Olo Host vs Fresh Concepts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Olo Host
Streamline restaurant operations with tools for table management, reservations, and waitlists. Personalize guest experiences with smart tags and optimize seating with real-time data. Reduce walkaways and maximize dining room potential.
- Table management
- Reservations
- Waitlist management
- Online order flow
- Guest preference tagging
- Real-time dining room updates
- POS integration
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Take control of table management, reservations, waitlists, and online order flow with Olo Host (formerly Wisely). From optimized seating recommendations and smart waitlist quoting, to real-time dining room updates, Olo Host streamlines operations for your front-of-house and enables you to focus on what matters most—the guest experience. Know every guest, personalize every visit: With smart tags, instantly identify guest preferences and personalize every visit. Keep your waitlist accurate and reduce walkaways: List assist automatically sends reminder texts to guests and clears no-shows. Seat more guests faster, keep your guests happy during wait-times, and maximize your dining room's potential. Real-time guest insights & efficiency: A POS integration connects table status to guest data, giving you immediate context on orders and spend for smarter service.
Fresh Concepts
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For best user experience, use the IOS 12+ version.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Olo Host at 3.5 against Fresh Concepts's 3.0. Olo Host also leads on ratings volume (40 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). Fresh Concepts's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Olo Host holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Olo Host has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Olo Host ships an update every 5 weeks, Fresh Concepts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olo Host | Fresh Concepts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (40 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wisely Inc. | Fresh Concepts Inc. |
Customer experience
Olo Host
Fresh Concepts
In-app purchases
Olo Host
No in-app purchases
Fresh Concepts
No in-app purchases
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