Crisp POS vs Digital Waiter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crisp POS
This point-of-sale application simplifies order and payment processing for quick-service restaurants. It helps manage online and third-party orders, and track customer loyalty programs and gift cards.
- Order and payment processing
- Online and third-party order management
- Customer loyalty rewards tracking
- Gift card management
- Easy-to-use interface
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The Crisp POS app is the easiest to use POS app for fast casual and quick-service restaurants. Take orders and payments Manage online and third party orders Manage your customer's loyalty rewards, gift cards, and more!
Digital Waiter
Enhance your restaurant's front-of-house operations with a customizable, in-premise ordering system. Customers can order from their phones without internet or app installation, integrating with your existing POS. Offers branding, feedback, and kitchen display features.
- Customizable ordering system
- In-premise ordering
- Customer feedback and rating
- Kitchen display integration
- Branding and white-labeling
- Order slip printing
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This app is aimed at business owners in the foodservice industry. This improves the front of the house, specifically the staff like waiters & cashiers. It does not replace your POS but instead, it works on top of it. 'Digital Waiter' is a fully customizable ordering system that enables your customers to make their orders in their mobile phones within your vicinity without the need for an internet connection or an app installation. This app requires a WIFI network and may require you to use some printers at some point. It also needs some pictures of the food you serve. The 'Free' version is identical to the ‘Plus/Premium' version except it can only store up to (12) menu items. Paid users will be able to write their HTML and completely change the design of their menu. Features: - Full support for own Branding & White-labelling - Custom HTML Themes (Premium/Plus Only) - In-premise Ordering System - Feature-rich menu Items - Schedulable Categories - Product Barcode for use with existing POS systems - Customer Feedback & Rating - Customer Support Chat - QR Editor Tool - Kitchen Display - Order Slip Printing (using Non-MFI bluetooth thermal receipt printers) Advance Features: - Google Sheets Data Synchronization - Order Dashboard, History & System Logs - Open source Themes - Custom Localization - Digital Waiter’s Rest API - Dynamic DNS updater
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Crisp POS at Free against Digital Waiter's $1.99. Crisp POS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 73 months). Digital Waiter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Crisp POS is free to download; Digital Waiter costs $1.99 up front. Digital Waiter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Crisp POS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digital Waiter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crisp POS has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Crisp POS ships an update monthly, Digital Waiter every 73 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crisp POS | Digital Waiter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 73 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baskt Inc | Michael Angelo Ruta |
Customer experience
Crisp POS
Digital Waiter
In-app purchases
Crisp POS
No in-app purchases
Digital Waiter
- Plus 40$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Plus 200$9.99
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- Plus 1000$49.99
- Premium$124.99
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