Restaurant365 vs CooksTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Restaurant365
This app allows restaurant employees to manage their schedules, request time off, and communicate with colleagues. Managers can handle logbook entries, inventory counts, and accounts payable tasks.
- View employee schedules
- Request shift changes
- Request time off
- View time punches
- Secure employee communication
- Manager logbook entries
- Inventory counting
- Accounts payable management
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The Restaurant365 (R365) mobile app makes it easy for restaurant employees to see their schedule, request shift changes, request time off, view their time punches, and securely communicate with other employees. Managers can make logbook entries, respond to all employee scheduling requests, count inventory, and manage accounts payable (AP) tasks. If your restaurant uses the Restaurant365 platform, the R365 app is the best way to accomplish your tasks on a mobile device. Download the Restaurant365 app now!
CooksTime
This all-in-one accounting software is designed specifically for restaurants. It allows for sharing employee schedules, accessing manager logs, and managing inventory, including stock reordering and recipe sharing.
- Employee scheduling
- Manager log access
- Inventory management
- Stock reordering
- Recipe sharing
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With CooksTime all in one accounting software just for restaurants. Share your employees schedule, access your managers log and manage inventory which includes counting inventory, reordering stock, sharing recipes and more.
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Verdict
Restaurant365 and CooksTime both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of CooksTime's written reviews are positive against 28% of Restaurant365's. Restaurant365's advantage is ratings volume (45K vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CooksTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Restaurant365 has 45K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Restaurant365's written reviews are positive against 100% of CooksTime's.
Restaurant365 ships an update fortnightly, CooksTime every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Restaurant365 | CooksTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (45K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Restaurant365 | CooksTime Inc |
Customer experience
Restaurant365
CooksTime
Bugs and requests
Restaurant365
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and app freezes
- Login and password reset issues
- Inventory count discrepancies
- Schedule and shift information not updating properly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to contact employees directly
- Calendar sync for schedules
- Clearer shift assignment and pickup process
- Improved inventory management tools
CooksTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Restaurant365
No in-app purchases
CooksTime
No in-app purchases
