Comparison

RA Ticket Scanner vs Lightspeed Pulse

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

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time sales and revenue tracking
  • Historical data comparisons
  • Key sales metrics reporting
  • Multi-location performance analysis
  • Visual sales dashboard
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With Lightspeed Pulse, you can keep an eye on your hospitality business from anywhere. Track live sales data, oversee multiple locations and always stay across your business performance—all from your phone. Features: - Real-time sales and revenue tracking - Visual dashboard with historical data comparisons—analyze your performance against the previous week, month and year - Key sales metrics: opened and closed orders, average cover value, voids, comps and discounts - Multi-location filter to view performance across all venues About Lightspeed Restaurant A leading unified Point of Sale and Payments platform powering hospitality businesses in over 100 countries. Designed for dynamic environments, Lightspeed Restaurant offers multi-location tools such as inventory management, real-time reporting and personalized support from industry experts.

Screenshots

RA Ticket Scanner4 screens
Lightspeed Pulse3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RA Ticket Scanner ships an update every 2 months, Lightspeed Pulse fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RA Ticket Scanner versus Lightspeed Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRA Ticket ScannerLightspeed Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperResident AdvisorLightspeed Commerce Inc.

Customer experience

RA Ticket Scanner

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

Lightspeed Pulse

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

In-app purchases

None

RA Ticket Scanner

No in-app purchases

None

Lightspeed Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RA Ticket Scanner free?
RA Ticket Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightspeed Pulse free?
Lightspeed Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RA Ticket Scanner or Lightspeed Pulse?
RA Ticket Scanner is rated higher. RA Ticket Scanner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Lightspeed Pulse averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do RA Ticket Scanner or Lightspeed Pulse have ads?
Neither RA Ticket Scanner nor Lightspeed Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RA Ticket Scanner or Lightspeed Pulse?
RA Ticket Scanner ships an update every 2 months, and Lightspeed Pulse fortnightly. Most recently, RA Ticket Scanner was updated on September 21, 2026 and Lightspeed Pulse on September 28, 2026.

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