# Skiddle review (2026): is it any good? > UK events guide with free ticketing for promoters Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Skiddle is a UK events guide and ticketing service. Promoters list events through its Promotion Centre, sell tickets with discount codes, seating plans and payment plans, and scan entry with the free RapidScan app. Listing events and selling tickets is free for the organizer. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Skiddle Promotion Centre - **Website:** https://www.skiddle.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: the fee buyers pay is not stated, so you can't see what a ticket nets. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Skiddle is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Promotion Centre | $0 | Free to sign up, list events and sell tickets; the page does not state buyer booking fees. | Read from https://promotioncentre.co.uk/sell-tickets/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Skiddle before buying. ## Key features - **Event listings and landing pages:** Organizers get listing pages where customers buy tickets, plus brand pages, artist pages and event series for repeat shows. - **Seating and payment plans:** Allocated seating plans, payment plans that spread the cost of festival tickets, and session-based ticketing are offered. - **Marketing to Skiddle's audience:** E-flyers go to customers within 20 miles of the event, with Facebook re-targeting and push alerts to a brand's app followers. - **RapidScan entry app:** A free barcode scanning app on the App Store and Google Play checks tickets at the door. - **Resale, waiting list and refunds:** Customers can resell tickets through Re:Sell, join a waiting list on sold-out events or refund within the Cool:Off window. - **Sales reports:** A dashboard shows live sales, and post-event financial reports cover ticket-buying trends. ## Good for - UK club night, gig and festival promoters - Organizers who want a free way to sell tickets - Events that benefit from a consumer discovery guide ## Worth knowing - The pages read do not state the booking fees buyers pay, so organizer revenue per ticket cannot be worked out from them. - The audience and event guide are centered on UK cities. - An organizer account is required before listing an event. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Skiddle lets organizers list and sell tickets free through its Promotion Centre, and adds seating, payment plans, a scanner app, resale and reports. The booking fees buyers pay aren't stated, and the audience is centered on UK cities. - **Value for money: B.** Free for organizers on the listing, with no plan price. The booking fees buyers pay aren't stated, so per-ticket revenue can't be worked out. - **Free plan and trial: A.** The Promotion Centre is $0, with no sign-up fee or monthly plan on the listing. - **Features: B.** Event listings and pages, seating, payment plans, marketing to its audience, a scanner app, resale and reports. Nothing core is missing. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. An organizer account is needed before you can list an event. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with no integrations named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Skiddle Promotion Centre's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Skiddle's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 36 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 36 of 45) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). - Skiddle has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Skiddle is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 36 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Ticketing, Reports, Marketing automation ## Alternatives - [Dice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dice): Ticketing app for gigs, club nights and festivals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dice-vs-skiddle) - [Ticket Fairy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketfairy): Ticketing and event operations for festivals, clubs and venues. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/skiddle-vs-ticketfairy) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-skiddle) - [Ticket Tailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticket-tailor): Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/skiddle-vs-ticket-tailor) - [Billetto](https://toolgpa.com/tools/billetto): European ticketing marketplace with ads you pay for per sale. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/billetto-vs-skiddle) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://promotioncentre.co.uk/sell-tickets/ - https://promotioncentre.co.uk/features/ - https://www.skiddle.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/skiddle Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).