CAKE OrderPad vs DSDLink Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAKE OrderPad
Streamline restaurant operations with this mobile POS solution. Servers can efficiently manage orders, process payments, and handle customer profiles directly from an iPad, reducing wait times and improving service.
- Order queue and table views
- Cash and credit card payments
- Order splitting and item modifiers
- Customer profiles
- Time clock
- Gift card functions
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Designed to save time and embrace mobility; OrderPad will enable your servers to upsell, quickly move on the next table, or bust that long lunchtime queue. OrderPad brings the same ordering experience of the POS to the iPad. FEATURES: • Order Queue & Table Views. • Payments with Cash & Credit Cards. User oriented tip declarations, on-screen signature, & e-receipts. • Order Management: Splitting Orders, Item Modifiers, Sending Prep Tickets, Discounting Orders/Items, & Customer Profiles. • Tip Declarations. • Time Clock. • Cash Drawer Functions. • Gift Card Functions.
DSDLink Mobile
Streamline beverage ordering for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores. Discover and order products from all your distributors, plan ahead with sales history, and view accurate pricing with discounts. Manage payments and invoices in one convenient platform.
- Order from all distributors
- Discover new products
- Plan orders ahead
- Utilize sales history for ordering
- View accurate pricing and discounts
- Pay distributors in one place
- Download invoices
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DSDLink Mobile is the go-to app for beer, wine, spirits, and energy drink ordering for bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and any other establishments. Find and Order Products from ALL your Distributors - Explore and order any new products that your distributor is allowed to sell in your area - Plan and place orders as far ahead of time as needed - Use calculated sales history to right-size your orders Accurate Pricing - Know exactly what you're going to pay for your order before you buy - View available discounts and any quantity based or mix-and-match deals Manage & Pay - Pay all your distributors in one place with ACH or card - Download PDFs of your delivered invoices. Even if they were not placed on DSDLink! - Schedule and pay on your due date using PayLink.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DSDLink Mobile at 64% against CAKE OrderPad's 0%. DSDLink Mobile also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (8.3K vs 9). CAKE OrderPad's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DSDLink Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSDLink Mobile has 8.3K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CAKE OrderPad's written reviews are positive against 64% of DSDLink Mobile's.
CAKE OrderPad ships an update every 4 months, DSDLink Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAKE OrderPad | DSDLink Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (8.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 63.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 8.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CAKE Corporation | Encompass Technologies Development Inc. |
Customer experience
CAKE OrderPad
DSDLink Mobile
Bugs and requests
CAKE OrderPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DSDLink Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Order history and order placement issues
- Inconsistent product availability information
- Difficulty removing specific products from order guide
Requested features
5 requests- Add a favorites or frequently ordered section
- Improve communication with sales representatives
- Allow printing of orders
- Organize products by category or type (bottles vs cans)
- Provide more prominent low/out of stock indicators
In-app purchases
CAKE OrderPad
No in-app purchases
DSDLink Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CAKE OrderPad free?
Is DSDLink Mobile free?
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