Comparison

Authenticate vs Hipsy Checkin

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

Head to head
About

Authenticate

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OLNICA is an expert in the protection of brands and the traceability of consumer products. OLNICA provides unique and innovative technological solutions capable of protecting the property of companies and governments, their brands, products and supply chains, in order to fight against counterfeiting, fraud, embezzlement and theft. Unique code tracer, specific fluorophores, connected detectors, cloud: OLNICA provides all authentication systems, visible or invisible, from a simple control system to a molecular tracer, allowing robust evidence to be brought to court against counterfeiters. Armed with OLNICA’s mobile Authenticate application, all your employees can fight against counterfeit. The OLNICA Authenticate App can be used instantly, without training. Bluetooth connects any iOS smartphone to the Olnica Pocket Lab device. Field operators can then use the app and the device to quickly check the authenticity of a branded product. Login using your own ID, delivered by Olnica and/or your company admin. Connect to a PocketLab using Bluetooth. Create new measurement or new measurement session. Get access to a dedicated list of references. Manage authentication actions on product with β€œStart Measurement” and your PocketLab. All data are uploaded into a cloud and stored for 6 months in your internal disk. Authenticate application is coupled with our intuitive dashboard which gives you the information you need to stamp out counterfeiting and tampering.

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Hipsy Checkin

Features
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On Hipsy, organisations can make use of the ticket service to sell tickets for events. With this Hipsy check-in app, you have the ability to check in participants for events where you have sold tickets. The app also provides a real-time overview of all sold tickets. Participants can be checked in in two ways: manually via the participant list or by using the camera QR scanner to scan the QR code on the tickets. Using convenient filters and search options, you have a clear view of who has and hasn't checked in and what type of tickets participants have purchased. Do you have a large event and delegate the check-in process to your crew? No problem! With the handy crew login feature, you can give people direct access to a specific event 24/7.

Screenshots

Authenticate4 screens
Hipsy Checkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

Authenticate and Hipsy Checkin are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Authenticate ships an update every 3 months, Hipsy Checkin every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Authenticate versus Hipsy Checkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuthenticateHipsy Checkin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months β€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size32 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOLNICAHipsy BV

In-app purchases

None

Authenticate

No in-app purchases

None

Hipsy Checkin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Authenticate free?
Authenticate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hipsy Checkin free?
Hipsy Checkin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Authenticate or Hipsy Checkin have ads?
Neither Authenticate nor Hipsy Checkin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Authenticate or Hipsy Checkin?
Authenticate ships an update every 3 months, and Hipsy Checkin every 4 months. Most recently, Authenticate was updated on October 1, 2026 and Hipsy Checkin on September 28, 2026.

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