Comparison

Linga SC vs Toast Now

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

Head to head
About

Linga SC

Simplify staff management and employee scheduling with this mobile application. It allows both managers and employees to easily handle schedules on the go. Streamline your workforce planning and improve operational efficiency.

Highlights
  • Staff management
  • Employee scheduling
  • On-the-go schedule access
  • Workforce planning
  • Operational efficiency
Features
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Staff management and scheduling is easy now. Your employee scheduling software. Choose Linga to help you and your employees manage their schedule while on the go.

About

Toast Now

Manage your business operations remotely with real-time sales data, delivery channel control, and labor management tools. Coordinate with your team, update inventory, and view performance across multiple locations from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time sales data
  • Delivery channel control
  • Manager log communication
  • Multi-location view
  • Stock management
  • Team labor management
Features
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Run your business on the go with Toast Now, Toast’s mobile app designed to give you total freedom. Real-time insights, channel controls, labor management, and more – all conveniently in your pocket. GET IMMEDIATE INSIGHTS Live sales data with hour-by-hour totals and helpful breakdowns, including comparisons to the same day last week and year. CONTROL DELIVERY CHANNELS Curb the flow of orders with easy on-off toggles for online ordering, Local by Toast, and third-party apps like Grubhub. COMMUNICATE & COORDINATE Add and edit entries to your manager log, synced with Toast Web, and reply quickly with simple conversational threads. EASILY TOGGLE BETWEEN LOCATIONS The multi-location view keeps things simple. Log in once and see all your locations and performance in a single place. MANAGE STOCK FROM ANYWHERE Mark items in stock and out of stock so employees can keep customers informed and solve for shortages and in real time. STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR TEAM See who’s clocked in or out, edit employee shifts, and view shift information, including tips earned and break times. Download Toast Now for iOS. Please note: Toast Now is only available for Toast customers.

Screenshots

Linga SC4 screens
Toast Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Toast Now at 4.9 against Linga SC's 1.0. Toast Now also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 1). Linga SC's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Toast Now holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toast Now has 12K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Linga SC versus Toast Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinga SCToast Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—32.4% of reviews
Number of ratings112K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBENSERON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC.Toast, Inc.

Customer experience

Linga SC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Toast Now

All ratings11,960 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral12.2%
Negative55.4%

Bugs and requests

Linga SC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Toast Now

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Double charging customers and failure to refund
  • Incorrect or outdated data on the reporting page

Requested features

4 requests
  • Weekly/monthly sales and labor reporting
  • Ability to view individual orders/tabs and transaction details
  • Separate reporting for cash vs. credit card sales, tips, etc.
  • Multi-location/group-level sales overview

In-app purchases

None

Linga SC

No in-app purchases

None

Toast Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Linga SC free?
Linga SC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Toast Now free?
Toast Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Linga SC or Toast Now?
Toast Now is rated higher. Linga SC averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Toast Now averages 4.9 from 12K ratings.
Do Linga SC or Toast Now have ads?
Neither Linga SC nor Toast Now shows ads.

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