Comparison

InstaScan vs InstaScan

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

InstaScan

Transform your iPhone into a powerful scanner. Easily capture, sign, and export documents as PDFs or JPEGs. Features AI-powered text extraction, summarization, and smart title suggestions for scanned content.

Highlights
  • Scan documents quickly
  • Add signatures
  • Export as PDF/JPEG
  • AI text extraction
  • AI content summarization
  • Automatic edge detection and cropping
  • Multipage document creation
Features
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Turn your iPhone into fast and easy to use scanner. It’s never been so easy to Scan, put Signature and Email multipage documents into PDF or JPEG. You can scan any document in seconds include business cards, receipts, notes, passports, whiteboards and even multiple page documents. InstaScan's built in AI engine extracts text from scanned pages for you to copy. Moreover, it will suggest smart titles and generate summarised content from the whole scanned page. Just take picture, crop, choose preferred scanner effect and you’re done. Here are the features that awaits you: - Put your signature on any document easily - Anti shake technology while taking picture to get more detailed image - Automatic image edge detection - Smart image cropping - Image perspective auto correction - Several image effects - Save documents inside app or export in Camera Roll - Create multipage documents and email into PDF or JPEG - Automatic upload of documents to iCloud - Email optimized image size for instant attachment delivery You can get Pro features through auto-renewing subscription and if you want to continue getting premium features, your subscription should be continued. 3 Monthly subscription costs $7.99 (or equivalent) and renews automatically every three month, unless you cancel it through your iTunes  account 1 year subscription costs $17.99 (or equivalent), free trial - 3 days and renews automatically every year, unless you cancel it through your iTunes  account Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change with notice. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription. Your account will be charged for a renewed subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of current subscription. You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your account settings after purchase. You cannot cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period. Any unused part or time-span of a free trial period will be forfeited, as soon as you purchase a subscription. more information can be found on the following links: Terms & Conditions: https://lmddata.blob.core.windows.net/lmdmore/InstaScanTerms.html?sig=W%2FIv5q3%2F5xqKaf7IdYuPyJPenpCy%2FuWal%2FBtUjKGLmY%3D&se=2024-04-24T07%3A59%3A54Z&sv=2019-02-02&sp=r&sr=b Privacy policy: http://lemondo.com/privacy We want to hear your suggestions, likes, complains.. Please leave your feedback, rate us on the AppStore or use the contact link to stay in touch. Download Scanner for iPhone right now and get all those features for free. We are working constantly to improve app performance and user experience. To get your feedbacks easily & make the process convenient, you can send us your questions & suggestions directly from the app "Settings”. Your suggestions are valuable for us! If you like Scanner for iPhone, don’t forget to rate us on AppStore! ;) Happy scanning!

Screenshots

InstaScan4 screens
InstaScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: InstaScan at 4.6 against InstaScan's 2.3. InstaScan also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 4). InstaScan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. InstaScan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 3 months. InstaScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InstaScan holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InstaScan has 1.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InstaScan ships an update every 17 months, InstaScan every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
InstaScan versus InstaScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstaScanInstaScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings41.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB90 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperInstantSeatsLemondo Apps LLc

Customer experience

InstaScan

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

InstaScan

All ratings1,862 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

InstaScan

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

InstaScan

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription 3 month$7.993 Months
  • Pack VIP3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version$39.99

Questions

Is InstaScan free?
InstaScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InstaScan free?
InstaScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InstaScan or InstaScan?
InstaScan is rated higher. InstaScan averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while InstaScan averages 4.6 from 1.9K ratings.
Do InstaScan or InstaScan have ads?
InstaScan shows ads; InstaScan does not.
Which is updated more often, InstaScan or InstaScan?
InstaScan ships an update every 17 months, and InstaScan every 2 months. Most recently, InstaScan was updated on October 8, 2026 and InstaScan on October 15, 2026.

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