The Badge Scanner vs Event Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Badge Scanner
Transform your smartphone into a professional lead retrieval device for trade shows. Easily scan badges to capture attendee information and manage your leads efficiently.
- Smartphone to lead retrieval device conversion
- Scans almost any modern camera-enabled smartphone
- Powerful and flexible lead retrieval
- Easy to deploy and use
- Worldwide trade show support
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The smart lead retrieval badge scanner for tradeshows worldwide. An uncomplicated app converting almost any modern camera enabled Smartphone into a powerful, flexible, easy to deploy and easy to use lead retrieval device for tradeshows worldwide.
Event Scan
Facilitates efficient lead capture and attendee management for event organizers and exhibitors. Scan badges, add notes, and track session entries to streamline event operations and gather valuable business insights.
- Scan attendee badges
- Add notes and custom questions
- Record business leads
- Scan attendees into sessions
- Validate attendee entry
- Grant session access
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Exhibitors and event organisers can use Event Scan to scan badges of event attendees, add notes and customised questions to record business leads that you meet at the event. Event organisers can also use the app to scan attendees into sessions, validating the attendee, granting permission for and recording the entry to the event session. This app can be used by any exhibitors with a licence, at events where Event Connections are providing the attendee badging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Event Scan at 5.0 against The Badge Scanner's 3.0. Event Scan also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). The Badge Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Event Scan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of The Badge Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Event Scan's.
The Badge Scanner ships an update every 2 months, Event Scan every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Badge Scanner | Event Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conference Badges Ltd | Event Connections |
Customer experience
The Badge Scanner
Event Scan
In-app purchases
The Badge Scanner
No in-app purchases
Event Scan
No in-app purchases
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