Waiter vs CueTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waiter
This app helps restaurant staff manage customer orders efficiently. It allows for easy menu setup and order tracking, with the ability to calculate subtotals for bills. No login or registration is required, making it quick to start using.
- Easy menu setup
- Client order management
- Order listing
- Subtotal calculation
- No login required
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Waiter is an app that enables people working in restoration to manage orders from their clients. Waiter is easy to setup, no login or registration are needed. You just have to fill in the menu of your restaurant, and you can start taking orders. Your orders are listed and you have the ability to calculate subtotals for order bill witch is practical when the bill need to be spilled. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
CueTime
This app helps BBQ enthusiasts and pitmasters manage complex cooking processes with multi-stage timers. It's designed to keep track of long cooks and multiple dishes simultaneously for perfect results.
- Multi-stage timers
- Designed for BBQ workflows
- Track long cooks
- Manage multiple dishes
- Precision timing
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Master Your BBQ with Precision Multi-Stage Timing CueTime is the essential timer app built specifically for BBQ enthusiasts, competition pitmasters, and home cooks who demand perfect results every time. Whether you're smoking brisket for 12 hours or managing multiple dishes simultaneously, CueTime keeps you on track with intelligent multi-stage timers designed for real BBQ workflows. Legal Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/thecuetime/home Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CueTime at 100% against Waiter's 44%. CueTime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Waiter's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Waiter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and CueTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CueTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Waiter's written reviews are positive against 100% of CueTime's.
Waiter ships an update every 6 weeks, CueTime every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waiter | CueTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 100-8 Studio | Grigoriy Lyukshin |
Customer experience
Waiter
CueTime
In-app purchases
Waiter
- Waiter Pro$4.991 Month
- Waiter Kitchen$11.991 Month
CueTime
- CueTime7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- CueTime BBQ TImer$2.99
