Fanbase vs Barclays Hampden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fanbase
Manage all aspects of your sports club's fan engagement, including ticketing, memberships, merchandise sales, and communication. Keep your supporters informed and connected with news and notifications.
- Fanbase management
- Ticketing
- Membership subscriptions
- News and notifications
- Physical product sales
- Fan engagement
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There's more live sport worth going to this season. Fanbase helps you find it, follow it and be Discover clubs and fixtures beyond your usual follows. Follow the clubs you love and stay close all week. Get your ticket in seconds. Walk straight in, signal or no signal. Less searching, more showing up. FANBASE DISCOVER There are clubs, fixtures and live sports events happening near you that you don't know about yet. Fanbase Discover changes that. Browse live sport beyond your existing follows, find something worth going to and buy a ticket without leaving the platform. Over 800,000 active sports fans are already on Fanbase. Your next favourite club is already there too. FOLLOW YOUR CLUBS Follow your clubs directly and stay close to what's happening all week. Upcoming fixtures. What's on next. Your club, in your pocket, without having to go looking. Every club you follow keeps you connected between matches. Not just on matchday. FASTER CHECKOUT Decided to go? You're in before the feeling fades. Fanbase's faster checkout takes you from fixture to ticket in seconds with Apple Pay. No account-switching, no unnecessary steps. Just the decision and the ticket. OFFLINE TICKET ACCESS Your ticket's ready at the gate. Even when your signal isn't. Fanbase stores your ticket offline automatically. No screenshots. No scrambling at the turnstile. Scan and in. WHAT FANBASE IS FOR Fanbase is for sports fans who want to show up to more live sport. Not just the team they grew up supporting. Not just the fixtures already on their calendar. All of it. The sport worth being at, found, followed and attended without the effort getting in the way. Download Fanbase and find your next match.
Barclays Hampden
Access tickets for events at Barclays Hampden, including Scotland National Team matches, cup games, and concerts. Download tickets to your smartphone, transfer them to friends, and use your mobile ticket's QR code for entry.
- Download tickets to smartphone
- Transfer tickets to friends/family
- Mobile ticket QR code entry
- Access Scotland National Team matches
- Access Scottish Cup games
- Access League Cup clashes
- Access Concerts
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The Barclays Hampden ticket app is your home for evets hosted at Barclays Hampden – from Scotland National Team matches, Scottish Cup games, League Cup clashes, Concerts and more. This app allows you to: • Download your tickets to your smartphone • Transfer tickets to your friends and family with ease • Access Barclays Hampden with your mobile ticket by presenting the QR code on entry
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fanbase at 63% against Barclays Hampden's 6%. Barclays Hampden's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Fanbase | Barclays Hampden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 5.9% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fanbase Technology Limited | SecuTix |
Customer experience
Fanbase
Barclays Hampden
In-app purchases
Fanbase
No in-app purchases
Barclays Hampden
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fanbase free?
Is Barclays Hampden free?
Do Fanbase or Barclays Hampden have ads?
Which is updated more often, Fanbase or Barclays Hampden?
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