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Bandsintown Concerts vs Ticketmaster－Buy

Bandsintown Concerts 4.7★ · Free to download 60
Winner Ticketmaster－Buy
Ticketmaster－Buy 4.8★ · Free to download 75

Pick Ticketmaster for more reliable ticket purchasing experiences.

Full reviews: Bandsintown Concerts · Ticketmaster－Buy

While both apps provide concert information, Ticketmaster offers a more established platform for purchasing tickets, despite its issues with fees and customer service. Bandsintown excels in concert discovery but suffers from frequent crashes and notification problems.

Head to head

features edge: Ticketmaster－BuyR6R15R66R85
Bandsintown Concerts Bandsintown offers concert notifications and reminders, but users report missing shows and poor notification reliability R6R15.
Ticketmaster－Buy Ticketmaster provides a comprehensive ticket purchasing experience, although users complain about high fees and a complicated process R66R85.
ease of use tieR16R44R64R73
Bandsintown Concerts Users find Bandsintown's interface cluttered and often glitchy, leading to frustration R16R44.
Ticketmaster－Buy Ticketmaster's app is criticized for its complicated checkout process and frequent timeouts R64R73.
reliability edge: Ticketmaster－BuyR4R19R64R71
Bandsintown Concerts Many Bandsintown users report frequent crashes and network errors, making it unreliable for concert tracking R4R19.
Ticketmaster－Buy Ticketmaster users also experience glitches but generally find the ticket purchasing process more reliable despite frustrations R64R71.
price/value edge: Bandsintown ConcertsR1R7R66R85
Bandsintown Concerts Bandsintown is free and offers good concert tracking, but users express frustration over excessive emails and notifications R1R7.
Ticketmaster－Buy Ticketmaster is free to download but users frequently complain about high service fees that can double the ticket price R66R85.
support tieR4R19R67R82
Bandsintown Concerts Support for Bandsintown is not mentioned positively in reviews, indicating a lack of responsiveness R4R19.
Ticketmaster－Buy Ticketmaster users report poor customer service experiences, particularly when retrieving tickets R67R82.
Pick Bandsintown Concerts if

you want a dedicated concert tracking app with good notifications and are okay with potential glitches.

Pick Ticketmaster－Buy if

you need a reliable ticket purchasing platform and can tolerate high fees and a complicated process.

Evidence note: The reviews for Bandsintown show significant issues with reliability and user experience, while Ticketmaster, despite its criticisms, has a more established ticket purchasing system.

Frequently asked

Which app is better for buying concert tickets?
Ticketmaster is generally preferred for buying tickets due to its established platform, although it has high fees and customer service issues R66R85.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R6] Bandsintown Concerts 3/5 · US Poor notys: I rarely get notifications for when bands are in town
  2. [R15] Bandsintown Concerts 3/5 · US Don’t get concert notifications: It’s not that I don’t like the app; it’s just that I never ever get notifications for the gospel groups that I am already following. Sometimes I miss a concert because I never hear about them or get a notification in advance.
  3. [R66] Ticketmaster－Buy 3/5 · US Don’t like the fees and that Ticketmaster is a monopoly: See the title. Wish I had a choice of how to buy tickets.
  4. [R85] Ticketmaster－Buy 1/5 · US Awful Greedy Monopoly: Ticketmaster sucks. They are an awful, greedy monopoly. I hate that service fees are half as much as the ticket. It says it goes to the venue, well they own most of the venues. Total garbage.
  5. [R16] Bandsintown Concerts 2/5 · US Interface is garbage: Just let me buy tickets, why does this app exist if it’s going to redirect you everywhere and I still can’t figure out how to buy tickets for a listed band. All this is for is to advertise tickets are for sale somewhere. Good luck. Useless bloatware application!
  6. [R44] Bandsintown Concerts 2/5 · US Good concept, poor execution: the idea is great, but the app is so poorly designed and is almost always crashing.
  7. [R64] Ticketmaster－Buy 1/5 · US Awful, as usual: Glitchy, kept sending me back to the lobby and saying there were issues then locked me out and say I’d I had to sign out of WiFi or get another device. Worthless as always
  8. [R73] Ticketmaster－Buy 1/5 · US Sign in to sign out: I was shopping for tickets online and they said I had to download the app. I downloaded the app and they said I had to be logged in on the app to get the tickets. So made an account on the app. Then it said to go online to complete purchase. I went back to my browser and it said to log out of the app and log in the browser. Very asinine behavior that a company that has a huge
  9. [R4] Bandsintown Concerts 1/5 · US Pos: Literally is always crashing, the app and website. No matter what i do. Started out of nowhere too, i’ve deleted the app restarted it everything and it keeps stating it has a network error… no updates or anything. Website does not let me log in and I honestly hate this app. 0/10 do not recommend
  10. [R19] Bandsintown Concerts 1/5 · US Network Issues: I used to love this app. I had the ability to see when all my favorite bands were on tour; however, now, when I try to use the app, I keep getting a “network error, retry” notification. So, oh well. Doesn’t work for me anymore, I guess.
  11. [R71] Ticketmaster－Buy 5/5 · US Quality Entertainment: I am always happy with the quality of the tickets I purchase through Ticketmaster. I am assured that there are no scams and my tickets are secure!
  12. [R1] Bandsintown Concerts 1/5 · US Abuse: Do you like getting emails you didn’t opt into from a big variety of addresses, making it hard to block them all? Do you like when a company ignores email unsubscribes and spam reports? Yes? This is the app for you.
  13. [R7] Bandsintown Concerts 1/5 · US Excessive emails: I looked once for a concert and now receive multiple emails every single day. So annoying!!
  14. [R67] Ticketmaster－Buy 1/5 · US Terrible customer service: I couldn’t pull my tickets up from my e mail confirmation. Tried everything before calling. Gentleman could care less if I retrieved my tickets. A code he sent never came through to my e mail so there was nothing else he could do. Sorry… Really
  15. [R82] Ticketmaster－Buy 1/5 · US Resale listing removed and support is unusable: I listed my sister’s Treaty Oak Revival tickets for resale on July 9. Ticketmaster removed the listing that same day without an email, notification, or explanation, and we did not discover it until July 13 after losing four days of selling time. Trying to get help through the app was a mess. The chatbot kept looping through irrelevant articles, froz

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store