RA Ticket Scanner vs Lightspeed Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Lightspeed Pulse
Monitor your hospitality business performance remotely with real-time sales data and key metrics. Analyze historical trends and compare performance across multiple locations directly from your mobile device.
- Real-time sales and revenue tracking
- Historical data comparisons
- Key sales metrics reporting
- Multi-location performance analysis
- Visual sales dashboard
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Run every venue like you’re on site, even when you’re not. Lightspeed Pulse is a mobile dashboard for hospitality operators, providing fast POS data, reporting and actionable business insights across every location. Whether you’re on the floor or on the move, make sure standards never slip and every site runs with the same precision, from your first location to your latest addition. Features -Timely Operational Insights. Stay ahead of each shift with live data on revenue, covers, open orders and staff efficiency across all your venues. -Performance at a glance. Quickly see how your business is performing with visual dashboards. Compare live metrics against previous days, weeks or years with clear percentage-change snapshots. -Deep-Dive Metrics. Filter by location or time period to see specific data that includes voids, comps, average cover value and sales per labour hour. -Operational Checklists. Complete and assign staff checklists and monitor task progress to ensure critical standards are met, even when you aren't on site. About Lightspeed Restaurant Lightspeed is the Point of Sale and Payments platform powering businesses at the heart of communities in over 100 countries. Designed for fast-moving, high-standard environments, Lightspeed Restaurant provides the tools you need to manage inventory, reporting and multi-location operations with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RA Ticket Scanner at 60% against Lightspeed Pulse's 14%. RA Ticket Scanner also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Lightspeed Pulse's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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.
RA Ticket Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of RA Ticket Scanner's written reviews are positive against 14% of Lightspeed Pulse's.
RA Ticket Scanner ships an update every 2 months, Lightspeed Pulse fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | RA Ticket Scanner | Lightspeed Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resident Advisor | Lightspeed Commerce Inc. |
Customer experience
RA Ticket Scanner
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In-app purchases
RA Ticket Scanner
No in-app purchases
Lightspeed Pulse
No in-app purchases
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