Comparison

Kitchen360 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

Kitchen360

This app streamlines order management for distributors and their customers. It offers a rich, media-enhanced system accessible on any mobile device, simplifying the ordering process.

Highlights
  • Mobile order management
  • Distributor and customer access
  • Feature-rich system
  • Media-rich experience
  • Cross-platform compatibility
Features
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Kitchen360 brings the power of mobile order management conveniently and vibrantly into the hands of distributors and their customers. Distributors and their customers can now experience a feature-rich and media-rich order management system that delivers the capabilities you need on any tablet or smartphone running any mobile operating system.

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

Kitchen3603 screens
Toast Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Toast Now at 4.9 against Kitchen360's 1.0. Toast Now also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 0%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). Kitchen360's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Kitchen360's written reviews are positive against 32% of Toast Now's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen360 ships an update every 7 months, Toast Now weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Kitchen360 versus Toast Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen360Toast Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)4.9 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews32.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings412K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB218 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRetalix Ltd.Toast, Inc.

Customer experience

Kitchen360

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Toast Now

All ratings11,865 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral12.2%
Negative55.4%

Bugs and requests

Kitchen360

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

Kitchen360

No in-app purchases

None

Toast Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen360 free?
Kitchen360 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, Kitchen360 or Toast Now?
Toast Now is rated higher. Kitchen360 averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Toast Now averages 4.9 from 12K ratings.
Do Kitchen360 or Toast Now have ads?
Neither Kitchen360 nor Toast Now shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen360 or Toast Now?
Kitchen360 ships an update every 7 months, and Toast Now weekly. Most recently, Kitchen360 was updated on October 19, 2026 and Toast Now on October 22, 2026.

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