Foundry vs Native Scanning App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Foundry
This app serves as a digital hub for industry-themed projects and events, connecting students with professional opportunities. It aims to prepare learners for the workplace by facilitating industry collaborations and hosting technology outreach events.
- Industry project collaborations
- Digital event hosting
- Technology outreach events
- Cyber-security and STEM focus
- Professional identity assertion
- Widening participation in digital skills
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Developed through a research-led design process, the industry-themed Foundry feels entirely unlike traditional learning spaces, intended as an ‘other space’ on campus where students can assert their professional identity through work with industry on paid projects that fit around their studies; delivering against a core objective of the IoC to ensure university learners are ready for the workplace. Aside from being home to our ‘Enterprise Studios’, the Foundry is also a digital event space, soon to be hosting a high-profile calendar of technology outreach and engagement events across cyber-security, computer science, creative technologies and STEM subjects designed to widen participation around coding and digital skills. The Foundry was a designated host-site for Bristol for the 2019 Global Game Jam, quickly becoming the largest jam site in the UK.
Native Scanning App
This app helps event organizers manage ticket sales and entry efficiently. It allows for quick scanning of tickets or searching names, real-time syncing across devices, and offline access to ticket data. Organizers can also view attendance analytics and sell tickets directly through a built-in box office.
- Scan tickets or search names for entry
- Real-time syncing across multiple devices
- Offline mode for ticket access
- Attendance analytics
- Built-in box office for in-person sales
- Secure unlimited account users
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The native scanning app is the perfect tool for event organisers using native for ticket sales to manage their entry. Take a look at the app's features that organisers will automatically have available as part of their existing account. - Quickly and easily allow entry by scanning tickets or directly searching names. - Automatically sync your ticket sales in realtime and across multiple devices. - Use offline mode to download tickets to your device for when you don't have internet, and have it synced back the moment you do. - View analytics on attendance information, clearly showing who has been admitted and who hasn’t. - Sell tickets in person using the box office built into the app, keeping your ticket allocations in one place. It's simple and quick to use and tickets are emailed directly to your customers, just as if the tickets were booked online. - Support unlimited account users securely. Provide access to your scanning account but restrict access only to the events they need to see. Please report any feedback to team@native.fm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Foundry at 9.0 against Native Scanning App's 15.1. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 1.0 for Foundry against 1.0 for Native Scanning App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Foundry ships an update every 3 weeks, Native Scanning App every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Foundry | Native Scanning App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of the West of England | Radar Leisure Tech ltd |
Customer experience
Foundry
Native Scanning App
In-app purchases
Foundry
No in-app purchases
Native Scanning App
No in-app purchases









