Comparison

Xenial Shell vs BOHA! Temp

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

Head to head
About

Xenial Shell

A comprehensive cloud-based restaurant management platform that handles everything from customer orders to detailed cloud reporting. It offers enterprise-level power in a smartphone-friendly interface, allowing businesses to focus on their core operations rather than system management.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based restaurant management
  • Customer order handling
  • Dynamic menus
  • Cloud reporting
  • Payment integration
  • Offline operation capability
Features
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Transcend POS… Xenial is a complete cloud restaurant management platform. From customer orders to powerful cloud reporting, Xenial (now Genius) has you covered front-to-back and inside-out. Simple, affordable and powerful – Xenial is enterprise power made smartphone easy. If you run a single location or an entire large enterprise, Xenial will keep you focused on food, brand and customer experience, not babysitting a POS system. The app is free to download but it does require a monthly subscription to activate and use per store location. With the basic subscription plan you get: -Ordering -Dynamic menus -Localized sales tax engine -Reporting -Time clock -Payment connection -Payroll connection For a little more each, monthly – you can add: +Kitchen management +Scheduling +Inventory +Instant data & alerts +Manager log & tasks +B2C CRM +Stored value (gift cards) +Loyalty +Customer engagement +Email campaigns +Single-use coupons. All data is backed up to the cloud and gives individual store controls and aggregated reporting and data to single and multi-unit operators. The app runs locally at the restaurant and provides ordering, menus, cash management, payment integration, time clocking, local reports and kitchen display management (extra, add on). You pay one fixed monthly price. You also get to load Xenial on as many devices to run your store for that single price. We’ve killed per terminal fees. 2 terminals? One price. 4 terminals? Same price. 20 terminals? Same price! It is “bulletproof”, even if the internet goes down. Xenial apps all share data on your local network. Advanced reporting, inventory, labor scheduling, etc. all live on the cloud. If the internet goes down, your local Xenial apps keep running the store and sharing order information for up to 30 days. Best of all, all the local functions exist in the apps. That means you can even run end of shift and end of day reports without internet. There are no POS servers with it. Local apps talk to each other and the cloud. There are no network servers involved with Xenial in your store. It’s just like your smartphone – easy. Easy, affordable, powerful – that’s Xenial (now Genius)!

About

BOHA! Temp

Digitize your food temperature logging and equipment monitoring. Easily track HACCP logs and receive alerts for out-of-range temperatures, with automated corrective actions.

Highlights
  • Digitize food temperature taking
  • Monitor equipment temperatures
  • Track HACCP logs
  • Receive corrective actions
  • Temperature alerts
Features
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BOHA! Temp’s mobile app digitizes your food temperature taking process and equipment temperature monitoring. Easily track your HACCP logs and receive corrective actions and alerts if temperatures are out of range.

Screenshots

Xenial Shell4 screens
BOHA! Temp3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BOHA! Temp at 4.5 against Xenial Shell's 2.7. BOHA! Temp also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and ratings volume (90 vs 19). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

BOHA! Temp holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 90 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xenial Shell ships an update every 6 weeks, BOHA! Temp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Xenial Shell versus BOHA! Temp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXenial ShellBOHA! Temp
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (19 ratings)4.5 (90 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1990 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXENIAL, INCTransAct Technologies

Customer experience

Xenial Shell

All ratings19 ratings
Positive42.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.9%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BOHA! Temp

All ratings90 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Xenial Shell

No in-app purchases

None

BOHA! Temp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xenial Shell free?
Xenial Shell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BOHA! Temp free?
BOHA! Temp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Xenial Shell or BOHA! Temp?
BOHA! Temp is rated higher. Xenial Shell averages 2.7 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while BOHA! Temp averages 4.5 from 90 ratings.
Do Xenial Shell or BOHA! Temp have ads?
Neither Xenial Shell nor BOHA! Temp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xenial Shell or BOHA! Temp?
Xenial Shell ships an update every 6 weeks, and BOHA! Temp every 2 months. Most recently, Xenial Shell was updated on June 3, 2026 and BOHA! Temp on September 17, 2026.

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