Can I run my venue from my phone?

DICE is mobile-first for fans — the ticket lives in the fan's app — while partner event setup and reporting run through a web dashboard. BANDANA points its app at the operator, and at the months before the show: booking requests, confirmations, advances, and ticket pages all work from the native iOS app. The door is out of scope for BANDANA, and on Android or desktop the web app does everything the iOS app does except offline reading.

Does BANDANA promote my show to new fans?

No. BANDANA is not a consumer marketplace. It gives you a page and embeds to promote through your own channels, and keeps the platform fee at 25 cents because it is not buying an audience for you.

Do buyers need an app?

No. A BANDANA ticket is bought in a browser and confirmed by email.

Comparison

BANDANA tix vs DICE

Reviewed August 2026

BANDANA tix is available to any venue today. Booking, advancing, and the rest of BANDANA are free and open too.

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DICE is a mobile-first ticketing platform and consumer marketplace. Fans hold tickets in the DICE app, the recommendation feed surfaces shows to people who were not looking for you, and anti-resale measures keep tickets out of the secondary market. Fees are quoted per partner. Its mobile-first energy is aimed at the fan, and partner event setup and reporting run through a web dashboard. BANDANA's native iOS app is aimed at the person running the room, and specifically at the months before the show rather than the door: booking requests, confirmations, advances, and ticket pages. BANDANA does no door scanning, and on Android or desktop the web app does everything the iOS app does except offline reading. It gives an independent room a page it owns, a flat 25 cents per ticket, payouts to its own Stripe account, and a ticket page assembled from the advance the bands already filled in.

BANDANA dashboard on a phone listing a band and a venue the same person runs — One dashboard for every band you play in and every room you run.

A BANDANA gig advance page showing set times, backline and band details — One advance page the venue and every band on the bill share.

A venue booking calendar in BANDANA with open and closed dates marked — One shared calendar with the dates you are actually taking requests on.

Incoming band booking requests listed for a venue in BANDANA — Requests arrive in one queue instead of five inboxes.

A venue's public BANDANA booking form embedded on a website — The request form, embedded on your own site and styled like your room.

A venue's upcoming shows calendar embedded on its own website — Your upcoming shows on your site, dropping off after the show's day ends.

Recurring open mic and jam sessions listed for a venue in BANDANA — Recurring open mic and jam nights generate themselves week to week.

Editing a BANDANA tix ticket page with a hero image and rich text description — Build the ticket page visually, using what bands already submitted.

A live public BANDANA tix ticket page styled with a venue's colors — The public page carries your venue's colors and fonts.

A fan buying a ticket in BANDANA tix with pricing and fees shown — Checkout shows the price and fees plainly before anyone pays.

A venue's upcoming ticketed shows with sales counts in BANDANA — Upcoming and past ticketed shows with sales counts in one list.

Public page styling card in a venue's Info tab with background, accent, and font choices — Pick the background, accent color, and fonts your public pages and embeds use.

What DICE focuses on

A curated, mobile-first ticket marketplace for fans, with a discovery feed, anti-resale technology, and a web dashboard for partners.

BANDANA and DICE, side by side

Competitor details below are from their own public pages, checked August 2026. Pricing changes — confirm on their site before you decide. DICE pricing

Running it from a phone: BANDANANative iOS app for everything before the show: take the request, confirm the date, advance with the band, publish the ticket page. Not the door — no scanning or box office.; DICENot published — partner event setup and reporting run through a web dashboard
Android and desktop: BANDANAFull web app, everything the iOS app does except offline reading; DICEFan app on iOS and Android; partner setup and reporting are a web dashboard
Who the app is for: BANDANAThe venue — buyers need no app at all; DICEThe fan — tickets live in the DICE app
BANDANA's platform fee: BANDANA25 cents flat per ticket, published up front; DICENot published — their help center describes a booking fee split between DICE and organisers, with rates quoted per partner
Audience and discovery: BANDANANone — you bring the audience; DICEStronger here: a curated discovery feed that surfaces shows to new fans
Ticket delivery: BANDANAEmail confirmation, no app install for the buyer; DICEIn the DICE app, with anti-resale measures built in
Where the money lands: BANDANAYour own connected Stripe account; DICENot published — their partners page says you get paid, without stating the processor or timing
Whose page it is: BANDANAYours, styled to your room and embeddable on your site; DICEA DICE event page inside their marketplace
Booking to ticket: BANDANAThe same thread that started as a booking request; DICEEvent creation is its own step; booking is not modelled
Availability: BANDANAGenerally available — any venue can activate ticketing, and booking and advancing are free; DICEGenerally available, with a self sign-up path and approvals made on the DICE side per venue

What you get	BANDANA	DICE
Running it from a phone	Native iOS app for everything before the show: take the request, confirm the date, advance with the band, publish the ticket page. Not the door — no scanning or box office.	Not published — partner event setup and reporting run through a web dashboard
Android and desktop	Full web app, everything the iOS app does except offline reading	Fan app on iOS and Android; partner setup and reporting are a web dashboard
Who the app is for	The venue — buyers need no app at all	The fan — tickets live in the DICE app
BANDANA's platform fee	25 cents flat per ticket, published up front	Not published — their help center describes a booking fee split between DICE and organisers, with rates quoted per partner
Audience and discovery	None — you bring the audience	Stronger here: a curated discovery feed that surfaces shows to new fans
Ticket delivery	Email confirmation, no app install for the buyer	In the DICE app, with anti-resale measures built in
Where the money lands	Your own connected Stripe account	Not published — their partners page says you get paid, without stating the processor or timing
Whose page it is	Yours, styled to your room and embeddable on your site	A DICE event page inside their marketplace
Booking to ticket	The same thread that started as a booking request	Event creation is its own step; booking is not modelled
Availability	Generally available — any venue can activate ticketing, and booking and advancing are free	Generally available, with a self sign-up path and approvals made on the DICE side per venue

Choose DICE if

You want a marketplace putting your show in front of new fans
Resale and scalping are a real problem for your online sales
You like fans holding tickets in a dedicated app with waiting lists

Choose BANDANA if

Your crowd comes from your own channels and band fan bases, not a discovery feed
You want a low flat fee instead of a negotiated rate
The show page should live on your website, in your brand
You want the app pointed at you, the operator, not only at the ticket buyer

Common questions

Can I run my venue from my phone?: DICE is mobile-first for fans — the ticket lives in the fan's app — while partner event setup and reporting run through a web dashboard. BANDANA points its app at the operator, and at the months before the show: booking requests, confirmations, advances, and ticket pages all work from the native iOS app. The door is out of scope for BANDANA, and on Android or desktop the web app does everything the iOS app does except offline reading.
Does BANDANA promote my show to new fans?: No. BANDANA is not a consumer marketplace. It gives you a page and embeds to promote through your own channels, and keeps the platform fee at 25 cents because it is not buying an audience for you.
Do buyers need an app?: No. A BANDANA ticket is bought in a browser and confirmed by email.

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A TICKET. THAT'S THE FEE.

There is no marketplace behind a BANDANA ticket page, only the booking thread that produced it.

No contract, no sales call, and one number you can agree on before you sell a ticket.