Ticketbud vs Ordway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ticketbud
Manage your events and sell tickets directly from your iOS device. This app allows you to view all your events, check in attendees in real-time, and monitor sales data. It utilizes your device's camera to validate tickets and streamline guest check-ins.
- Event management
- Ticket sales
- Attendee check-in
- Real-time sales data
- Ticket validation via camera
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The Ticketbud Organizer helps you manage your events and sell tickets right from iOS. Browse all of the events in your account, check in attendees, and view sales information. Ticketbud uses the camera on your device to validate the Ticketbud tickets you have sold or given away and also to check-in your guests in real time. You will need an account on https://ticketbud.com/ to use this application.
Ordway
Manage your event tickets, discover upcoming shows, and easily transfer tickets to friends and family. Access your purchased tickets seamlessly by signing in with your existing account.
- Seamless ticket access
- Event discovery and purchase
- Ticket transfer to others
- Sign in with existing account
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Welcome to the brand new app for Ordway Access and transfer your tickets for upcoming events, browse our event listings and easily purchase tickets for future shows Seamless Ticket Access - simply sign in with the same account you used to purchase your ticket Discover our upcoming events - check availability, and secure your spot with just a few taps Ticket Transfer - easily share tickets with friends and family from within the app
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Verdict
Ticketbud and Ordway both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 47% of Ticketbud's written reviews are positive against 10% of Ordway's. Ticketbud also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Ordway's advantage is ratings volume (367 vs 7). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Ticketbud against 4.5 for Ordway. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ordway has 367 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Ticketbud's written reviews are positive against 10% of Ordway's.
Ticketbud ships an update monthly, Ordway every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ticketbud | Ordway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.5 (367 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 367 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ideabud, Inc. | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |
Customer experience
Ticketbud
Ordway
In-app purchases
Ticketbud
No in-app purchases
Ordway
No in-app purchases
