Crunchtime Host vs DOME Counts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crunchtime Host
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Deliver a 5-star experience with Crunchtime® Host (formerly ConnectSmart). This guest management solution is built for restaurants to create a safe and streamlined front-of-house that won’t minimize quality or guest satisfaction. Accessible data and a kitchen integration let you automatically communicate real-time status updates to guests for a smooth curbside process. Easily allow guests onto your waitlist or offer reservation booking capabilities while capturing guest data. In turn, you minimize crowds and monitor capacity limits by communicating directly with guests via 2-way SMS — no waiting or congregating. Manage your reservations in one central location without paying per guest. Take reservations effortlessly with customizable widgets and data insights to help you identify trends and opportunities. And most importantly, integrations let you leverage massive guest networks like Google and OpenTable to get your restaurant in front of hungry diners.
DOME Counts
Streamline inventory management for restaurants by quickly scanning items and calculating volumes. Generate suggested orders based on usage forecasts and track bar performance with detailed cost analysis.
- Scan bottles with camera or barcode scanner
- Calculate liquid volume for open bottles
- Organize counts by area
- Generate suggested orders
- Track days of supply
- Analyze bar performance and costs
- Manage purchasing and invoices
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DOME Counts is the inventory counting app for DOME, the restaurant operations platform. Scan and count your bar for free — or subscribe to DOME Counts Pro to sign in to DOME and run counts, ordering and audits for your stores. SCAN & COUNT — FREE, NO ACCOUNT Scan bottles with the camera or a Bluetooth barcode scanner Built-in catalog of beverage barcodes, and it learns the ones it doesn't know Export the count as a CSV to email or open in a spreadsheet Works offline; nothing leaves your phone COUNT FASTER (Pro) Store worksheets with locations, par levels and units straight from DOME Slide the liquid level on open bottles — DOME does the volume math for every bottle shape Count area by area: back bar, well, walk-in, storeroom Counts save as you go and sync when you're back online KNOW WHAT TO ORDER (Pro) Suggested order for the next delivery, built from your last count, invoices since and forecast usage Days of supply for every item, with what's running short and what's sitting above par Flags for probable missing invoices and mis-keyed deliveries SEE THE BAR'S PERFORMANCE (Pro) Excess inventory and heavy days-of-supply items — where the cash is sitting Actual vs. theoretical cost by month, with the projected food and bar cost for the current period Exceptions from the month close: pour loss signals, phantom stock, rolled counts, cost drift AUDITS, HOT LISTS AND CHECKBOOK (Pro) Daily walk, venue audit and safety meeting with photo capture and Bluetooth thermometer support Watch problem items daily and see how on-hand moves between counts Monthly purchasing envelopes: enter invoices, raise POs, and compare against what was actually invoiced DOME Counts Pro is a yearly auto-renewing subscription with a free trial, billed through your Apple ID and cancellable any time in Settings. Signing in also requires a DOME account issued by your organization. Counts are reviewed and posted to the inventory system from DOME on the web. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tidalexploration.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DOME Counts at every 8 days against Crunchtime Host's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Crunchtime Host ships an update every 2 months, DOME Counts every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crunchtime Host | DOME Counts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSR Automations LLC | Tidal Exploration |
In-app purchases
Crunchtime Host
No in-app purchases
DOME Counts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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