Comparison

Bolt Food vs Upmenu

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bolt Food

Get your favorite meals, snacks, and groceries delivered to your doorstep. Track your order in real-time, schedule deliveries in advance, and enjoy exclusive deals. You can also opt for pickup or find restaurant deals for dining out.

Highlights
  • Real-time order tracking
  • Scheduled deliveries
  • Pickup options
  • Takeaway deals and discounts
  • Seamless payment options
  • Grocery delivery
  • In-restaurant dining deals
Features
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Craving something delicious? Whether it's pizza, tacos, or your favourite fast food from Burger King and KFC, Bolt Food delivers straight to your door. WHY CHOOSE BOLT FOOD? - Real-time tracking: track your order and courier’s location from the restaurant to your doorstep. - Convenient scheduling: plan ahead and order food or groceries in advance. - Pickup options: prefer to grab your meal yourself? Use our pickup feature for easy collections. - Takeaway deals and discounts: save on your favourite meals and snacks. - Seamless payments: pay effortlessly using Google Pay, Apple Pay, or credit/debit cards. HOW TO GET STARTED: 1. Set your delivery address. 2. Browse and pick meals, groceries, or snacks from your favourite local restaurants or stores. 3. Place your food order and pay securely. 4. Track your order in real-time. 5. Sit back and enjoy! DISCOVER LOCAL AND GLOBAL FAVOURITES: Explore a culinary world at your fingertips with Bolt Food. From beloved local restaurants to renowned fast food chains like McDonald's, get meals from your favourite restaurants delivered to your door. *BOLT MARKET - QUICK GROCERY DELIVERY: Need groceries or essentials delivered? Bolt Market brings everyday items like milk, bread, and coffee, as well as speciality products like pet supplies, cosmetics, or alcohol, right to your doorstep. Forget the long supermarket queues and shop smarter with Bolt Market. *BOLT PLUS With Bolt Plus, you can access exclusive benefits that save you time and money. For example, you can enjoy priority delivery for your orders, even during the busiest hours. *GO OUT AND SAVE WITH DINEOUT As convenient as it is to get food delivered to your door, some moments are worth making the trip out for. Find tables at nearby DineOut restaurants and get a discount off your meal. Just open the app, search for what you crave, and switch to the DineOut tab for in-restaurant offers. Bolt Food was created by the European super-app Bolt. It’s challenging the efficiency of the food and grocery delivery industry while helping restaurants and stores get more orders and enabling couriers to earn money. Become a Bolt Food Courier partner: Have a car, bike, or motorbike? Earn money delivering meals with Bolt Food: https://bolt.eu/en/food/courier/. Partner with Bolt Food: Are you a restaurant or grocery store? Boost your sales by joining Bolt Food: https://bolt.eu/en/food/partner/. Get in touch with us via food@bolt.eu Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boltfood. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Only available in selected markets.

About

Upmenu

This platform empowers restaurants to manage sales, operations, and customer relationships from a single, commission-free system. It offers tools for online ordering, delivery management, marketing, and a branded mobile app to enhance the guest experience.

Highlights
  • Restaurant POS system
  • Online ordering storefront
  • Branded mobile app creation
  • Website builder
  • Delivery management
  • Kitchen Display System (KDS)
  • Table reservations
  • CRM and marketing tools
Features
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UpMenu is a restaurant-first, all-in-one platform that helps restaurants sell, manage, and grow from one place. UpMenu gives restaurants everything they need to work efficiently, boost sales, manage teams, and create a better guest experience — without commissions and with a simple setup. Designed specifically for restaurants and restaurant chains, UpMenu gives you full control over operations, online sales, and customer relationships. UpMenu replaces multiple software tools with one simple system to run your entire restaurant — from orders and payments to delivery, marketing, and loyalty. - What makes UpMenu different - No commission fees – simple, transparent flat-fee pricing Free trial – test the product before committing Quick and easy setup – set it up yourself or use our free setup service Easy to use – beautiful, modern UX designed for restaurants Cloud-based – always up to date, continuously developed Trusted by restaurants – developed together with restaurateurs since 2012 Built for single restaurants and restaurant chains. - Key Features - POS - A cloud-based restaurant POS built specifically for restaurants to manage orders, payments, staff, and reports — across single locations or restaurant chains. ONLINE ORDERING - Your own digital storefront to sell directly from your website, reduce marketplace dependence, and avoid commission fees. BRANDED MOBILE APP - We build mobile app specifically for your restaurant — fully customized to your brand and designed to increase guest loyalty. WEBSITE - Launch a restaurant website in minutes using ready-made templates optimized for mobile, SEO, and online ordering, with an easy drag-and-drop editor. DELIVERY MANAGEMENT - Manage your own drivers with a Driver App, live delivery tracking, and real-time order management from one dashboard. ON-DEMAND DELIVERY DISPATCH - Dispatch deliveries to external delivery partners — without hiring additional drivers — directly from UpMenu. KDS (KITCHEN DISPLAY SYSTEM) - Streamline communication between front of house and the kitchen, speed up service, and reduce errors with paperless order management. CALLER ID - Instantly identify calling customers and see their order history and address before answering the phone. QR CODE MENU - Let guests scan, browse, order, and pay from their smartphones — no app download required, reducing wait times and staff workload. TABLE RESERVATIONS & FLOOR PLAN - Accept and manage table reservations online or by phone, with full control over tables and floor layout. CRM (CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT) - An automatic customer database built from every online order, phone order, and reservation, with detailed guest profiles and insights. MARKETING TOOLS - Built-in tools to attract new guests and increase repeat orders — no external tools required. Includes promotions and coupon discounts, campaigns (email, SMS, push), marketing automation, loyalty program (points-based and stamp cards).

Screenshots

Bolt Food4 screens
Upmenu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Upmenu at free against Bolt Food's free with in-app purchases. Upmenu also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 9%). Bolt Food's advantage is ratings volume (9.7K vs 35). On price, rating, update cadence and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Bolt Food against 4.7 for Upmenu. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bolt Food has 9.7K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 9% of Bolt Food's written reviews are positive against 29% of Upmenu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bolt Food ships an update fortnightly, Upmenu every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bolt Food versus Upmenu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBolt FoodUpmenu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9.7K ratings)4.7 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.3% of reviews28.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.7K — better35
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBOLT TECHNOLOGY OUUpMenu

Customer experience

Bolt Food

All ratings9,703 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews1,339 reviews
Positive9.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative87.5%

Upmenu

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Bolt Food

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes and glitches
  • Delivery driver issues (not picking up, delivering to wrong address)

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to cancel orders
  • Improve communication with customers
  • Provide better refund and compensation policies
  • Integrate with mobile payment options (e.g. Apple Pay)

Upmenu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bolt Food

No in-app purchases

None

Upmenu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bolt Food free?
Bolt Food is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Upmenu free?
Upmenu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bolt Food or Upmenu?
Upmenu is rated higher. Bolt Food averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9.7K ratings, while Upmenu averages 4.7 from 35 ratings.
Do Bolt Food or Upmenu have ads?
Neither Bolt Food nor Upmenu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bolt Food or Upmenu?
Bolt Food ships an update fortnightly, and Upmenu every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bolt Food was updated on November 6, 2026 and Upmenu on November 3, 2026.

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