DRT Scanner vs Spotlight Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DRT Scanner
This app streamlines event entry by quickly scanning tickets and verifying their validity. It allows for order lookups by various details and supports both online and offline scanning. Merchandise voucher scanning is also available.
- Ticket scanning
- Validity verification
- Order lookup
- Offline mode
- Merchandise scanning
- Barcode reader support
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DRT Performance Tix's door scanning app provides functionality to make ticketing scanning faster and easier.* The app will scan tickets and let you know if the ticket is valid, invalid, or if it's been scanned previously. It also allows the ticket taker to look up orders by order number, name, phone number, and credit card. To improve scanning speed, an external barcode reader may be used in conjunction with the app. You can scan in online or offline mode, and it is compatible with DRT's QR Code tickets and barcode tickets. The app also has a merchandise mode, for scanning DRT's merchandise vouchers. To use the app you will need the "show code" provided within your administration. Please contact us at 706-550-1416 if assistance is required. App only works with the ticketing service provided by DRTTix.com.
Spotlight Events
This app connects dance studios and parents with competition media. Studios can access registration and critique information, while parents can view and download photos and videos of their dancers.
- Dance competition registration access
- Critique viewing for studios
- Photo and video uploads
- Media viewing for parents
- Downloadable competition media
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Spotlight Events has teamed up with DanceComp Genie (dance competition software) to create the ultimate dance app. Studios can visit their dance competition registrations and critiques. Spotlight Events can upload photos and videos from the events. Parents can view and download the competition media for their dancers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spotlight Events at every 2 weeks against DRT Scanner's every 8 months. Spotlight Events also leads on ratings volume (368 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). DRT Scanner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). 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.
DRT Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spotlight Events has 368 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of DRT Scanner's written reviews are positive against 90% of Spotlight Events's.
DRT Scanner ships an update every 8 months, Spotlight Events every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DRT Scanner | Spotlight Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (368 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 89.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 368 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Small Venue Ticketing | Inchol Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
DRT Scanner
Spotlight Events
Bugs and requests
DRT Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Spotlight Events
Reported bugs
5 issues- Video download failures or extended wait times (up to one month)
- Wrong dancer videos displayed for performances
- Live feed missing from app interface
- Website lacks performance tracking information
- Video preview shown instead of full performance video
Requested features
6 requests- Option to remove dancers from account
- Ability to delete user account
- Separated judging by skill level (Novice, Future, Elite)
- Improved video download functionality for longer videos
- Free access to event schedule with room and time changes
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- Better integration between app and website features
In-app purchases
DRT Scanner
No in-app purchases
Spotlight Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DRT Scanner free?
Is Spotlight Events free?
Which has better reviews, DRT Scanner or Spotlight Events?
Do DRT Scanner or Spotlight Events have ads?
Which is updated more often, DRT Scanner or Spotlight Events?
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