HME Now vs 86 Repairs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HME Now
Monitor drive-thru performance in real-time with customizable alerts. Access key metrics for all your stores at a glance, broken down by hour, daypart, or day. Set personalized alerts for speed of service issues and car count goals.
- Real-time drive-thru performance metrics
- Store performance breakdown by time
- Customizable speed of service alerts
- Car count total alerts
- User-specific alert preferences
- View all drive-thru components
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The Power of Drive-Thru Analytics in One Mobile App The all-new companion app to the HME CLOUD and the DTOS system makes it easier than ever to meet, and exceed, drive-thru performance goals by enabling you to set alerts and access real-time drive-thru metrics right from your phone. Actionable Insight at Your Fingertips • Access real-time drive-thru performance of all your stores at a glance • Break down a store’s performance by hour, daypart, or day • See each part of the drive-thru in one view Customizable, Real-Time Performance Alerts • Get immediately alerted of any speed of service issues • Set alerts for as many stores and drive-thru events as you’d like • Find out in real-time when you surpass target car count totals Individualized Preferences • Select user-specific alerts and preferences • Set separate alerts for each user without affecting others • Choose the frequency of alerts that best suits your operational goals
86 Repairs
This app streamlines repair management for restaurant operators. Submit new service requests and track existing ones with 24/7 on-demand support, actionable data, and preventative maintenance insights.
- Submit new service requests
- Review existing requests
- 24/7 on-demand repair management
- Actionable data and insights
- Preventative maintenance
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86 Repairs customers can use the app to submit new service requests and review existing requests. 86 Repairs provides 24/7/365 on-demand repair management, actionable data and insights, and preventative maintenance to restaurant operators nationwide. Take repairs off your plate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 86 Repairs at 5.0 against HME Now's 2.3. 86 Repairs also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). HME Now's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 4). 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.
86 Repairs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HME Now has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HME Now ships an update every 5 months, 86 Repairs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HME Now | 86 Repairs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HM Electronics, Inc. | 86 Repairs |
Customer experience
HME Now
86 Repairs
In-app purchases
HME Now
No in-app purchases
86 Repairs
No in-app purchases
