Comparison

RA Ticket Scanner vs Event Ticket Hero

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

Head to head
About

RA Ticket Scanner

This app allows event promoters to manage ticket sales and entry for club nights and festivals. It supports scanning various ticket types, managing guestlists, and provides real-time event statistics. The app works offline and allows for live syncing between multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Manage ticket sales and allocations
  • Scan paper, e-tickets, and mobile tickets
  • Control and import guestlists
  • Live syncing across multiple devices
  • Offline functionality
  • Real-time event statistics
Features
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The RA Ticket Scanner is the easiest way to manage entry to RA ticketed events. The app has been developed by a team that understands club culture and the needs of venues and promoters. To use this app you will need to be registered as a promoter on www.residentadvisor.net. Features - Manage your club night or festival from the palm of your hand. Update ticket allocations, stop and start sales and view detailed, real-time stats on your event. - Scan paper tickets, e-tickets, Apple Wallet and tickets displayed on smartphones. No more need for printed lists—the app does the hard work for you. - Take control of the guestlist. Import your guestlist to the app and add new guests at a touch of a button. - Live syncing between devices means multiple users can manage entry to your venue. - The app works offline, which means it's useful for when there’s no reception or wi-fi. - You can reject ticket holders by swiping left, which is useful for helping ticket holders get refunds when they are turned away for legitimate reasons. - Manage which users can access events stats and prevent junior members of your team adding new people to the guestlist. About RA Tickets Integrated with Resident Advisor’s comprehensive international event listings, RA’s ticketing service allows promoters to manage ticket sales for electronic music shows. RA has extensive experience in ticketing everything from club shows in London, to warehouse parties in LA, rooftops in Barcelona, and major festivals. RA Tickets is the preferred ticketing partner for a significant number of established brands in electronic music.

About

Event Ticket Hero

Easily manage small events by creating and issuing electronic tickets. Attendees receive tickets via email, text, or social media, and you can scan them at the door. Offline functionality and Dropbox syncing for premium users enhance event administration.

Highlights
  • Create and issue electronic tickets
  • Scan barcodes for entry/exit
  • Offline event management
  • Share tickets via email, text, social media
  • Sync events with Dropbox (Premium)
  • Sort ticket holder lists
Features
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Send tickets to attendees and scan barcodes at the door. Managing your small event has never been easier! Whether it’s a concert, or private event, be the Event Ticket Hero! We collect no fees from ticket sales. Collect payment by cash or other means available to you, then use Event Ticket Hero to issue the tickets! Sending tickets electronically to ticketholders has never been easier. Share them by email, text, or social media. You can even print them through a connected printer! Administrating the event is also simple. The list of ticket holders can be sorted alphabetically or by ticket number. Attendee’s contact information can be entered in the app to allow for easy ticket distribution. It also makes it easy for you to communicate with ticket holders in the future as needed. With Event Ticket Hero Premium, you can use Dropbox to sync events and ticket lists between devices. This way, you can use a different device to scan tickets at the door than you used to create the tickets! During the event, tickets can be scanned for entrance and exit. Visual scanning feedback and optional audio feedback makes it easy to distinguish between valid and invalid entries. All ticket scanning history is stored on the device scanning tickets. To ensure a ticket is only used once for entry, it is important that a single device is used to scan tickets at the door. This also means that no internet access is required at the event! Even if your concert is in a basement or your private party is at a remote setting off the grid, you can be an Event Ticket Hero!

Screenshots

RA Ticket Scanner4 screens
Event Ticket Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

RA Ticket Scanner and Event Ticket Hero both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Event Ticket Hero's written reviews are positive against 60% of RA Ticket Scanner's. Event Ticket Hero also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 4). RA Ticket Scanner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Event Ticket Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RA Ticket Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for RA Ticket Scanner against 4.7 for Event Ticket Hero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Event Ticket Hero has 96 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of RA Ticket Scanner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Event Ticket Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RA Ticket Scanner ships an update every 2 months, Event Ticket Hero every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RA Ticket Scanner versus Event Ticket Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRA Ticket ScannerEvent Ticket Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (96 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings496 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperResident AdvisorJURASCO INC.

Customer experience

RA Ticket Scanner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Event Ticket Hero

All ratings95 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RA Ticket Scanner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Event Ticket Hero

One-time1
  • Event Ticket Hero Premium$17.99

Questions

Is RA Ticket Scanner free?
RA Ticket Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Ticket Hero free?
Event Ticket Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RA Ticket Scanner or Event Ticket Hero?
RA Ticket Scanner is rated higher. RA Ticket Scanner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Event Ticket Hero averages 4.7 from 96 ratings.
Do RA Ticket Scanner or Event Ticket Hero have ads?
Neither RA Ticket Scanner nor Event Ticket Hero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RA Ticket Scanner or Event Ticket Hero?
RA Ticket Scanner ships an update every 2 months, and Event Ticket Hero every 3 months. Most recently, RA Ticket Scanner was updated on November 1, 2026 and Event Ticket Hero on November 3, 2026.

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