SubOps vs BOH Labels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubOps
Streamline your restaurant's back-of-house operations with intelligent prep scheduling and efficient labeling. This app uses sales and inventory data to suggest optimal prep quantities and timing, while offering timers, checklists, and custom label design to save time and improve accuracy.
- Smart prep scheduling algorithms
- Sales and inventory metric calculations
- Wireless printer pairing
- Customizable food prep labels
- Shelf-life item timers
- Task completion checklists
- Media repository for documents
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SubOps helps optimize your restaurant's back-of-house tasks, operations, and labeling. The app features our ultra-smart prepping scheduler to help determine how much to prep each day and pairs with various printers for effortless labeling. Our timers, checklists, media, and custom labels modules are also packed with more time-saving features. • Smart algorithms suggest how much to prep • Uses sales and inventory metrics for calculations • Determines how much and when to prep during the day • Built-in training materials for food prepping • Pairs wirelessly with multiple printer models • Print easy-to-read and scannable food prep labels • Knows what food items you prep • Timers track short shelf-life items • Checklists help track task completion • Media repository ensures you always have up-to-date docs • Custom labels module lets you design labels right in the app • Training videos and instructions built for your restaurant • 24/7/365 free live support from our team • Learn more at www.zippyyum.com
BOH Labels
Streamline kitchen operations by transforming prep lists into printable labels with automatic expiration dates. This app eliminates manual handwriting and calculation errors, offering real-time prep planning and label printing for restaurants.
- Tap-to-print prep labels
- Batch printing for stations
- Auto-calculated expiration dates
- Expiration alerts
- Multi-station support
- Offline functionality
- Audit trail
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The only prep list that prints itself. BOH Wiz turns your kitchen's prep list into ready-to-print labels. Tap any prep item, the label prints from your Zebra ZD411 (or any compatible direct-thermal Zebra) with the item name, prep date, and auto-calculated expiration baked in. No more handwriting labels at 5 AM. No more smeared sharpie ink. No more counting forward in your head to figure out the use-by date. Built for restaurants. Not for everyone. Already in use at national casual-dining chains and independent kitchens. Designed by a chef-developer in Chicago who got tired of the alternatives. Real prep planning, real label printing. Most "prep & print" systems just print. BOH Wiz plans the prep first: what to make today, how much (par × yield × on-hand math), how long it'll take, which station owns it. Then it prints the label. One app, no sticky notes, no spreadsheets, no monthly fee. And the pars adjust themselves from your actual usage, so the list gets smarter the longer you run it. What it does: • Tap-to-print prep labels straight from the prep list, no second app, no re-typing • Batch-print every label for a station in one tap (the 5 AM grind in 4 minutes instead of an hour) • Auto-calculated use-by dates from your shelf-life rules • Notifications the day before any labeled item expires (FIFO without the flashlight) • Multi-station, multi-location support • Bluetooth pairing with Zebra ZD411, ZD420, ZD620, GK420d, and most direct-thermal Zebras since 2015 • Works offline (labels print without Wi-Fi; data syncs when you're back online) • Audit trail of every label printed, with timestamp and user • Web dashboard at bohwiz.com/manager Pricing: The app is free. The prep-list-to-printer integration is free. The expiration alerts are free. The dashboard is free. The only cost is hardware: the printer ($299.99 one-time) and the dissolvable label refill ($129.99 per pack of 4,672 labels). No monthly subscription. No per-user fee. No per-location fee. No contract. If you already own a compatible Zebra, skip the printer line item and order labels only at bohwiz.com. Support: Email hello@bohwiz.com or call 866.626.4949. Both reach the founder directly. No call queue, no support tier, no "ticket #4837." Web: https://bohwiz.com Pricing: https://bohwiz.com/pricing/ Compatibility: https://bohwiz.com/zebra-compatible-restaurant-labels/ 30-day return: https://bohwiz.com/30-day-return/ Privacy: https://bohwiz.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BOH Labels at 5.0 against SubOps's 4.5. BOH Labels also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). SubOps's advantage is ratings volume (730 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). 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.
BOH Labels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubOps has 730 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of SubOps's written reviews are positive against 100% of BOH Labels's.
SubOps ships an update monthly, BOH Labels every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubOps | BOH Labels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (730 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 730 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 275 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZippyYum | Jose Salazar |
Customer experience
SubOps
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In-app purchases
SubOps
No in-app purchases
BOH Labels
No in-app purchases
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