Comparison

ST POS vs Ticketgasm

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

Head to head
About

ST POS

This app serves as a dual-purpose tool for businesses, functioning as a point-of-sale system for restaurants and bars, and as an age-verification and admission management system for venues. It allows for order placement, payment processing, and customer tracking.

Highlights
  • Table-side order and payment processing
  • ID and age verification for admissions
  • Customer and VIP tracking
  • Accepts various payment methods
  • Employee scheduling and management
  • Inventory and product customization
  • Tab management and split payments
Features
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SmartTab POS & ADMISSION app is both a restaurant/bar/nightclub point-of-sale (POS) app and an age-verification/admission app for bouncers and doormen. The SmartTab POS app is optimized for tablet POS (iPad) and handheld table-side service POS (iPod) and gives you everything you need to place orders and accept payments from a mobile device. The SmartTab ADMISSION feature (iPod) provides ID and Age Verification while keeping track of customer admission, VIPs, bottle service guests, and 86’d guests. Accept cash, debit, credit card and SmartTab payments (see companion SmartTab CUSTOMER app). Funds are deposited fast—see money in your bank account in one to two business days. Use SmartTab POS to keep track of all your customers, tabs, tables, admissions, products, modifiers, tenders, inventory, courses, gratuity, taxes, surcharge, employees, schedule and timesheets. All this with no long term obligation and simple month-to-month contracts. FEATURES SmartTab POS & ADMISSION can operate independently through the cloud, or connect locally as part of a broader POS configuration that works in tandem with resistive-touch POS stations. Get the latest features and enhanced functionality with regular app updates. - Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX (optBlue), cash, gift cards, and other forms of tender - Customers can pay, tip, and sign right on your device - Integrated for SmartTab payments where customers can open their tab with their ID or through the SmartTab CUSTOMER app - Full-featured POS functionality with transfers, merges, coursing, covers, itemized or entire check discounts, repeat order, drag select, remaining counts, 86’d items, mods, gratuity, surcharge, tax, and more... - Employee scheduling along with staff management tools and reports - Customize your products with names, prices, tax rules, recipes, mods, and ingredient tracking - Construct a venue customer and product social graph - 1-click tab lookup with robust tab management and filtering - Dynamic split check / split payment for quick and flexible customer split management - Connects to a receipt printer, kitchen / bar remote ticket printer, barcode scanner, and cash drawer ----------------------------- NEXT-DAY DEPOSITS Get your money fast. SmartTab deposits payments into your bank account in one to two business days. SECURE MOBILE CREDIT CARD READER Credit card information is encrypted from start to finish.

About

Ticketgasm

Features
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Ticketgasm App manages guests attendees on your iPhone. Check-in attendees as well as keep track of attendance in real time.  Turn your iphone into a ticket scanner using the camera. App scans and validates QR barcoded tickets purchased using Ticketgasm web software. Camera from iphone scans QR codes using supported software and hardware accessories.

Screenshots

ST POS4 screens
Ticketgasm3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ST POS at every 5 days against Ticketgasm's every 16 months. Ticketgasm's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ST POS ships an update every 5 days, Ticketgasm every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ST POS versus Ticketgasm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterST POSTicketgasm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSmarttab CorpTICKETGASM LLC

In-app purchases

None

ST POS

No in-app purchases

None

Ticketgasm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ST POS free?
ST POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ticketgasm free?
Ticketgasm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ST POS or Ticketgasm have ads?
Neither ST POS nor Ticketgasm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ST POS or Ticketgasm?
ST POS ships an update every 5 days, and Ticketgasm every 16 months. Most recently, ST POS was updated on September 26, 2026 and Ticketgasm on September 20, 2026.

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