Slate Menu vs Upserve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slate Menu
Create beautiful, customizable digital menus for your business. Showcase rich media, manage inventory, and integrate with POS systems. Ideal for restaurants, hotels, spas, and more.
- Fully customizable digital menus
- Physical inventory management
- Seamless POS integration
- Meal pairings
- Rich media support (images, videos)
- Wide font and color options
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Slate is a gorgeous digital menu app that is fully customizable. For restaurants, Slate features simple physical inventory management, seamless POS integration, meal pairings, an amazing user experience, a beautiful customizable interface, rich media, and support for wine, beer and spirits. For clubs, hotels, wineries or any other business with the need to provide rich, customizable information to their customers, Slate features the same amazing user experience, support for images and videos, a wide choice of fonts, and countless color and other customization options. Visit www.ipadwines.com to learn more.
Upserve
A comprehensive restaurant management system and point of sale designed for the food service industry. It allows for dynamic menu adjustments, real-time inventory tracking with each sale, and customizable table layouts directly within the application.
- Dynamic menu management
- Real-time inventory tracking
- Adjustable table layouts
- Integrated point of sale
- Restaurant-specific workflows
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Upserve POS is a one-stop restaurant management system and point of sale. With features, workflows and integrations purpose-built for restaurants, you can change menus on the fly, track inventory with every sale, adjust table layouts and more directly in the app.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slate Menu at 5.0 against Upserve's 2.0. Slate Menu also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Upserve's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Slate Menu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 5 respectively.
Slate Menu ships an update every 2 months, Upserve every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Slate Menu | Upserve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better | 2.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Labrador OmniMedia Inc / BigBig Bomb LLC | Upserve, Inc. |
Customer experience
Slate Menu
Upserve
In-app purchases
Slate Menu
No in-app purchases
Upserve
No in-app purchases
