Comparison

Brava BackOffice vs EventCartel Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Brava BackOffice

Access real-time business insights and manage operations remotely. Monitor sales, employee performance, inventory, and receive instant alerts for critical activities. Streamline management of employees, products, and orders to optimize profitability and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Real-time sales dashboards
  • Employee performance tracking
  • Inventory management
  • Customizable alerts
  • Employee and product management
  • Sales analytics and reporting
Features
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Provides realtime access to your business locations. You have visibility to what is happening and then be able to take any needed action. The back office functionality for Managers and Owners using the Brava POS system, includes: * Dashboards with many sales metrics by employees and by location to see your profitability in realtime * Alerts and notifications for activities by employees, sales, clock-in and out, permission to adjust sales etc.. * Manage your Employees, Products and Services, Inventory * Flexible Calendar to select a date range to compare results and perform analytics CLOCK See who is clocked in or clocked out, who is on break or taking lunch PERFORMANCE What are my top performing locations, my top selling products or services, who are my top performing employees DASHBOARD See your total profit, gross and net sales, inventory costs, total wages total orders EMPLOYEES See their sales, commissions and hours worked COMPETITIONS Setup Location and or Employee competitions to increase sales performance LOCATIONS See current sales totals by location for comparison including detail on emails performance per day including employee performance ALERTS Get realtime alerts for sales as they happen, for when employees have sale over certain amounts, give permission when employees need to override a sale amount, when Tills close for the day, etc.. Customizable alerts to match your needs EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT Add new employees, edit their profile, change their permissions, change their access to locations, edit their commission level PRODUCT MANAGEMENT Add new product, assign it to one or many locations, change the min, max and sale price, cost etc, assign other attributes to products ORDER MANAGEMENT See order details including all receipt information. Edit order including Commissions etc.. INVENTORY Transfer Inventory qty from on location to another. Receive Inventory at a location, make notes and define the qty received at that location

About

EventCartel Scanner

Transform your iPhone into a QR code scanner for efficient event entry. Manage guest lists, view real-time sales, and track scanned tickets seamlessly. This tool is designed to streamline door management for ticketed events.

Highlights
  • QR code scanning for event entry
  • Searchable A-Z guest list
  • Real-time sales updates
  • Real-time scanned ticket updates
  • Guest list management
Features
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Manage your door entry with ease for ticketed customers from Event Cartel. Built by a team who understands promoter requirements and have customers in mind. The EC scanner allows you to transform your Iphone into a QR code scanner and easily manage your guest list at the door at the day of the event, making your door entry as quick and efficient as possible. Features: - Turn your device into a QR Code scanner for fast event entry - Searchable A-Z guestlist - Real time sales updates - Real time scanned tickets updates About EC tickets Integrated with EventCartel's comprehensive event listings and editorial content, EC's ticketing service allows promoters to manage ticket sales for shows, concerts and other events. EC tickets is the preferred ticketing partner for a significant number of established promoters.

Screenshots

Brava BackOffice4 screens
EventCartel Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Brava BackOffice at 8.0 against EventCartel Scanner's 16.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brava BackOffice against 5.0 for EventCartel Scanner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brava BackOffice ships an update every 2 months, EventCartel Scanner monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Brava BackOffice versus EventCartel Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrava BackOfficeEventCartel Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiVerticle IncEventCartel LLC

Customer experience

Brava BackOffice

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EventCartel Scanner

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Brava BackOffice

No in-app purchases

None

EventCartel Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brava BackOffice free?
Brava BackOffice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EventCartel Scanner free?
EventCartel Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brava BackOffice or EventCartel Scanner?
Brava BackOffice and EventCartel Scanner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Brava BackOffice or EventCartel Scanner have ads?
Neither Brava BackOffice nor EventCartel Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brava BackOffice or EventCartel Scanner?
Brava BackOffice ships an update every 2 months, and EventCartel Scanner monthly. Most recently, Brava BackOffice was updated on September 30, 2026 and EventCartel Scanner on October 10, 2026.

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