Comparison

Five Star Restaurant Manager vs Reservation.Tools

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

Head to head
About

Five Star Restaurant Manager

Features
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This app requires either the Five Star Restaurant Reservations WordPress plugin or the Five Star Restaurant Menu WordPress plugin. It is not a standalone tool and will not work unless you are using one of those plugins on your WordPress site. Designed to integrate directly with the Five Star Restaurant Reservations and Five Star Restaurant Menu WordPress plugins, this app lets you manage your bookings and your menu on the go. Just connect it once and you're all set. No longer any need to go to a computer and log in to your WordPress site. With this app, you can do the following to manage your restaurant bookings: - Check your reservations for today and this week - Confirm new reservations - Update existing reservations - Cancel reservations And to manage your orders from the menu plugin: - View all new orders - Modify existing orders - Change the order status - Cancel orders You can set your restaurant manager and/or staff up with this app and they can easily manage all of the day's bookings and orders directly from a tablet front-of-house. No need to worry about having them log in to your WordPress admin. With this app, all of the following information is available for each reservation: - Booking day and time - Guest name, phone number and email - Party size - Booking status - Location (if applicable) - Table number (if applicable) You can also view and update your contact information that you added using the Five Star Business Profile and Schema plugin. Instructions for connecting the app with the Five Star Restaurant Reservations WordPress plugin on your site: After installing the updated version of the premium helper plugin on your website, navigate to the settings page (in the admin panel for the Five Star Restaurant Reservations plugin) to generate your API key. Then return to the app on your tablet or phone and enter the API key. After doing this, the data from your site will be available in the app.

About

Reservation.Tools

Manage restaurant bookings and customer relationships efficiently. Accept reservations from your phone, website, or Google platforms. Streamline operations with features for booking, notifications, seating, and customer re-engagement.

Highlights
  • Online reservation management
  • Customer relationship management (CRM)
  • Google Maps and Search integration
  • Automated notifications
  • Seating management
  • Customer re-engagement tools
Features
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Reservation.Tools enable your restaurant, club, or bar to manage reservations and customer relations. Take reservations from your phone, online from your website, or through our partnership with Google Maps and Google Search. The features are focused on making your operations faster and more organized. From booking, notifications, and seating to leaving and re-engaging. It is built for highly visited venue chains, but also used by venues of any size.

Screenshots

Five Star Restaurant Manager4 screens
Reservation.Tools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Reservation.Tools at every 2 months against Five Star Restaurant Manager's every 22 months. Five Star Restaurant Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Star Restaurant Manager ships an update every 22 months, Reservation.Tools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Five Star Restaurant Manager versus Reservation.Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive Star Restaurant ManagerReservation.Tools
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 2 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFive Star PluginsReservation Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Five Star Restaurant Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Reservation.Tools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Star Restaurant Manager free?
Five Star Restaurant Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reservation.Tools free?
Reservation.Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Five Star Restaurant Manager or Reservation.Tools have ads?
Neither Five Star Restaurant Manager nor Reservation.Tools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Star Restaurant Manager or Reservation.Tools?
Five Star Restaurant Manager ships an update every 22 months, and Reservation.Tools every 2 months. Most recently, Five Star Restaurant Manager was updated on September 20, 2026 and Reservation.Tools on September 9, 2026.

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