Brushfire vs Leadr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brushfire
Transform any device into an event management tool for attendee check-in and sales. Quickly scan QR codes or search for manual check-ins to streamline entry. Offer self-service kiosks for attendees and support flexible printing options for tickets and receipts.
- Attendee check-in
- Point-of-Sale (POS) for ticket sales
- QR code scanning
- Manual attendee search
- Self-service kiosk mode
- Ticket, name badge, and receipt printing
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Turn any device into a powerful Attendee Check-in and Point-of-Sale tool for your event. The Brushfire mobile app allows Event Organizers to quickly check in attendees and sell tickets or registrations. Eliminate time spent waiting in line by scanning an attendee, order, or group QR code. Alternatively, perform detailed searches for manual check-in. Need to provide attendees with a self-service option? Configure any iPad to operate as a self-service check-in or sales kiosk. The Brushfire mobile app also supports flexible options for ticket, name badge, or receipt printing.
Leadr
This business software helps organizations engage and grow their teams through personalized development. It centralizes people development activities, enabling effective meetings, performance tracking, and goal management for faster business results.
- Personalized employee development
- 1:1 and team meeting preparation
- Performance review management
- Goal and action item tracking
- Employee insights and motivators
- On-the-go leadership tools
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Drive better business results by investing in, and developing your employees. Welcome to Leadr, the first people development software that helps you engage and grow every person on your team. Leadr enables personalized development at scale within an organization to help you reach and exceed your goals faster than ever. Bring your people development activities into one, easy-to-use place. Lead effective meetings, align on priorities, track performance, and gain powerful employee insights with Leadr. Use the Leadr app to: 1. Prepare for your upcoming 1:1 and team meetings 2. Manage development plans, performance reviews, and feedback 3. Quickly update goals and action items 4. Maintain your Leadr profile & review your teams’ personality insights & motivators 5. And more features to lead and develop your people on the go. Having trouble? Reach out to us at support@leadr.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Leadr at 54% against Brushfire's 7%. Leadr also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Brushfire's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Leadr holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brushfire has 62 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Brushfire's written reviews are positive against 54% of Leadr's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brushfire | Leadr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (62 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brushfire Technology | Leadr Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Brushfire
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In-app purchases
Brushfire
No in-app purchases
Leadr
No in-app purchases
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