Comparison

Native Scanning App vs Wavecast Event Manager

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Wavecast Event Manager

Features
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Wavecast Event Manager is an essential app for event organisers to handle check-in and on-site event registration on iPad or iPhone. It's fast, reliable and even works offline. Use Wavecast Event Manager to: - Run contactless registration by scanning a QR code from an attendee’s ticket. - Accommodate new registrants with ease by adding a new attendee’s details without leaving the app. - Search quickly for individuals and register people with one click. - Update an attendee’s details using the edit and save function. - Print badges directly from the app on Zebra or Brother printers. - Get the full picture from hybrid events with combined analysis of in-person and online attendee numbers, participation and engagement. - No connectivity? No problem. Enable offline mode to capture check-in data and sync when you're back online.

Screenshots

Native Scanning App4 screens
Wavecast Event Manager2 screens

Verdict

The call

Native Scanning App and Wavecast Event Manager are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Native Scanning App ships an update every 6 weeks, Wavecast Event Manager every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Native Scanning App versus Wavecast Event Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNative Scanning AppWavecast Event Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRadar Leisure Tech ltdWavecast Pro Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Native Scanning App

No in-app purchases

None

Wavecast Event Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Native Scanning App free?
Native Scanning App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wavecast Event Manager free?
Wavecast Event Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Native Scanning App or Wavecast Event Manager have ads?
Neither Native Scanning App nor Wavecast Event Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Native Scanning App or Wavecast Event Manager?
Native Scanning App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Wavecast Event Manager every 2 months. Most recently, Native Scanning App was updated on June 5, 2026 and Wavecast Event Manager on June 22, 2026.

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