Ticketbud vs Wholly Ticket
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.
Wholly Ticket
This app provides a comprehensive ticketing solution for venues and event organizers. It enables the design and sale of event tickets, along with a scanning system for entry verification. Additionally, it offers a user admin panel with reporting capabilities.
- Design and sell event tickets
- Ticket scanning system for entry
- User admin panel
- Event reporting
- App-based ticketing
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App based ticketing system. Wholly Ticket allows venues, events, and functions to design and sell tickets to the desired events. Download the ticket scanning system so that you can check for valid tickets at the event entry points. Also, with the user admin panel, Wholly Ticket also provides great reporting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wholly Ticket at 100% against Ticketbud's 47%. Wholly Ticket also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Ticketbud's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Wholly Ticket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Ticketbud's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wholly Ticket's.
Ticketbud ships an update monthly, Wholly Ticket every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ticketbud | Wholly Ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ideabud, Inc. | Wholly App, Inc. |
Customer experience
Ticketbud
Wholly Ticket
In-app purchases
Ticketbud
No in-app purchases
Wholly Ticket
No in-app purchases
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