Toast Tables vs Maple AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toast Tables
This app enhances restaurant hospitality by providing hosts with a POS-integrated waitlist and reservation system. It simplifies table management, allows for quick table turns with real-time updates, and helps anticipate guest needs. Communicate with guests via SMS for a better dining experience.
- POS-integrated waitlist and reservations
- Real-time table status updates
- Automated guest notifications
- 2-way SMS communication
- Guest notes and preferences
- Server rotation management
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Give your hosts the power of Toast with a POS-integrated waitlist & reservation solution built for restaurants. Enhance hospitality, simplify table management, and keep guests coming back. Note: This app is for Toast restaurants with a Toast Tables account. Optimized for iPads running iOS 12 (or later), but is not recommended for iPhone as full experience may be limited. Some features may also be available on Toast Web. Toast Tables gives restaurant hosts and operators the ability to: 1. Seamlessly manage waitlist and reservations 2. Estimate availability and turn tables quickly with real-time, automated table status updates straight from the POS 3. Keep staff happy by seating based on built-in cover counts and “next up” server rotations 4. Anticipate guest needs with notes, preferences, and VIP tags 5. Automate notifications and communicate with guests using 2-way SMS
Maple AI
This AI assistant handles restaurant phone calls 24/7, taking orders, booking tables, and answering customer inquiries. It frees up your staff to concentrate on serving customers and preparing food.
- 24/7 AI phone answering
- Takes customer orders
- Books tables
- Handles customer questions
- Frees up staff time
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Maple is your restaurant's AI-powered phone assistant. It answers calls, takes orders, books tables, and handles customer questions around the clock — so your team can focus on the food.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Maple AI at 100% against Toast Tables's 23%. Maple AI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). Toast Tables's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 9). 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.
Maple AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toast Tables has 58 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Toast Tables's written reviews are positive against 100% of Maple AI's.
Toast Tables ships an update fortnightly, Maple AI every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toast Tables | Maple AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toast, Inc. | Maple AI, Inc. |
Customer experience
Toast Tables
Maple AI
In-app purchases
Toast Tables
No in-app purchases
Maple AI
No in-app purchases
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