Comparison

WaiterOne vs waVe Trade V5

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

Head to head
About

WaiterOne

A comprehensive point-of-sale system designed for hospitality businesses on iPad. It streamlines order taking, table management, payments, reservations, and staff organization for efficient service.

Highlights
  • Order taking and table management
  • Payment processing
  • Reservation and planning tools
  • Staff attendance tracking
  • Kitchen display system (KDS)
  • Self-service kiosk option
  • Customer display and digital signage
Features
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WaiterOne is a fast and complete POS system for cafes, bars, restaurants, food trucks, events, terraces, and hospitality businesses that want professional point-of-sale software on iPad. Built for real service, WaiterOne helps you take orders, manage tables, print tickets, process payments, follow reservations, organize staff, and keep your business running smoothly from one central iPad. WaiterOne for iPad is the heart of the system. It manages your products, tables, printers, payments, reports, remote devices, kitchen screens, customer displays, reservations, and cloud connections. It is designed for speed during busy service, with clear screens, fast ordering, and reliable offline-first workflows. Use WaiterOne Remote on iPhone or iPod touch to take orders directly at the table. Orders are sent to the main POS and can be printed in the kitchen or bar, helping your team work faster and reduce mistakes. WaiterOne KDS turns an iPad or iPhone into a kitchen display system. Chefs and bartenders can follow orders on screen, organize preparation, and reduce paper ticket handling. WaiterOne Kiosk adds self-service ordering for customers. It supports add-ons, tips, calories, localized payment messages, and a modern ordering flow for venues that want faster counter or self-service experiences. Customer Display and Digital Signage options let you show order information, totals, and customer-facing content on additional screens. Reservations and planning tools help you manage bookings, table reservations, upcoming reservations, staffing context, and forecast information, so your team can prepare better before service starts. Attendance management helps track clock-in and clock-out, breaks, manager corrections, audit history, and attendance reports. WaiterOne supports a wide range of receipt and kitchen printers, including Epson, Star Micronics, Citizen, AirPrint-compatible printers, and many printers using Epson-compatible ESC/POS modes. Print receipts, kitchen tickets, bar tickets, reports, and fiscal documents depending on your setup. At the end of the day, WaiterOne can generate useful reports for sales, payments, discounts, users, fiscal data, attendance, and operational totals. Reports can be printed, exported, or sent by email when an internet connection is available. WaiterOne also supports many professional workflows, including: - Table plans and table moves - Split bills and multiple payment types - Tips and configurable tip suggestions - Product import and export with CSV files - Price levels and automatic price rules - Barcode and Socket Mobile scanner support - Kitchen and bar ticket routing - AirPrint and POS printer reports - Remote ordering and communication recovery - Fiscal workflows for supported countries - Payment provider integrations such as SumUp, Zettle, Stripe, TWINT, FlatPay, CM, Pin Vandaag, and more depending on country and configuration Because WaiterOne runs on iPad, you do not need a traditional PC server for daily operation. The system is built to stay practical, fast, and reliable during service, even when the internet connection is limited. WaiterOne is made for hospitality teams that need a powerful POS without unnecessary complexity: quick to learn, flexible to configure, and strong enough for serious restaurant and bar operations. WaiterOne can scale from a single iPad at a small bar to a connected setup with remote ordering devices, kitchen screens, customer displays, kiosks, scanners, multiple printers, and cloud reporting. You choose only the tools you need, while the POS stays focused on fast service, clear information, and dependable operation. Whether you run a small cafe, a busy bar, a restaurant terrace, a food truck, an event setup, or a multi-device hospitality workflow, WaiterOne gives you the tools to serve faster, stay organized, and keep control of your business.

About

waVe Trade V5

Features
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Wave Trade trata-se de uma aplicação de Sales Force Automation, CRM e Catálogo Digital, concebida para funcionar sobre dispositivos Tablet. Com esta aplicação pode agilizar todo o seu processo de encomendas, recebimentos, visitas e gestão do catalogo digital. Permite-lhe ainda aceder ao detalhe da informação das fichas de Clientes, Artigos, extratos de Conta Corrente, Históricos de Vendas e analises financeiras relacionadas com a atividade do Comercial, mantendo-se permanentemente sincronizado com o software de gestão da sua empresa. O Wave Trade está totalmente integrado com os principais ERP's do mercado (PHC, Primavera, Sage, Eticadata e outros softwares). A aplicação permite-lhe também tirar partido da conexão com os serviços de localização geográfica Googlemaps e Wavemaps

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WaiterOne at every 2 days against waVe Trade V5's every 2 months. waVe Trade V5's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WaiterOne ships an update every 2 days, waVe Trade V5 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WaiterOne versus waVe Trade V5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaiterOnewaVe Trade V5
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaiterOne SLWave Solutions - Sistemas de Informação, LDA

In-app purchases

None

WaiterOne

No in-app purchases

None

waVe Trade V5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WaiterOne free?
WaiterOne is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is waVe Trade V5 free?
waVe Trade V5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WaiterOne or waVe Trade V5 have ads?
Neither WaiterOne nor waVe Trade V5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WaiterOne or waVe Trade V5?
WaiterOne ships an update every 2 days, and waVe Trade V5 every 2 months. Most recently, WaiterOne was updated on November 10, 2026 and waVe Trade V5 on November 3, 2026.

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