Improv Tonight vs Ravinia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Improv Tonight
Discover local comedy shows and classes happening in your city. This app makes it simple to find entertainment options near you.
- Discover comedy shows
- Find comedy classes
- Local event listings
- City-wide search
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Improv Tonight is the easiest way to discover comedy shows and classes around your city!
Ravinia
Manage your event tickets, browse upcoming shows, and purchase new tickets with ease. Share your tickets with friends and family directly from the application.
- Access and transfer tickets
- Browse event listings
- Purchase tickets
- Seamless ticket access
- Ticket transfer to others
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Welcome to the brand new app for Ravinia Festival Access and transfer your tickets for upcoming events, browse our event listings and easily purchase tickets for future shows Seamless Ticket Access - simply sign in with the same account you used to purchase your ticket Discover our upcoming events - check availability, and secure your spot with just a few taps Ticket Transfer - easily share tickets with friends and family from within the app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Improv Tonight at 79% against Ravinia's 14%. Improv Tonight also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). Ravinia's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (6.3K vs 20). 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.
Ravinia holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ravinia has 6.3K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Improv Tonight's written reviews are positive against 14% of Ravinia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Improv Tonight ships an update every 2 months, Ravinia every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Improv Tonight | Ravinia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 4.6 (6.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 6.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Hoelter | Ravinia Festival |
Customer experience
Improv Tonight
Ravinia
Bugs and requests
Improv Tonight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ravinia
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues and account lockouts
- Ticket names are squeezed together and unreadable
Requested features
7 requests- Allow web access option for tickets
- Provide more information about the venue (e.g., opening times, parking)
- Improve the user interface and user experience
- Optimize the app for mobile devices
- Enhance performance and reduce page load times
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- Make call-to-action buttons more prominent
- Allow ticket organization and management on Windows devices
In-app purchases
Improv Tonight
No in-app purchases
Ravinia
No in-app purchases
Questions
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