Comparison

BackResto vs Lamster

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

Head to head
About

BackResto

Features
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HACCP tracking made accessible to everyone. The most user-friendly hygiene monitoring app ever created. A solution built by Thomas, a restaurateur who was fed up with spending his time on paperwork instead of cooking. Features - Management of temperatures and expiry dates - Cleaning schedule - Traceability control - Delivery tracking - Sanitary Master Plan (SMP) A professional, reliable tool that's quick to set up, easy to use, and—most importantly—affordable. BackResto is available on all devices—smartphone, tablet, computer—and even works offline. Our goal? To make your life easier. Already tested and approved by over 1,200 peers of all sizes and sectors: - Cafés, Hotels, Restaurants (CHR) - Chains, Groups and Franchises - Food Industry - Institutions and Local Authorities - Day-care Centers - Food Retail - Food Trucks - Caterers - Cheesemongers - Bakeries and Pastry Shops - Butcheries and Delis - Fishmongers - Breweries Try the app free for 30 days with no obligation. See you soon!

About

Lamster

Features
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Centralize and automate every aspect of your human resources: - onboarding, schedule management, absence and leave tracking, generation of variable payroll inputs, secure document storage, and much more! - a collaborative solution that turns every step into a simple formality, freeing up your time for your priorities. HR Administration - Simplify employee onboarding: generate HR contracts and documents, file DPAEs (pre-employment declarations), and send the information to your paperless RUP (Single Personnel Register). - Start your e-signature procedures directly from the employee's secure vault, with no extra steps, all in one place. Time and Activity Management (TAM) - Create, adjust, and publish schedules. Organize your shifts by drag-and-drop, duplicate them, adapt them to your needs, and share them with your team. Hours can be reported through Lamster, or via virtual or physical clock-in. - Track requests directly from the schedule or the dedicated page and handle them quickly. Easily access the supporting documents your employees upload to the platform, or add them yourself. - Lamster provides dedicated counters for information that's always accurate and up to date: tracking of hours worked, paid leave, RTT (statutory rest days), public holidays, day-rate arrangements ("forfait jours")… everything is centralized for clear, fully controlled management. - Whether you opt for working-time modulation, monthly averaging, or apply the same treatment to all your teams or to specific employees, Lamster offers dedicated counters for every situation you encounter. Variable Payroll Management - The employee data export, compatible with the main payroll software packages, lets you generate a complete file gathering all the essential information quickly and accurately. - Simplify the submission of your variable payroll data. Compatible with many payroll software packages, the Lamster export adapts to the specifics of the hospitality sector (paid leave, absences, split shifts, night hours, etc.). - Import payslips into your employees' digital vaults and let Lamster handle the rest: split by social security number or by last name/first name, each payslip is assigned individually. You can also upload your bank transfer files.

Screenshots

BackResto4 screens
Lamster3 screens

Verdict

The call

BackResto and Lamster are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackResto ships an update every 3 weeks, Lamster every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BackResto versus Lamster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackRestoLamster
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBackRestoLamster

In-app purchases

None

BackResto

No in-app purchases

None

Lamster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BackResto free?
BackResto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lamster free?
Lamster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BackResto or Lamster have ads?
Neither BackResto nor Lamster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackResto or Lamster?
BackResto ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lamster every 4 weeks. Most recently, BackResto was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lamster on November 5, 2026.

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