KC Starlight vs cakepop.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KC Starlight
Access tickets, view upcoming events, and plan your visit to a historic Kansas City theatre. Receive personalized notifications, explore an interactive venue map, and get exclusive event day content and presales. Capture and share memories with FanCam.
- Personalized event notifications
- Interactive venue map
- Exclusive event day content
- Ticket presales
- FanCam for capturing memories
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Welcome backstage with KC Starlight’s official app. Access your tickets, view upcoming events, plan your visit, and more with Starlight Theatre—Kansas City’s historic theatre in Swope Park—right from your device. Features include: • Personalized notifications for concert announcements, upcoming events, and more. • Interactive venue map access - making your visit a breeze! • Exclusive event day content, offers, and ticket presales. • FanCam access to capture the memories—then share and tag @kcstarlight! • And more! Take a peek behind the scenes. Download the app today!
cakepop.
Discover and purchase tickets for live events like concerts, sports, and theater. Manage your tickets within the app, send them to friends, and receive event reminders. Organizers can create events, track sales, and scan tickets at the door.
- Browse live events by category
- Select seats on venue map
- Secure in-app payments
- Digital ticket storage with QR code
- Transfer tickets to others
- Event reminders and purchase confirmations
- Create and manage events for organizers
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cakepop is where you find live events and keep the tickets you buy. FOR FANS • Browse what's on sale — search by name, or filter by music, sports, theater, comedy, festival, and family. • Pick your seats on the venue map, or grab general admission. • Check out with Apple Pay or card. Payments are processed by Stripe, and service fees, where they apply, appear in your order summary before you pay. • Every ticket lives in the app with its own QR code, and you can add it to Apple Wallet. • Send a ticket to someone else by email, straight from the ticket. • Get a reminder before doors open and a confirmation the moment you buy. FOR ORGANIZERS • Create an event, set your ticket types and prices, and publish from your phone. • Follow sales as they happen, with page views, unique visitors, and buyer geography. • Issue complimentary tickets and hold seats back. • Scan tickets at the door with your phone's camera. • Manage your team, your venues, and payouts to your own bank account. Tickets bought through cakepop are for real-world events and are used at the venue. Questions? cakepop.io/help
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cakepop. at 5.0 against KC Starlight's 2.4. cakepop. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). KC Starlight's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cakepop. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KC Starlight has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
KC Starlight ships an update fortnightly, cakepop. monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | KC Starlight | cakepop. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FanThreeSixty LLC | Who The Folk LLC |
Customer experience
KC Starlight
cakepop.
In-app purchases
KC Starlight
No in-app purchases
cakepop.
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is KC Starlight free?
Is cakepop. free?
Which has better reviews, KC Starlight or cakepop.?
Do KC Starlight or cakepop. have ads?
Which is updated more often, KC Starlight or cakepop.?
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