app2table vs Dines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
app2table
This app allows customers to order food and drinks, and pay directly from their smartphones at restaurants, cafes, and bars. It also supports ticket sales for events with on-site validation, streamlining the ordering and payment process for both businesses and patrons.
- Table ordering and payment
- Home delivery and collection options
- Event ticket sales
- Ticket validation on entry
- Customer smartphone ordering
- Queue avoidance
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app2table digital menu app provides a safe and convenient way for restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, clubs & restaurants to accept orders and payment from customers at the table (also for home delivery and collection). Avoids queues and simplifies ordering. Waiting staff no longer need to take orders or payment in person. Customers order through their own smartphone. Now also supports ticket sales for events, with ticket validation on entry.
Dines
This app is designed for partner venues to manage all incoming orders, including card payments, table service, click and collect, and home delivery. It provides a comprehensive hospitality ordering solution through an easy-to-use dashboard.
- Order management
- Card payment processing
- Table service
- Click and collect
- Home delivery
- EPOS Suite
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This is the Dines App to be used by Partner Venues exclusively. If you are a diner/customer at a venue and wish to pay with Dines, please download 'Dines - Mobile Ordering'. The market-leading table ordering experience loved by 100's of pubs, restaurants, bars, hotels, sports clubs & cafes nationwide, is now evolving into the complete hospitality ordering solution, with the release of our innovative Dines EPOS Suite. Manage all orders, be they card payments, table service, click and collect, or home delivery, all from one slick and easy to use Dashboard on your iOS device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dines at 67% against app2table's 0%. app2table's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
app2table ships an update every 10 days, Dines fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | app2table | Dines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Image Retail Solutions Ltd | Dines App Ltd |
Customer experience
app2table
Dines
In-app purchases
app2table
No in-app purchases
Dines
No in-app purchases
