Comparison

BookingDiary vs Tabology Live

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BookingDiary

Features
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Booking Diary app helps to manage your table bookings efficiently. Powerful application that directly connects to your favouritetable central reservation system. Summary tab gives quick access to your day that includes Guests notes, diary notes and booking summary. Bookings tab let you manage bookings of the day.

About

Tabology Live

Features
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With Tabology Live, you’re always in the loop. It gives you a complete view of all the day’s activity at your venues, which you can access from anywhere. It’s available to all operators using Tabology EPOS and management suite at their venue. Gain complete real-time visibility into how your venues are performing. - Snapshots of daily, weekly and monthly sales totals, along with all the days orders and tabs to help you stay in control - View any payment, order and tab in detail – no need to navigate through reports on the back office - Seamless multi-site access: connect all the venues in your group and switch between them in a couple of taps - Monitor profitability with itemised sales showing you gross profit, cost of sales and tax for every product - Track everything with confidence – for every transaction, you can check payment method, the device used, who took the payment, timestamps, voided items and more - Simply drag to refresh any screen and get the most up-to-date data on the go Setup is easy – just scan the QR code found in the settings of your Back Office and use your login details to connect your phone. Not using Tabology at your venue? Visit the Tabology website and see how our EPOS – built in a pub, not a boardroom – can help your venue thrive.

Screenshots

BookingDiary4 screens
Tabology Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BookingDiary at fortnightly against Tabology Live's every 2 months. BookingDiary also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BookingDiary ships an update fortnightly, Tabology Live every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
BookingDiary versus Tabology Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookingDiaryTabology Live
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS12.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size46 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFavouritetable Services LimitedTabology Ltd

In-app purchases

None

BookingDiary

No in-app purchases

None

Tabology Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BookingDiary free?
BookingDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabology Live free?
Tabology Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BookingDiary or Tabology Live have ads?
Neither BookingDiary nor Tabology Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BookingDiary or Tabology Live?
BookingDiary ships an update fortnightly, and Tabology Live every 2 months. Most recently, BookingDiary was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tabology Live on October 23, 2026.

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