Comparison

mtPlay vs NCEBoxOffice

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

Head to head
About

mtPlay

This app helps sales professionals manage orders, track inventory, and analyze sales performance. It offers features like interactive catalogs, custom pricing, and territory management to streamline the sales process.

Highlights
  • Interactive product catalogs
  • Offline order creation
  • Customizable pricing and promotions
  • Sales territory mapping
  • Sales performance dashboard
  • Customer buying history
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Features that meet your needs. Multiple brands, variable ship dates, stock levels and availability dates, advanced product variations, retailer price lists and so much more. Over 4500 salespeople depend on mtPlay to create better orders! Use mtPlay to: • Create orders using product galleries and interactive catalogs with or without internet access! • Perfect for road sales, markets, or tradeshows • Build programs, create promotions, and assign buyer specific pricing • Prepare for sales calls with full buying and shipping history • Explore your territory and manage leads with our mapping and analytical tool, Vision. • Utilize your personal dashboard to gain insights and close more deals • View your top-selling lines & items, and see your sales by customer • Understand trends to help hone your sales approach

About

NCEBoxOffice

This point-of-sale app simplifies in-person sales for tickets, products, and merchandise on iPad and iPhone. It features integrated payment processing, customer management, and receipt printing for a fast and secure checkout experience.

Highlights
  • Integrated Stripe Terminal support
  • Bluetooth receipt printing
  • Customer sync and suggestions
  • Flexible item catalog management
  • Designed for iPad and iPhone
  • Ticketing system integration
Features
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NCEBoxOffice is a streamlined point-of-sale (POS) app for iPad and iPhone that makes it easy to sell tickets, products, and merchandise in person. With integrated Stripe Terminal support and Bluetooth receipt printing, checkout is fast, secure, and simple—right from one device. Highlights: - Stripe Terminal built-in: Guided setup with OAuth or Key Entry, quick reader discovery/pairing. - Customer sync + type-ahead: Automatically syncs your latest customers (up to 1,000) and suggests name/email as you type. - Flexible catalog: Add, edit, and organize items with images and quick actions. - Receipt printing: Works with common Bluetooth/ESC-POS thermal printers. - Designed for iPad, works on iPhone: Clean layout with thoughtful small-screen tweaks. Works with your ticketing: - Compatible with NCETickets and osConcert ticketing systems (use the provided integration or your own backend). Requirements: - A Stripe account and a supported Stripe Terminal reader (e.g., Stripe M2). - Bluetooth and Location permissions to discover/connect readers. - Optional: your own backend for custom deployments. (Examples provided) NCEBoxOffice gives box offices, venues, and small businesses a reliable, fast way to take payments and manage customers—no clutter, just a smooth in-person sales flow.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NCEBoxOffice at 5.0 against mtPlay's 4.0. mtPlay's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NCEBoxOffice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mtPlay ships an update every 5 weeks, NCEBoxOffice every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
mtPlay versus NCEBoxOffice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermtPlayNCEBoxOffice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRepTimeCobalt Ridge LLC

Customer experience

mtPlay

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

NCEBoxOffice

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

mtPlay

No in-app purchases

None

NCEBoxOffice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mtPlay free?
mtPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NCEBoxOffice free?
NCEBoxOffice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mtPlay or NCEBoxOffice?
NCEBoxOffice is rated higher. mtPlay averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while NCEBoxOffice averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do mtPlay or NCEBoxOffice have ads?
Neither mtPlay nor NCEBoxOffice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mtPlay or NCEBoxOffice?
mtPlay ships an update every 5 weeks, and NCEBoxOffice every 2 months. Most recently, mtPlay was updated on September 23, 2026 and NCEBoxOffice on October 3, 2026.

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