The 10 Best Event Tickets Apps for Shopify
The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for event tickets, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.
Updated October 10, 2026 · Organic rankingShopify has no concept of an event. There is no date on a product, no time, no capacity and certainly no seat. What exists is options and variants, so every app in this category does the same thing underneath: the date becomes an option value, the ticket type becomes another, each combination becomes a variant, and that variant's stock count stands in for how many people can come.
The substitution holds up better than it sounds, until you reach its edges. Capacity is a number rather than a seating plan, which is why most of these sell general admission and only a few draw a real map. Attendee names travel as line item properties, the same plain text fields used for engraving. And scanning at the door is not a thing the platform does: a barcode scan looks up a product, so whether a particular ticket has already been used is a state the app has to keep entirely by itself.
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Evey Events & Tickets
Create, sell & scan event tickets: all from one platform
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Ticket Spot ‑ Event Ticketing
Reserved seating, timed entry, and no per-ticket fees
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Tixator ‑ Sell Event Tickets
Sell custom QR event tickets and scan guests at the door
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Experiences: Events & Tickets
An experiential retail app. Sell tickets, events, and tours
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Calee: Events Calendar Widget
Calendar to Show Store Events, Workshop, Event Tickets & more
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Pulse: Event Tickets
Sell tickets and manage event check-ins — all in one place
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BookX Appointment Booking App
Calendly style calendar booking & scheduling for event, rental
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Easy Tickets & Events
Sell tickets with drag-and-drop design, QR check-in & more
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ShopTickets
Complete event ticketing suite for all event organizers
Built for ShopifyCompare the top 3 head-to-head
What to look for in a Event Tickets app
- General admission or actual seats
- These are different products sold under one heading. Most of the category counts heads against a capacity number, which is fine for a workshop and useless for a theatre. Reserved seating with a real map is rare here, so if you need it, filter on that before anything else.
- What happens at the door
- Since the platform has no idea what redemption is, the check-in is entirely the app's own machinery. The questions worth asking are what happens when the same ticket is scanned twice, and what happens when the venue has no signal, because those are the two situations where the door queue stops moving.
- How many dates you are selling
- Every date, time and ticket type combination is a variant, so a long season multiplies quickly. The per-product ceiling is generous these days and not unlimited, and a catalogue full of dead dates is its own kind of mess. Ask how old events are retired, not just how new ones are made.
Frequently asked questions
Which is the best Event Tickets app for Shopify?
Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "event tickets", GM Event Ticketing currently holds the #1 spot, with a 4.9 star rating across 51 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.
How is this ranking determined?
We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "event tickets", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "event tickets", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.
Which Event Tickets apps are Built for Shopify?
3 of the top 10 event tickets apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: GM Event Ticketing, Calee: Events Calendar Widget, BookX Appointment Booking App.
What does the Built for Shopify badge mean?
Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify is the highest level of recognition Shopify awards an app. To earn
the badge, an app must meet Shopify's standards for safety, performance, ease of use,
and proven usefulness: it cannot slow down the admin, storefront, or checkout, must
integrate seamlessly into the Shopify admin, and must demonstrate quality through
installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring
ones with the badge is a safe default.
Learn more about the Built for Shopify badge →
As of October 10, 2026, the top-ranked event tickets app on the Shopify App Store is GM Event Ticketing, with a 4.9 star rating across 51 reviews. 3 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.9 stars across 1,169 reviews.
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Rankbase is made by Craftshift, a Shopify Partner building apps for product images, variants, and bulk catalog work. We built Rankbase to track the App Store rankings of our own apps first, then opened it to other developers, and this directory grew out of that work. The rankings on these pages are Shopify's own organic search results; we never edit them, including for our own apps.
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Rubik Variant Images & Swatch
Clean multiple variant images gallery & variant color swatches
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CS - Smart Bulk Image Upload
Save time with bulk upload images from Google Drive, Dropbox
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Rubik Combined Listings Swatch
Link products as variants w/ combined listings & color swatch
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CS - Export Product Images
Bulk export images, download product images to save time!