vCheckin vs MSD Event Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vCheckin
This application streamlines event registration and attendee management. It offers self-service onsite check-in, session tracking, and evaluation capabilities. The tool integrates with existing registration systems and allows for on-demand badge printing.
- Self-service onsite registration
- Session tracking and evaluation
- Integration with pre-event systems
- On-demand badge printing
- QR code and ticket scanning
- Cloud-based redundancy
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vCheckin is a self-service, cloud-based, onsite registration application that includes session tracking and session evaluations. vCheckin can integrate with any pre-event registration system, and is ideally suited for self-service deployments due to its ease of use and built-in redundancy. Now, you can use your iOS device to scan any Registration provider's QR Code or Validar Event Ticket to quickly print a credential on demand. You can also use these devices to track session attendance and propagate an EventHub™ Session evaluation. Your attendees' first impression is very important. vCheckin allows you to deliver a best-in-class attendee experience! Contact your Validar Account Manager at sales@validar.com if on-demand badge printing is desired.
MSD Event Space
Enhance event experiences for attendees with personalized journeys, interactive engagement tools, and networking opportunities. Facilitate connections and gather insights through features like custom event pages, targeted polls, and participant matching.
- Personalized event pages
- Timely notifications
- Session search and theming
- Participant matching
- Built-in video calls
- Interactive polls and Q&A
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Facilitate relationships, drive outcomes, maximize your hybrid and in-person events with MSD Event Space. Provide a memorable experience Deliver a personalized experience every step of the way. Build customized event pages (complete with trip summary and FAQs), send timely notifications including travel times. Help your audience search for their sessions by using tags and building out themes. Limit sessions to specific audience members, like execs or VIPs, and send out personalized agenda recommendations. Help attendees make connections at your event. Participant matching can help attendees find people they should get to know and enable them easily meet in-person or with built-in video calls. Give your audience a voice Build excitement before the event and break the ice during your event with polls, quizzes, word clouds, and Q&A’s your audience will love. Provide participants a personalized experience with targeted polls. Gain detailed insights from individual attendees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MSD Event Space at every 5 weeks against vCheckin's every 5 months. vCheckin's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 17.0). 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
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 — 5.0 for vCheckin against 5.0 for MSD Event Space. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
vCheckin ships an update every 5 months, MSD Event Space every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vCheckin | MSD Event Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Validar Incorporated | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Customer experience
vCheckin
MSD Event Space
In-app purchases
vCheckin
No in-app purchases
MSD Event Space
No in-app purchases









