Ovation vs clickBACON
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ovation
This platform streamlines guest feedback for restaurants using a quick SMS survey. It integrates with ordering systems to help resolve issues in real-time, encourage positive reviews, and uncover insights for business improvement.
- SMS-based guest surveys
- Digital Table Touch™
- Frictionless integrations
- Real-time issue resolution
- Drive 5-star reviews
- Gain business insights
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Voted the #1 guest feedback platform in a nationwide RestaurantOwner.com survey, Ovation uses a 2-question SMS-based survey as a Digital Table Touch™ that has redefined guest feedback. Through frictionless integrations with online ordering platforms and other tools, Ovation allows restaurants to easily resolve guest concerns in real-time, get more 5-star reviews, discover insights to improve, and drive revenue.
clickBACON
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Designed specifically for independent operators, clickBACON allows restaurant owners and managers to effortlessly build budgets, track revenue, cost of goods sold (CoGS), labor, prime cost and so much more. Advanced reporting and dashboard functionality gives operators real-time metrics including food, liquor and labor expenses. A powerful two way sync with QuickBooks online ensures a seamless data flow from your Point of Sale (POS) system into QuickBooks and pulls back purchase and expense details directly into clickBACON, dramatically simplifying your bookkeeping and greatly reduces the risk of errors. Powered by AI, you can upload expenses, extract critical data and send it directly into QuickBooks potentially saving you dozens of hours each week!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: clickBACON at fortnightly against Ovation's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Ovation ships an update every 5 weeks, clickBACON fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ovation | clickBACON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ovation Up, LLC | clickBACON Inc. |
In-app purchases
Ovation
No in-app purchases
clickBACON
No in-app purchases
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