracker vs pretixSCAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HackerTracker
Organize your attendance at information security conferences. Save and view your preferred talks and events from multiple conferences, including DEF CON and BSides, with an on-device schedule that updates automatically.
- On-device schedule management
- Save preferred talks and events
- Supports multiple conferences
- Automatic schedule updates
- View talks, contests, and events
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Plan your visit to any number of information security conferences. HackerTracker features an on-device schedule for viewing and saving your preferred talks and events from different events, including DEF CON, local BSides events, OWASP global conferences, and others. The schedule for talks, contests, and events are included and HackerTracker updates automatically for other conferences as data becomes available.
pretixSCAN
This utility app allows organizers to efficiently scan tickets for events managed through the pretix platform. It streamlines the check-in process at event entrances, ensuring a smooth experience for attendees and staff.
- Ticket scanning
- Event check-in
- pretix integration
- Open Source
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pretix is an Open Source online ticket shop available at https://pretix.eu/about/en/ If you organize your conference with pretix, you can use this application to scan the tickets at the entrance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HackerTracker at fortnightly against pretixSCAN's monthly. pretixSCAN's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 58%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
HackerTracker ships an update fortnightly, pretixSCAN monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HackerTracker | pretixSCAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seth Law | pretix GmbH |
Customer experience
HackerTracker
pretixSCAN
In-app purchases
HackerTracker
No in-app purchases
pretixSCAN
No in-app purchases
