Comparison

Passage Manager vs Pixel Mapper xModel

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

Head to head
About

Passage Manager

This application allows users to redeem tickets for the Passage Ticketing service. It facilitates a smooth entry process for events and venues using the platform. Manage your event access efficiently with this utility.

Highlights
  • Ticket redemption
  • Passage Ticketing service integration
  • Event access management
  • Venue entry facilitation
Features
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Ticket redemption application for Passage Ticketing service

About

Pixel Mapper xModel

Features
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Pixel Mapper turns your iPhone or iPad into an automatic layout tool for xLights. Point your camera at your light display, and the app lights each WS2811 / WS2812 pixel, finds it in the camera image with computer vision, and builds a ready-to-import xLights Custom model — no manual clicking pixel by pixel. Perfect for Christmas light displays, props, matrices, megatrees, and any irregular pixel layout that's painful to map by hand. HOW IT WORKS 1. Target — enter your controller's IP and pixel count. Output goes over DDP or sACN / E1.31, the same protocols xLights and FPP already speak. 2. Scan — choose a mode: • Fast (base-3): every pixel lights in every frame, colored by one base-3 digit of its index, so all pixels are identified in only ~log3(N)+2 frames (about 500 pixels in 8 frames). Two checksum digits reject misreads. • Sequential: light one pixel at a time and find the single bright blob. Slower, but dead simple and rock solid. Both modes subtract a black reference frame to ignore ambient hotspots. 3. Review — see the detected layout over your photo, drop bad points, tap to place or move a node, and re-scan individual pixels. Zoom and pan to fine-tune. 4. Export — save a standard xLights .xmodel file that imports into both old and new versions of xLights. WHY PIXEL MAPPER • No more mapping hundreds of pixels by hand. • Works with the gear you already own — any DDP or sACN/E1.31 pixel controller. • Fast base-3 scan maps large models in seconds of capture. • Checksum-protected so misread pixels get rejected, not placed wrong. • Best results in a dim room; the app locks camera exposure and focus where the device supports it. REQUIREMENTS • A WS2811 / WS2812 (or compatible) pixel controller reachable on your network. • The controller set to receive DDP or sACN / E1.31. • An iPhone or iPad on the same Wi-Fi network as the controller. Pixel Mapper is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the xLights project. xLights is a trademark of its respective owners.

Screenshots

Passage Manager3 screens
Pixel Mapper xModel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pixel Mapper xModel at 13.0 against Passage Manager's 15.5. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Passage Manager versus Pixel Mapper xModel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPassage ManagerPixel Mapper xModel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPassage Inc.S&B Designs

In-app purchases

None

Passage Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel Mapper xModel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Passage Manager free?
Passage Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Mapper xModel free?
Pixel Mapper xModel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Passage Manager or Pixel Mapper xModel have ads?
Neither Passage Manager nor Pixel Mapper xModel shows ads.

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