Comparison

Ordio vs SIDES Drive

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

Head to head
About

Ordio

Streamline restaurant operations with automated workflows, staff scheduling, and time tracking. Manage checklists, vacation requests, and employee documents efficiently. Gain insights through detailed evaluations and exports.

Highlights
  • Workflow automation
  • Staff scheduling
  • Time recording
  • Checklists
  • Vacation requests
  • Document management
  • Detailed evaluations
Features
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Deskless Workforce Management - Automate daily processes in your restaurant with Ordio Workflow Automation. In addition to comprehensive staff management and staff scheduling, you can use Ordio Workspaces to create duty rosters, record working hours, create checklists and store your employees' documents and much more. - Checklists Use checklists to create recurring tasks or one-off lists for your employees. From checkboxes to signatures, photos, text or values, a variety of answer options can be specified. A detailed evaluation helps to optimize operations. - Query availabilities You create shift plans or duty rosters and let your employees indicate their availability via applications or assign them directly yourself. - Submit vacation requests Your employees can manage vacation requests and sick days and are informed about updates. - Time recording via app Your employees check in when they start work (check-in), record their breaks and end their working hours in the app. If required, also with location-based restrictions (GPS) or a signature in the app as confirmation. - Employee master data Your employees update their master data independently and your tax advisor is informed directly on request. You invite your employee by e-mail, they fill in all the required master data and your tax advisor is informed. If you deregister the employee, your tax advisor will of course also be informed! - Documents: Intelligent document workflows can be used to create rules with employees, work areas or employment relationships in Ordio. For example, driving licenses can be automatically requested from all employees with a vehicle. Or all employees in service and in the kitchen are asked to provide a health certificate. Since version 2.1, employees can now also edit the documents in the app. - Detailed evaluations & exports All times at a glance and, if required, export them and make them available to the tax consultant.

About

SIDES Drive

This app helps delivery drivers optimize their routes and manage deliveries efficiently. It provides drivers with all necessary information and integrates with navigation apps for quick route planning. Managers can track drivers via GPS for better delivery planning.

Highlights
  • Route optimization
  • Delivery management
  • GPS tracking
  • Navigation app integration
  • Order data access
Features
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SIDES Drive - die intelligente Art, Ihre Lieferungen zu verbessern. Die Zeit, die ein Fahrer benötigt um seine Tour zu organisieren, wirkt sich direkt auf die Lieferzeiten aus und kann jedem Restaurant schnell einen Stern in der Kundenbewertung kosten. Wie kann man diesen Prozess also optimieren? Mit unserer neuen Fahrer-App "SIDES Drive" unterstützt SIDES die Fahrer sowie den Store-Inhaber bei diesem Prozess. Von der Bestellaufnahme bis vor die Tür Ihrer Kunden. Bei SIDES Drive hat der Fahrer alle relevanten Daten in der Hand. Durch die direkte Verlinkung mit den Navigationsapps braucht er nur zwei Klicks um die Navigation zu starten. Der Schichtleiter hat durch das GPS-Tracking den Fahrer immer im Blick und kann die Auslieferungen besser planen. SIDES Drive ist das perfekte Werkzeug für Ihre Fahrer.  Mit dieser App optimieren Sie das Navigieren und geben Sie Ihren Mitarbeitern alle Informationen, die Sie zum Ausliefern benötigen.

Screenshots

Ordio4 screens
SIDES Drive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ordio at 56% against SIDES Drive's 21%. SIDES Drive's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Ordio versus SIDES Drive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrdioSIDES Drive
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better20.8% of reviews
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrdio GmbHsimplydelivery GmbH

Customer experience

Ordio

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative40.7%

SIDES Drive

Written reviews24 reviews
Positive20.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative79.2%

In-app purchases

None

Ordio

No in-app purchases

None

SIDES Drive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ordio free?
Ordio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SIDES Drive free?
SIDES Drive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ordio or SIDES Drive have ads?
Neither Ordio nor SIDES Drive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ordio or SIDES Drive?
Ordio ships an update monthly, and SIDES Drive monthly. Most recently, Ordio was updated on October 22, 2026 and SIDES Drive on October 7, 2026.

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