TicketSpice vs Ticketor Gate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TicketSpice
Transform your mobile device into a ticket scanner. This app validates barcoded tickets purchased through its web software, utilizing your device's camera for QR codes and compatible hardware for other barcode types.
- Mobile ticket scanning
- Barcode validation
- QR code scanning
- Hardware accessory support
- TicketSpice web integration
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Turn your iPhone and iPad into a ticket scanner using the camera. App scans and validates barcoded tickets purchased using TicketSpice web software. Camera scans QR Codes. Code128 barcodes are scanned using supported hardware accessories.
Ticketor Gate
This utility app validates tickets for events hosted on Ticketor websites. It checks for validity and prevents duplicate entries using the phone's camera or an external scanner. Features include offline scanning and searching by attendee details.
- Ticket validation
- Duplicate ticket detection
- Camera or external scanner support
- Offline and online scanning
- Search by name, email, or confirmation number
- Exit for re-entry
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This app is the gate control utility for Ticketor based websites. Ticketor Gate app can be used at the gate to validate tickets to ensure the tickets are both valid and not a duplicate (have not been used before). It can be used either with the phone camera or an external (bluetooth or USB) barcode scanner. Full instruction for using the app can be find in your website help section under Control Panel > Help & Support > Help & Instructions > Gate Control & E-Ticket Validation Other features include: Exit for re-entry Offline and online scanning Search by name, email or confirmation number. Please note that to use this app you need to have a Ticketor account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: TicketSpice at 29 against Ticketor Gate's 5. Ticketor Gate's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for TicketSpice against 4.0 for Ticketor Gate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TicketSpice has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TicketSpice | Ticketor Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (29 ratings) | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Webconnex LLC | Ticketor |
Customer experience
TicketSpice
Ticketor Gate
In-app purchases
TicketSpice
No in-app purchases
Ticketor Gate
No in-app purchases
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