ConnectSmart DisplayClient vs Genius Display for Restaurants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ConnectSmart DisplayClient
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ConnectSmart Kitchen DisplayClient puts the power of ConnectSmart Kitchen at your fingertips. Increase flexibility in your kitchen by using tablets as ConnectSmart Kitchen stations. Heighten staff versatility by displaying carry-out orders on front-of-house devices. Enhance operational insight with a scorecard dashboard placed directly on a manager’s tablet. With the ConnectSmart Kitchen DisplayClient app, managers, hosts, and servers alike can keep a pulse on what’s happening in the back of house from any tablet, anywhere – including the host stand or on the restaurant floor.
Genius Display for Restaurants
This app serves as a customer-facing companion for restaurant orders. Guests can view their order details, track its progress, and handle payment actions like tipping and signing. It also offers receipt selection options for a streamlined post-transaction experience.
- Displays order details to guests
- Guest order tracking
- Tip selection
- Transaction signing
- Receipt option selection
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Customer Display is a companion to our Genius for Restaurants app. Customer display connects to our Genius for Restaurants app to display order details to restaurant guests. Restaurant guests are greeted by the guest display and can then watch their order being built. After payment, guests can select a tip amount, sign for transactions, and even select receipt options from the guest display.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ConnectSmart DisplayClient at every 4 days against Genius Display for Restaurants's monthly. Genius Display for Restaurants's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.2). On price, ads, 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.
ConnectSmart DisplayClient ships an update every 4 days, Genius Display for Restaurants monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ConnectSmart DisplayClient | Genius Display for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSR Automations LLC | Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. |
In-app purchases
ConnectSmart DisplayClient
No in-app purchases
Genius Display for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ConnectSmart DisplayClient free?
Is Genius Display for Restaurants free?
Do ConnectSmart DisplayClient or Genius Display for Restaurants have ads?
Which is updated more often, ConnectSmart DisplayClient or Genius Display for Restaurants?
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