On vs Event Staff App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
On
Streamline event management with real-time participant registration and check-in. This tool eliminates paper forms and long queues, offering quick access to registrant details and status updates, even without a network connection.
- On-site registration
- Participant check-in
- QR scanner for quick lookup
- Predictive search for registrants
- View registrant details
- Manual or QR bib number assignment
- Waiver status tracking
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ACTIVE On-Site allows you to quickly REGISTER and CHECK-IN participants on-site at your event (requires ACTIVEWorks Endurance). See a graphical representation of real time progress on the Event home screen and dig into Event details to see total number of registrations, number of spots available and total number of check-ins (overall, or by device). Lower your stress level on race day by eliminating paper registration forms and long lines! On-site registration: * Select from open categories at the event. * Type in contact information and responses to registration form questions (including custom questions). * Select merchandise (when applicable) during participant registration. * Enter in payment details or use the device camera to easily import them. * You're done! On-site check-in (regardless of network connectivity): * Quickly locate registrants with the new QR scanner that works with ACTIVEWorks Endurance. * Predictively search for registrants who forgot their QR confirmation email by name, team name, email address, or phone number. * Easily view registrant details: name, email address, birth date, team name, category, and price type description. * View custom questions & answers. * Quickly see if merchandise has been purchased or not. * Assign/edit a bib number manually or via QR scanner. * Check waiver status and after signing, mark waivers as signed. * You're done!
Event Staff App
Automate staff scheduling, management, and communication. Easily determine staff availability, send shift details, and track clock-in/out times. Streamline payroll by exporting timesheet data.
- Automated staff scheduling
- Staff availability check
- Shift detail communication
- In-app clock in/out
- Timesheet data export
- Reduced management time
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Event Staff App helps you automate the work around scheduling, managing, and communicating with your staff. Figure out which of your staff is free to work via text messages. Easily schedule your staff and communicate all work shift details. Have your staff clock in & out via the app, and then export the timesheet data to your payroll platform. Businesses that use our software cut down on 80% of the management time that they spend with their staff each week.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Event Staff App at 88% against On's 50%. Event Staff App also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (485 vs 8). On's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Event Staff App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Event Staff App has 485 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of On's written reviews are positive against 88% of Event Staff App's.
On ships an update every 2 months, Event Staff App every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | On | Event Staff App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (485 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 485 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active Network, LLC | Event Staff App, LLC |
Customer experience
On
Event Staff App
In-app purchases
On
No in-app purchases
Event Staff App
No in-app purchases
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