Comparison

ActivTracker vs Panopto

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

Head to head
About

ActivTracker

This application allows attendees to scan into events. It is designed to work with the ActivTracker event management program. Ensure you have an event code to scan.

Highlights
  • Scan into events
  • Event management integration
  • Attendee check-in
  • Event code scanning
Features
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ActivTracker is an attendance tracking system. Downloading this app will allow attendees to be able to scan into events that are managed from the ActivTracker program.

About

Panopto

Access and view all of your organization's video content, including presentations, lectures, and training. Search within videos for keywords, navigate using slides or transcripts, and record or upload your own videos. Ideal for learning and presenting on the go.

Highlights
  • Access organizational video content
  • Search within videos
  • Record and upload videos
  • View lectures and presentations
  • Navigate by slides and transcript
  • Closed captioning
Features
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Panopto Mobile lets you access all of your organization’s video content from your iPhone or iPad. View HD video presentations, lectures, training courses and events. Search inside your videos to find any keyword or topic. And upload or record videos using your device's camera app. Learn anywhere • Watch a lecture, presentation, or training session from your iPhone or iPad • Search within a video to jump right where you need to be • Read closed captions as you watch the video • Navigate videos by tapping on slides, chapters, or transcript • Listen to videos while you are interacting with other apps or while your screen is off Present and teach anywhere • Record a presentation or lecture with the built-in camera • Record meetings or classes in rooms equipped with Panopto Remote Recorder With Panopto’s Video Platform, you can transform how your organization learns and communicates: • Sales and Marketing can record and webcast presentations, demos, and events. • Corporate Communications can deliver recorded or live messages from executives. • Human Resources can deliver online training to employees around the world. • Engineering teams can record meetings and share best practices. • Support teams can record tutorials and visually demonstrate solutions to customers. • Faculty can record lectures, lab demonstrations, medical simulations, and more. • Students can view lectures on the go and take notes that get saved with the recording. • Students can record their own videos and securely submit them for instructor review. • IT staff can integrate Panopto with existing LMS, CMS and identity systems. About Panopto Panopto creates software that enables organizations to record, webcast, search, and share all of their video content and presentations. Panopto's video platform is currently in use at Fortune 500 companies around the world, and is the fastest growing lecture capture solution at leading universities.

Screenshots

ActivTracker4 screens
Panopto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ActivTracker at 2.3 against Panopto's 1.7. ActivTracker also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.1). Panopto's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (258 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ActivTracker holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Panopto has 258 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActivTracker ships an update every 30 months, Panopto every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ActivTracker versus Panopto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivTrackerPanopto
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better1.7 (258 ratings)
Positive reviews—8.5% of reviews
Number of ratings3258 — better
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdminformatics, LLCPanopto

Customer experience

ActivTracker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Panopto

All ratings258 ratings
Positive14.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative81.0%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive8.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative85.2%

Bugs and requests

ActivTracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Panopto

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues
  • Video playback problems
  • Syncing issues between audio and video
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add split-screen/picture-in-picture mode
  • Improve video organization and search
  • Add Airplay support
  • Implement landscape mode on iPad
  • Allow offline video access

In-app purchases

None

ActivTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Panopto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActivTracker free?
ActivTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panopto free?
Panopto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ActivTracker or Panopto?
ActivTracker is rated higher. ActivTracker averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Panopto averages 1.7 from 258 ratings.
Do ActivTracker or Panopto have ads?
Neither ActivTracker nor Panopto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActivTracker or Panopto?
ActivTracker ships an update every 30 months, and Panopto every 5 months. Most recently, ActivTracker was updated on September 24, 2026 and Panopto on October 13, 2026.

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