Comparison

InstaScan vs Deltek Costpoint

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time ticket validation
  • Attendance tracking
  • Scan 1D or 2D codes
  • Manual guest entry
  • Simultaneous scanning
  • Sound alerts for scan results
Features
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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)

About

Deltek Costpoint

Access core business functions like time entry, approvals, and employee management from your mobile device. It mirrors browser functionality with robust security and adapts to various screen sizes. Stay updated with your company's Costpoint version automatically.

Highlights
  • Enter and approve time
  • Voucher approval
  • Employee management
  • Biometric authentication
  • Mobile responsive UI
  • Supports Costpoint extensions
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Deltek Costpoint mobile app offers access to all of the same functions/applications in Costpoint that a user would otherwise have access to through the browser – Enter/Approve Time, Voucher Approval, adding an employee, or any other domain/function within Costpoint. All security/authentication options available in Costpoint on a laptop are supported, including built-in device biometric authentication. Any extensions built for Costpoint, including UI extensions with new fields or new screens, are supported out of the box as well. The user interface, based on mobile responsive design, automatically adjusts to the size of the phone/tablet/foldable device and also provides different views of the data depending on portrait or landscape orientation. Under the hood, this application is built based on the latest Trusted Web Activity (TWA) framework offered by Google which allows this application to always be in sync with the version of Costpoint deployed by your company i.e. after your first login, this application will always follow your company’s IT upgrade policy automatically. Also, this innovative technology allows to build much smaller mobile apps resulting in fast downloads even on slower networks. This app requires Costpoint 8.1.12+ or Costpoint 8.2+

Screenshots

InstaScan4 screens
Deltek Costpoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: InstaScan at 2.0 against Deltek Costpoint's 1.3. InstaScan also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.4). Deltek Costpoint's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (125 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InstaScan holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deltek Costpoint has 125 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InstaScan ships an update every 17 months, Deltek Costpoint every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
InstaScan versus Deltek Costpoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstaScanDeltek Costpoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (5 ratings) — better1.3 (125 ratings)
Positive reviews—3.1% of reviews
Number of ratings5125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInstantSeatsDeltek, Inc.

Customer experience

InstaScan

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Deltek Costpoint

All ratings46 ratings
Positive19.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.4%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive3.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.9%

In-app purchases

None

InstaScan

No in-app purchases

None

Deltek Costpoint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is InstaScan free?
InstaScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deltek Costpoint free?
Deltek Costpoint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, InstaScan or Deltek Costpoint?
InstaScan is rated higher. InstaScan averages 2.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Deltek Costpoint averages 1.3 from 125 ratings.
Do InstaScan or Deltek Costpoint have ads?
Neither InstaScan nor Deltek Costpoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, InstaScan or Deltek Costpoint?
InstaScan ships an update every 17 months, and Deltek Costpoint every 2 months. Most recently, InstaScan was updated on October 23, 2026 and Deltek Costpoint on October 23, 2026.

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