Comparison

Yelp Guest Manager vs Fresh Stats

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

Head to head
About

Yelp Guest Manager

Streamline restaurant operations with waitlisting, reservations, and table management. Connect to Yelp's diner network to fill tables faster and keep guests happy. Features include digital waitlists, table management with POS integrations, and takeout order tracking.

Highlights
  • Reservations and waitlist management
  • Digital waitlist and reservation buttons
  • Table management with custom floor maps
  • POS integrations for automatic status updates
  • Takeout order tracking
  • Diner self-check-in kiosk
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Yelp Guest Manager helps restaurants seat the millions of diners booking tables online every day. Let your front-of-house team meet and greet more guests with the power of Waitlisting, Reservations, and Table Management in one system of record. Yelp Guest Manager connects your business to Yelp’s high-intent diner network with powerful features that streamline operations and keep guests happy. Built by industry pros, Yelp Guest Manager is brought to you by a new team of dedicated restaurant experts. Need to see it to believe it? Try for free and join more than 11,000 popular restaurants using Yelp Guest Manager to turn the tables. * Note: This app is for Restaurant businesses. If you're a diner looking to book a table, search ‘waitlist’ or ‘reservations’ on the Yelp App! Yelp Guest Manager features include: • Reservations & Waitlist - Easily add digital reservations and waitlist buttons to your Yelp page and websites so both last-second and plan-ahead diners can book a table from anywhere, receive live status updates to reduce cancellations, and show up right on time. Fill shoulders and turn tables faster by offering multiple ways to book a table with one system of record. • Table management & POS integrations - Gives hosts and servers what they need to run a smoother front-of-house including custom floor maps, custom sections, and POS integrations that automatically update table statuses. • Takeout - Add and track takeout orders so you can see dine-in and dine-out parties in one system. Notify guests with a text message when their food is ready for pick up. • Kiosk - Let your team focus on hospitality by allowing diners to check themselves into a digital waitlist and receive automated wait times and text notifications with their table status. Keep your host from doing data entry and answering the same questions over and over. Available as an add-on to Yelp Guest Manager.

About

Fresh Stats

This app simplifies restaurant financial data analysis by connecting to your Point of Sale system. It provides real-time insights into sales, labor costs, and other key metrics through easy-to-understand graphs, helping you make informed decisions to boost profits and grow your business.

Highlights
  • Real-time data analysis
  • Easy-to-understand graphs
  • Projected sales numbers
  • Actual vs. Ideal analysis
  • Multi-location management
  • Labor and sales tracking
Features
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Fresh Stats is the best way to make sense of all your restaurant’s financial data, so you know exactly where your numbers are – and where they should be. Rather than spending countless hours digging through spreadsheets and running calculations, Fresh Stats does the heavy lifting for you. All you have to do is connect to your Point of Sale. That’s it. The system uses your real time data to analyze how well your business is performing and provides ideal sales, labor costs, average ticket amounts, and more so that you can know exactly what you need to boost profits and grow your business. Fresh Stats, takes that information and displays it in easy to understand graphs. That way you can quickly see exactly what is happening in your store – even if you’re not there or only have a second to step out of the kitchen. Plus, since the data displays in real time, you gain clarity that helps you make on the spot decisions based on actual data, not your gut. That means you can always know you’re making the best decisions for your business. Features: -Display data in easy to understand graphs -Get a real time view of your data -Project Sales numbers -Analyze “Actual” vs “Ideal” -Compare across days, weeks, and months -Manage multiple locations and brands Fresh Stats includes: -labor (ideal, scheduled, actual) -net sales (ideal, scheduled, actual, projected, annual, variance) -average check (amount, check count)

Screenshots

Yelp Guest Manager4 screens
Fresh Stats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fresh Stats at 100% against Yelp Guest Manager's 27%. Fresh Stats also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 18.0). Yelp Guest Manager's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 7). 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

Yelp Guest Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yelp Guest Manager has 1.8K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Yelp Guest Manager's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fresh Stats's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yelp Guest Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, Fresh Stats every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Yelp Guest Manager versus Fresh Stats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYelp Guest ManagerFresh Stats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better3.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYelpFresh Technology, Inc

Customer experience

Yelp Guest Manager

All ratings1,805 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative63.6%

Fresh Stats

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Yelp Guest Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App won't open after updates
  • Reservation/waitlist data not syncing
  • Incorrect cover counts displayed
  • Inability to properly manage walk-ins

Requested features

4 requests
  • Customizable table/section management
  • Integrated reservation system
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Sync across multiple devices

Fresh Stats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yelp Guest Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Fresh Stats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yelp Guest Manager free?
Yelp Guest Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fresh Stats free?
Fresh Stats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yelp Guest Manager or Fresh Stats?
Yelp Guest Manager is rated higher. Yelp Guest Manager averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Fresh Stats averages 3.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Yelp Guest Manager or Fresh Stats have ads?
Neither Yelp Guest Manager nor Fresh Stats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yelp Guest Manager or Fresh Stats?
Yelp Guest Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fresh Stats every 3 months. Most recently, Yelp Guest Manager was updated on November 6, 2026 and Fresh Stats on November 3, 2026.

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