Pinwheel Attendance App vs VendBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinwheel Attendance App
This tool helps manage attendance for after-school programs and camps. It tracks participants and volunteers, records awards, and stores contact and health information. It also facilitates communication with contacts and tracks assigned partners.
- Track participant and volunteer attendance
- Record awards and track birthdays
- Access contact information
- Send texts and emails to contacts
- View health and emergency information
- Track assigned partners
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The Pinwheel Attendance App* is a convenient tool to track attendance for participants and volunteers in after-school programs and camps. Features: • Easily track attendance for all participants and volunteers in each session of the program. • Track any awards given out and see upcoming volunteer and participant birthdays. • Access contact information for participants, parents/guardians, volunteers, and host locations. • Launch individual or group texts or emails to contacts directly from the app • View important health and allergy information for volunteers and participants, as well as emergency contact info. • Track any assigned partners, such as running buddies or mentors, for participants in the program. * The Pinwheel Attendance App is designed to work exclusively with the Pinwheel.us non-profit outreach solution. This is not a standalone attendance tracker.
VendBuddy
This app helps trading card vendors manage their business at events. It offers tools for building deals, scanning cards, tracking inventory, and analyzing event profitability. Keep your business organized and focus on making sales.
- Deal Builder with real-time pricing
- Automatic card identification via camera scan
- Comprehensive inventory management
- Event profit and loss tracking
- Portfolio value dashboard
- Support for 5 major trading card games
- Graded card pricing
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VendBuddy is the all-in-one toolkit for trading card vendors at card shows. Whether you're buying collections, pricing singles, or tracking your profit at events — VendBuddy keeps everything organized so you can focus on making deals. Deal Builder Build buy and sell deals on the spot. Search cards across all major trading card games. Get real-time market prices, scan cards with your camera, and compute net settlement instantly. Card Scanner Point your camera at any trading card and VendBuddy identifies it automatically — filling in name, set, card number, and market price. No more manual lookups. Inventory Management Track every card in your inventory with unique barcodes, cost basis, condition, and market value. Prices refresh automatically so your portfolio is always current. Event Tracking Log your card shows with table fees, dates, and location. See profit and loss per event so you know which shows are worth coming back to. Dashboard See your portfolio value, game breakdown, recent deals, and alerts at a glance. Supported Games 5 major trading card games supported, including English and Japanese cards. Graded Cards Full support for graded cards with grade-specific market pricing. VendBuddy requires an account to use. Subscription plans are available for full access to all features. Terms of Use: https://vendbuddy.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VendBuddy at 100% against Pinwheel Attendance App's 13%. VendBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). Pinwheel Attendance App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. VendBuddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.00 per month. Pinwheel Attendance App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pinwheel Attendance App ships an update every 5 months, VendBuddy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinwheel Attendance App | VendBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Exit Row Solutions, Inc. dba RacePlanner | VendBuddy |
Customer experience
Pinwheel Attendance App
VendBuddy
In-app purchases
Pinwheel Attendance App
No in-app purchases
VendBuddy
- Standard$29.001 Month
- Pro$59.001 Month
Questions
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