Lightspeed vs Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightspeed
This application allows customers to place food and drink orders directly from their table or a self-service kiosk. It integrates with existing restaurant POS systems to streamline the ordering process, reduce wait times, and potentially increase sales.
- Customer self-ordering
- Kiosk mode
- Table mode
- POS integration
- Faster order processing
- Reduced wait times
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Lightspeed Self-Order Menu is an app that allows customers to order food and drinks from your cafe, bar or restaurant all on their own. With the Lightspeed Self-Order Menu, you can reduce customer wait times, process orders faster, free up waiters to interact with customers, and ultimately increase sales. Self-Order Menu uses the same products and categories from Lightspeed's Restaurant POS, meaning you can be up and running with in minutes. Available in 2 modes: Kiosk mode - Ideal for quick service restaurant environments. The customer orders and pays directly on the iPad, then waits for the order. Table mode - Ideal for multi-order, table service restaurant environments. The iPad is affiliated with a specific table. With the help of waitstaff, the customer can place several orders, only paying once at the end.
Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk
This app allows restaurants and bars to offer self-service ordering and payment to customers. It integrates with a cloud-based POS system, providing a seamless experience for various dining styles like fast casual and table service. Enhance customer satisfaction and reduce labor costs with digital menus and direct ordering.
- Self-service ordering
- Customer payments
- Integration with Aldelo Express POS
- Multiple ordering modes (fast casual, table top)
- Digital menu display
- Reduced labor costs
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*** Aldelo Express Restaurant Kiosk requires Aldelo Express Restaurant Cloud POS to be paired *** Aldelo Express Restaurant Kiosk helps restaurants and bars achieve faster service and better customer experience via self-served ordering and payments. Our restaurant kiosk app integrates seamlessly with Aldelo Express Restaurant Cloud POS. Super easy to use and made for customer facing operations without any prior experience required. Aldelo Express Restaurant Kiosk offers three ordering modes, enabling a wide variety of stores to participate in the popular Kiosk Self Order & Pay trend. *** Fast Casual Self-Order & Pay *** Deployed as counter top or wall mount Kiosk solutions for Fast Casual operations. This type of deployment is imagined as a row of Kiosk ordering stations for customers to walk up and order, as well as pay. Typically best suitable for fast casual stores. *** Table Top Self-Order & Pay *** Deployed on each table top as a Self-Serve order entry and payment option. Designed for table service operators looking to speed up customer service, reduce labor costs, and improve customer overall experience. *** Digital Menu and Ordering *** Made for Table Service or Fine Dining operators who wish to use iPads as their digital menu, and enable customers to place orders directly. This type of deployment replaces the need for paper menus and improves customer service experience by enabling customer direct ordering while viewing the menu. Get the Aldelo Express Restaurant Kiosk today, and start saving on labor costs, increase customer satisfaction, while speeding up services seamlessly.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk at 5.0 against Lightspeed's 3.0. Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Lightspeed's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Lightspeed ships an update every 6 weeks, Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightspeed | Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lightspeed Commerce Inc. | Aldelo Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
Lightspeed
Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk
In-app purchases
Lightspeed
No in-app purchases
Aldelo Restaurant Kiosk
No in-app purchases
Questions
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