Comparison

Trade Show Scan vs Metkeep

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

Head to head
About

Trade Show Scan

Easily capture attendee contact information at trade shows by scanning badges. Export data in spreadsheet format for efficient post-show follow-up and marketing campaigns.

Highlights
  • Scan attendee badges
  • Capture contact information
  • Export data to spreadsheet
  • Post-show follow-up
  • Marketing campaign support
Features
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TRADE SHOW SCAN was developed by TacOps Tactical Training Conference and Expo to enhance the trade show experience of our exhibiting companies. This application scans the attendees badge and captures their contact information for post-show follow-up. Data can be exported and sent to your email address in spreadsheet format for post-show followup and marketing efforts.

About

Metkeep

Capture, organize, and follow up with new contacts from business cards, badges, or voice notes. AI research helps identify prospects and connectors, while automated follow-up drafts ensure timely communication. Your contact data is stored privately and is always exportable.

Highlights
  • Scan business cards, badges, QR codes, and voice notes
  • AI company research for new contacts
  • Prospect and connector identification
  • Automated follow-up email and text drafts
  • Digital business card with QR code
  • Private, searchable, and exportable contact data
Features
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You meet someone worth remembering — on a sales call, at a client site, over dinner, on a show floor. Two weeks later they're a name you can't place and a follow-up that never went out. Metkeep makes sure something happens next. SCAN ANYTHING Business cards, badges, QR codes, or just a voice note about the person you met. Metkeep reads it, files it, and remembers the conversation for you. KNOW WHO YOU MET Pro researches the company for you: what they do, how big they are, and what your contact likely owns. Every new contact gets a call — PROSPECT worth pitching now, or CONNECTOR worth introducing to someone you know. FOLLOW UP WHILE IT'S WARM Ready-to-send drafts in your voice — email or text, English or Spanish — plus reminders that nudge you when a promised follow-up comes due. YOUR OWN CARD, THEIR PHONE Your digital card with a QR code anyone can scan with a plain camera — with your LinkedIn on it. They save your contact; you can capture theirs back. No app needed on their end. YOURS Every contact you capture is stored on your device and your private iCloud — searchable and exportable (CSV, vCard) even if you never pay a cent. If you lapse, you lose the engine, never your data. PLANS • Free — capture, organize, search, export. • Pro — $29.99/month. AI research, drafts, intros, nudges. • Pro Annual — $239/year, about 33% off the monthly rate. One recovered deal pays for years of Metkeep. Privacy policy: https://www.metkeep.com/privacy

Screenshots

Trade Show Scan4 screens
Metkeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trade Show Scan at none against Metkeep's 2. Trade Show Scan also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Metkeep's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Metkeep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Trade Show Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Trade Show Scan against 5.0 for Metkeep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trade Show Scan ships an update every 10 months, Metkeep weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Trade Show Scan versus Metkeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrade Show ScanMetkeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew York Tactical Officers Association, Inc.Richard James Hurst

Customer experience

Trade Show Scan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Metkeep

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Trade Show Scan

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Metkeep

Subscriptions2
  • Metkeep Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Metkeep Pro Annual$239.001 Year

Questions

Is Trade Show Scan free?
Trade Show Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metkeep free?
Metkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trade Show Scan or Metkeep?
Trade Show Scan and Metkeep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Trade Show Scan or Metkeep have ads?
Neither Trade Show Scan nor Metkeep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trade Show Scan or Metkeep?
Trade Show Scan ships an update every 10 months, and Metkeep weekly. Most recently, Trade Show Scan was updated on October 3, 2026 and Metkeep on October 25, 2026.

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