Tap to Pay on iPhone
Take a card at the door or the bar with nothing but your iPhone — no reader to buy, charge or pair. Your guest holds their card, phone or watch to the top of yours. Needs iPhone XS or later on iOS 18.
Changelog
What we’ve shipped
Every change that reaches an organizer or a guest, newest first. We keep this in the open because the thing you most want to know about a young product is whether anyone is still working on it.
What we’re working on
No dates, on purpose. These are the next things, not promises.
Refunds you can issue yourself
Today you email us and we do it the same day. It should be a button.
Repeat an event
Copy last month's night — tiers, menu, guest list — instead of rebuilding it.
Your team on the dashboard
Invite and manage crew from the web, not just the app.
Counter switch on the web
The dashboard shows whether the bar is open but can't turn it on yet.
October 2026
A help center
Short answers at shabanga.com/help, organized by what you’re trying to do rather than by feature, each with the exact place to go in the app and on the dashboard.
You choose where the donation fee sits
Inside the gift so a guest sees one clean number, or on top so you keep the whole amount. Inside is the default — a tip jar should show one number.
Donations
Throwing a free party? Guests chip in from your event page, with amounts you suggest or one of their own. Comes with its own Donate code to print for the door.
September 2026
Team members
Invite crew to an event and give them what they need — the door, the bar, or the money — without handing over your account.
August 2026
Shabanga is public
On the App Store and on Google Play. Buyers never needed an account and still don't — the app is for the people running the night.
Before that
The foundations, built through the first half of 2026 and in the product by the time it reached the stores.
Counter, the bar on guests' phonesDoor scanning by link and PINGuest lists with plus-ones and drinksThe price ladderChoose-a-price tiersFree and RSVP eventsDiscount codesApple and Google Wallet passesApple Pay and Google PayEmail your ticket holdersPromoter pagesArtist profiles and lineupsPayouts after the showProduction costsTips, passed on in full