InstaScan vs Black Star Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InstaScan
This app enables venues and event organizers to scan tickets using an iPhone camera for real-time validation and attendance tracking. It prevents duplicate ticket usage and allows for manual guest entry for lost tickets. Multiple devices can scan simultaneously.
- Real-time ticket validation
- Attendance tracking
- Scan 1D or 2D codes
- Manual guest entry
- Simultaneous scanning
- Sound alerts for scan results
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The InstantSeats Ticket Scanner lets venues, event organizers and promoters scan tickets using an iPhone camera at point of entry. The application synchronizes with the InstantSeats system to validate tickets in real-time, track attendance and prevent a ticket from being used twice. More than one device can scan tickets simultaneously at multiple points of entry. To sell tickets with InstantSeats for your next event, go to http://www.instantseats.com/selltix Features include: - Industry leading scanning technology - Scan 1D or 2D codes from printed tickets or phone screen tickets - See colorful images and hear sound alerts after each scan confirming a valid or invalid ticket - Check out guests who need to leave and re-enter - Enter guests in manually who lost their ticket. Search by name, confirmation number or last four digits of the credit card used to purchase - Track how many guests attended an event - Real-time counter shows how many scanned tickets and how many attendees have yet to check-in - Works with iPhone 4 and 5 and iTouch (4th and 5th generation)
Black Star Network
Access streaming content from Black thought leaders, influencers, and opinion makers. Explore political, business, and cultural insights from a unique perspective.
- Streaming content
- Black thought leaders
- Political insights
- Business perspectives
- Cultural commentary
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Black Star Network (BSN) is a media network that produces and delivers streaming content to global consumers engaged by the political, business and cultural insights and perspectives of Black thought leaders, influencers and opinion makers. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://blackstarnetwork.uscreen.io/pages/terms -Privacy Policy: https://blackstarnetwork.uscreen.io/pages/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Black Star Network at 4.9 against InstaScan's 2.0. Black Star Network also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 5). InstaScan's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Black Star Network holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Star Network has 1.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
InstaScan ships an update every 17 months, Black Star Network every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InstaScan | Black Star Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 97.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | InstantSeats | Black Star Network, Inc |
Customer experience
InstaScan
Black Star Network
Bugs and requests
InstaScan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Black Star Network
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent chat function
- Delayed delivery of merchandise
Requested features
2 requests- Improved search functionality
- Live stream button on home screen
In-app purchases
InstaScan
No in-app purchases
Black Star Network
No in-app purchases
