Comparison

Bold Type Tickets Box Office vs SmartFlyer CORE

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

Head to head
About

Bold Type Tickets Box Office

Streamline event entry by scanning and validating tickets with QR codes. This app also allows for selling and printing tickets, syncing data to servers for real-time duplicate ticket prevention. It supports manual credit card entry or swiping, and Bluetooth printing.

Highlights
  • QR code ticket scanning
  • Real-time ticket validation
  • Syncs sold tickets to device
  • Uploads scans to servers
  • Sell and print tickets
  • Credit card processing
  • Bluetooth printer support
Features
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Scan in, sell, and print tickets to your events quickly and easily with the Bold Type Tickets Box Office app! Just point your iPhone or iPod Touch at the QR code on your customers' tickets and immediately know if a ticket is valid for entry. The app syncs all sold tickets to your device, and also uploads successful scans to our servers. When connected to the internet, you can operate several scanners at a time and never worry about duplicate tickets! You can also sell and print tickets with the Bold Type Tickets Box Office App. Credit cards can be entered manually or swiped using a Miura credit card reader, and ticket printing can be done through Bluetooth-enabled Boca or Star printers. All equipment can be rented from Bold Type Tickets. Contact support@boldtypetickets.com for more information. An event organizer account on BoldTypeTickets.com is required to use the app.

About

SmartFlyer CORE

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Welcome to the official event app portal for SmartFlyer CORE, an annual agency-wide summit presented by SmartFlyer. We are thrilled to welcome our guests to this our annual celebration of Collaboration, Originality, Relationships and Education between our SmartFlyer community and global partners. Features include: • Your schedule, on-demand. Know when to be where throughout the event, from your personalized Morning Study Hall tracks to Breakout Sessions and more. • Get to know your fellow event attendees, from Smarties to Partners. • Access a full list of speakers and talent across our various activations.

Screenshots

Bold Type Tickets Box Office4 screens
SmartFlyer CORE3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SmartFlyer CORE at every 12 months against Bold Type Tickets Box Office's every 70 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bold Type Tickets Box Office ships an update every 70 months, SmartFlyer CORE every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Bold Type Tickets Box Office versus SmartFlyer CORE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBold Type Tickets Box OfficeSmartFlyer CORE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 70 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoisy Creek, Inc.THE SMART FLYER INC

In-app purchases

None

Bold Type Tickets Box Office

No in-app purchases

None

SmartFlyer CORE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bold Type Tickets Box Office free?
Bold Type Tickets Box Office is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartFlyer CORE free?
SmartFlyer CORE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bold Type Tickets Box Office or SmartFlyer CORE have ads?
Neither Bold Type Tickets Box Office nor SmartFlyer CORE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bold Type Tickets Box Office or SmartFlyer CORE?
Bold Type Tickets Box Office ships an update every 70 months, and SmartFlyer CORE every 12 months. Most recently, Bold Type Tickets Box Office was updated on October 9, 2026 and SmartFlyer CORE on October 25, 2026.

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