Comparison

Ticketor Gate vs Event Ticket Hero

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Event Ticket Hero

Easily manage small events by creating and issuing electronic tickets. Attendees receive tickets via email, text, or social media, and you can scan them at the door. Offline functionality and Dropbox syncing for premium users enhance event administration.

Highlights
  • Create and issue electronic tickets
  • Scan barcodes for entry/exit
  • Offline event management
  • Share tickets via email, text, social media
  • Sync events with Dropbox (Premium)
  • Sort ticket holder lists
Features
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Send tickets to attendees and scan barcodes at the door. Managing your small event has never been easier! Whether it’s a concert, or private event, be the Event Ticket Hero! We collect no fees from ticket sales. Collect payment by cash or other means available to you, then use Event Ticket Hero to issue the tickets! Sending tickets electronically to ticketholders has never been easier. Share them by email, text, or social media. You can even print them through a connected printer! Administrating the event is also simple. The list of ticket holders can be sorted alphabetically or by ticket number. Attendee’s contact information can be entered in the app to allow for easy ticket distribution. It also makes it easy for you to communicate with ticket holders in the future as needed. With Event Ticket Hero Premium, you can use Dropbox to sync events and ticket lists between devices. This way, you can use a different device to scan tickets at the door than you used to create the tickets! During the event, tickets can be scanned for entrance and exit. Visual scanning feedback and optional audio feedback makes it easy to distinguish between valid and invalid entries. All ticket scanning history is stored on the device scanning tickets. To ensure a ticket is only used once for entry, it is important that a single device is used to scan tickets at the door. This also means that no internet access is required at the event! Even if your concert is in a basement or your private party is at a remote setting off the grid, you can be an Event Ticket Hero!

Screenshots

Ticketor Gate4 screens
Event Ticket Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Event Ticket Hero at 4.7 against Ticketor Gate's 4.0. Event Ticket Hero also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 5). Ticketor Gate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Event Ticket Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ticketor Gate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Event Ticket Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Event Ticket Hero has 96 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ticketor Gate ships an update every 3 weeks, Event Ticket Hero every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ticketor Gate versus Event Ticket Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTicketor GateEvent Ticket Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings)4.7 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings596 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTicketorJURASCO INC.

Customer experience

Ticketor Gate

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Event Ticket Hero

All ratings95 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ticketor Gate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Event Ticket Hero

One-time1
  • Event Ticket Hero Premium$17.99

Questions

Is Ticketor Gate free?
Ticketor Gate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Ticket Hero free?
Event Ticket Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ticketor Gate or Event Ticket Hero?
Event Ticket Hero is rated higher. Ticketor Gate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Event Ticket Hero averages 4.7 from 96 ratings.
Do Ticketor Gate or Event Ticket Hero have ads?
Neither Ticketor Gate nor Event Ticket Hero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ticketor Gate or Event Ticket Hero?
Ticketor Gate ships an update every 3 weeks, and Event Ticket Hero every 3 months. Most recently, Ticketor Gate was updated on October 20, 2026 and Event Ticket Hero on October 24, 2026.

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