Comparison

BroadwayBox.com vs TheaterMania Weekends

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

Head to head
About

BroadwayBox.com

Discover and purchase discounted tickets for popular Broadway and Off-Broadway shows in New York City. Select your seats in advance and stay updated on exclusive offers and lotteries for your favorite performances.

Highlights
  • Discount ticket purchasing
  • Seat selection
  • Exclusive show content
  • Favorites list
  • Discount notifications
  • Ticket lottery alerts
Features
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BroadwayBox.com offers the best discounts on tickets for the exciting best-selling and most popular Broadway & Off-Broadway shows in New York City. FEATURES with our enhanced BroadwayBox.com free, easy-to-use app: • Buy discount tickets from anywhere! • Choose your seats! Enjoy the freedom to choose your seats months out from showtime! • The Daily Scoop, access to Broadway’s movers and shakers with exclusive video and photo galleries • Build a list of favorites and get notifications when your favorite shows have discount offers available or ticket lotteries pop up! CONNECT: Website: BroadwayBox.com Facebook: Facebook.com/BroadwayBox Instagram: Instagram.com/BroadwayBoxCom Twitter: Twitter.com/BroadwayBox Contact Us: BroadwayBox.com/learn-more/contact-us If you have any issues with the app, please email customerservice@broadwaybox.com and we would be happy to review the issue. BroadwayBox.com is powered by Tech The Tech.

About

TheaterMania Weekends

Features
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Since 1999, TheaterMania has brought a passion for live events to our loyal community of patrons. We pride ourselves on being the only digital-first property to offer unique reviews and provide insight into the world of Broadway, off-Broadway, and across the nation. Our editorial team provides up-to-the-minute news, reviews, eye-catching videos, hot-button opinion pieces, streaming content, and more to keep our community in the know. In addition to editorial content, our team works hard to publish a curated and comprehensive list of performances, both live and virtual.

Screenshots

BroadwayBox.com4 screens
TheaterMania Weekends4 screens

Verdict

The call

BroadwayBox.com and TheaterMania Weekends 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

BroadwayBox.com ships an update every 5 weeks, TheaterMania Weekends every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BroadwayBox.com versus TheaterMania Weekends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBroadwayBox.comTheaterMania Weekends
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (173 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings173 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB80 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBroadwayBox, Inc.AudienceView Ticketing Corporation

Bugs and requests

BroadwayBox.com

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App doesn't load properly, blank page
  • Constant crash, cannot get any info
  • Service charge is too high
  • Assigned seat differs from selected seat
  • Problem using discount codes
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  • App gets stuck, crashes, frustrating when trying to pull up discount codes
  • Email sharing option is a joke
  • Can't go back to the main menu
  • Slow when switching screens
  • App doesn't work, blank page, cannot search
  • App doesn't load properly
  • App gets stuck after sending email
  • App crashes each time you try to tag a broadway show as a favorite
  • Input data multiple times before it would stick
  • No 'back' capability
  • Specific date and time had to be reentered
  • Get bounced back to the beginning

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add ticket chances for traveling productions
  • Improve discount code application process
  • Fix bugs related to email sharing and app freezing
  • Improve app stability and prevent crashes
  • Clarify ticket purchasing process (app vs. Ticketmaster)
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  • Enhance the 'back' capability in the app
  • Allow tagging shows as favorites without crashing

TheaterMania Weekends

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BroadwayBox.com

No in-app purchases

None

TheaterMania Weekends

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BroadwayBox.com free?
BroadwayBox.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TheaterMania Weekends free?
TheaterMania Weekends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BroadwayBox.com or TheaterMania Weekends have ads?
Neither BroadwayBox.com nor TheaterMania Weekends shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BroadwayBox.com or TheaterMania Weekends?
BroadwayBox.com ships an update every 5 weeks, and TheaterMania Weekends every 2 months. Most recently, BroadwayBox.com was updated on October 23, 2026 and TheaterMania Weekends on October 16, 2026.

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