Comparison

Nextable Book Pro vs SimplySeated

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

Head to head
About

Nextable Book Pro

This app allows restaurants to manage online table bookings directly from their Google listing, website, or Facebook page. It streamlines waitlist management, sends guest confirmations via SMS, and provides an overview of upcoming reservations. Easily control booking settings like advance notice and party size.

Highlights
  • Online booking via Google, website, Facebook
  • Wait queue management
  • SMS guest confirmations
  • Reservation status updates
  • Booking availability control
  • Customizable booking settings
Features
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Book Pro Features: - Allow your guests to book tables online through your Google listing, website and/or Facebook page. - Efficiently manage your wait queue. - Guest confirmations and 2-way texting via SMS. - See all of your upcoming parties at a glance and update their status (seated, cancelled, no show, ...). - Quickly disable bookings on a daily or partial day basis. - Easily manage your settings: How far in advance would you like to take bookings? Minimum lead time for online bookings? Minimum/maximum party size for online bookings? Maximum bookings per time slot? Are you ready to ditch your pen and paper? Note: This app is for restaurants that have already registered and are using the Nextable system. For more information about our system, contact us at info@nextable.com.

About

SimplySeated

Streamline restaurant operations with a customizable system for waitlists, reservations, and table management. Enhance guest communication through two-way text messaging and receive real-time POS data for optimized reporting. Integrates seamlessly with websites and online marketing.

Highlights
  • Customizable waitlist and table management
  • Online and offline reservation system
  • Two-way text messaging and paging
  • Real-time POS data integration
  • Advanced reporting and analytics
  • Website reservation widget integration
Features
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Your Front of House Made Easy A fully customizable waitlist, table management, and reservation solution. Table, Wait List, and Guest Management Total integration of your wait list, online and offline reservations, call ahead seating, and guest notes. Take Online Reservations From Anywhere Our simple reservation widget integrates with your website, customer emails, and online marketing. Just add one line of code and you're done. Optimized Wait Quotes Our advanced wait quoting gives highly accurate wait times for happier customers and more table turns. 2-Way Text Messaging & Paging Your guests can confirm, cancel, and tell you if they're running late. Send reservation reminders to reduce no-shows. Let your guests know when their table is ready via text or your pager system. Real-time POS Data & Advanced Reporting We have integrated with the leading POS providers to give you enhanced reporting and awareness. Our above store reporting provides a wealth of metrics to help you optimize your restaurant. Fully Customizable SimplySeated can be customized to meet the unique needs of your business. We don't stop at basic options, we can customize any aspect of the solution to meet your specific needs. Monthly Subscription Terms A $99.99/mo purchase will be applied to your app store account at the end of the 6 month trial on subscription confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime within the subscription management settings on your mobile device. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For detailed information about managing subscriptions, please visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039. For more information, please see our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. https://www.simplyseated.com/terms https://www.simplyseated.com/appprivacy.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nextable Book Pro at none against SimplySeated's 2. Nextable Book Pro also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). SimplySeated's advantage is ratings volume (11 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SimplySeated sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $99.99 per month. Nextable Book Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Nextable Book Pro against 4.5 for SimplySeated. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimplySeated has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nextable Book Pro ships an update every 2 months, SimplySeated every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nextable Book Pro versus SimplySeated: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextable Book ProSimplySeated
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNextable, Inc.SMART TOUCH TECHNOLOGY LLC

Customer experience

Nextable Book Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SimplySeated

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Nextable Book Pro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SimplySeated

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$99.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription6 Months trial$99.991 Month

Questions

Is Nextable Book Pro free?
Nextable Book Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimplySeated free?
SimplySeated is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nextable Book Pro or SimplySeated?
Nextable Book Pro is rated higher. Nextable Book Pro averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SimplySeated averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Nextable Book Pro or SimplySeated have ads?
Neither Nextable Book Pro nor SimplySeated shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nextable Book Pro or SimplySeated?
Nextable Book Pro ships an update every 2 months, and SimplySeated every 3 months. Most recently, Nextable Book Pro was updated on September 10, 2026 and SimplySeated on June 1, 2026.

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