Square vs Fresh Tasks 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square
Manage your restaurant's front and back-of-house operations with a powerful point-of-sale system. Handle orders, customize menus, accept payments, and gain insights from real-time sales reports. Designed for dining in, takeout, and online orders.
- Order and payment processing
- Customizable online ordering site
- Menu management
- Flexible payment acceptance
- Offline payment capability
- Floor plan customization
- Real-time sales reports
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The Square for Restaurants Point of Sale app helps you manage front- and back-of-house operations for your full-service restaurant, quick-service restaurant, fast-casual restaurant, bar, or brewery. Get the powerful point-of-sale system designed to serve guests who are dining in, getting takeout, or ordering online. Handle orders, set up menus, manage table layouts, accept payments, enable coursing, get insights from real-time sales reports, and more. ORDERS & PAYMENTS * Turn tables faster and keep lines moving. Increase staff efficiency with an easy-to-use, intuitive interface. * Empower servers to get every order right with the ability to enter orders the way people talk. * Take orders even when you’re short-staffed with QR codes. ONLINE ORDERING * Create a free, customizable online ordering site. * Manage all orders from your POS, including in-person, online, and third-party delivery orders. * Reach more diners with Google, Instagram, and Facebook selling integrations. MENU MANAGEMENT * Create and customize your menus from the office, remotely, or directly from your POS. * Keep service running smoothly with your staff always in the know of what’s selling and what’s about to sell out. FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS * Accept all major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay so you never have to turn a diner away. * Set up automatic tipping, move or assign checks to your staff, reopen closed checks, and manage voids with just a few taps. * Never miss a sale with offline payments. Learn more at https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/offline-payments-guide. * Square handles all PCI compliance fees or chargebacks on your behalf. * Get deposits in your bank account as fast as the next business day or access your sales instantly with a Square Checking account. Learn more at squareup.com/us/en/banking. FLOOR MANAGEMENT * Customize your floor plan with intuitive click-and-drag layouts. * Tip out staff, close out the cash drawer, manage comps and voids, and run close-of-day reports all from the POS. * Keep tables turning by monitoring their real-time status. * Stay on pace with coursing — letting the kitchen know when to hold or start firing dishes. SUPPORT * Customer support available to guide you through any questions. Learn more about Square for Restaurants and set yourself up from Square Dashboard before activating this app on an iOS device: https://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-sale/restaurants
Fresh Tasks 2.0
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DESCRIPTION: Fresh Tasks is a tracking system that allows you to create digital checklists to ensure proper food preparation, storage, and service. - Custom checklists help maintain quality standards for your restaurant. - Detailed task history can help increase employee accountability. - Temperature logging can be used in conjunction with your HACCP plan. Use Fresh Tasks to: - Check ingredient color, texture, and size requirements - Create cleaning schedules & checklists - Track and log food storage temperatures - Maintain quality control best practices - Generate detailed action items for every part of your restaurant Features: - Use the Fresh Tools dashboard to create checklists effortlessly - Easily organize tasks by prep area - Complete Tasks with a tap - Submit completed tasks for review - Issue tracking (and notes for management) Fresh Tasks is used by restaurants of all sizes, from single locations to multi-unit chains, and is #1 in customer satisfaction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Square at every 6 days against Fresh Tasks 2.0's every 3 months. Fresh Tasks 2.0's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Square ships an update every 6 days, Fresh Tasks 2.0 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square | Fresh Tasks 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 775 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | Fresh Technology, Inc |
Bugs and requests
Square
Reported bugs
5 issues- Orders not processing correctly
- Transactions not completing
- Inventory updates not syncing
- Shift reports not printing properly
- Card reader disconnection issues
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to split items across checks
- Hold/save orders functionality
- Improved inventory management
- Better reporting and analytics
- Mobile app for managing the restaurant
Fresh Tasks 2.0
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square
No in-app purchases
Fresh Tasks 2.0
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Square free?
Is Fresh Tasks 2.0 free?
Do Square or Fresh Tasks 2.0 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Square or Fresh Tasks 2.0?
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