GiftFly vs OpenTable for Restaurants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GiftFly
This app allows businesses to create and sell digital gift cards online, increasing sales and customer loyalty. It enables easy sharing via social media and email, with QR codes for simple redemption. Businesses can manage their egift card program directly from their website or Facebook page.
- Create digital gift cards
- Increase sales
- Social media sharing
- Email sharing
- QR code redemption
- Customer loyalty programs
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Turn your gift cards Digital & Social! GiftFly is the first FREE full blown egift card solution for virtually any business in the U.S. Gift Cards are huge money makers for businesses. With GiftFly you can now: - Increase sales by adding mobile & digital gift cards to your business. - Profit from valuable social media recommendations when your egift cards are sent via Facebook. - Instantly create coupons & special offers and share them on Facebook or via Email with your loyal customers. How it works: After a simple registration your egift cards are instantly available on your business’ website, Facebook page and on GiftFly.com for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, at ANYTIME to buy online. Each “Gift-on-the-Fly” is branded with your businesses details. Customers can simply buy the egift card online, add a message and send it to a friend via Facebook or email in seconds. The digital gift card comes with a unique QR (Quick Response) Code. The egift card can be stored on any smartphone and/or printed out. There is no need for the consumer to download an app to buy or redeem a GiftFly. When a customer pays with the GiftFly you simply use the GiftFly app on your iPhone or iPod Touch to scan the QR Code and instantly GiftFly starts adding the money into your account. It’s that simple! It’s safe and secure and powerful. So start generating big gifting revenues and creating customer loyalty today. For more information see www.GiftFly.com
OpenTable for Restaurants
This app helps restaurants manage reservations, optimize operations, and enhance guest experiences. It allows for remote access to key metrics, reservation editing, and marketing campaign initiation. The iPad version offers comprehensive front-of-house and shift planning tools.
- Fill more seats
- Deliver remarkable hospitality
- Optimize operations
- Check cover trends and stats
- Make and edit reservations
- Start marketing campaigns
- Front-of-house guest and table management
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The OpenTable app is a robust restaurant management and marketing solution that helps fill more seats, deliver remarkable hospitality, and optimize operations. It is available for download for all OpenTable customers. From an iPhone, OpenTable customers can stay connected to their restaurant from anywhere. The Owner app on iPhone lets you check cover trends and stats, make and edit reservations, start a marketing campaign, receive VIP push notifications, and more. Additionally, OpenTable customers should use the iPad app for cloud-based front-of-house guest and table management, shift planning, and more. Note: This app is for restaurants using OpenTable. If you want to book a reservation, please download the OpenTable diner app or go to https://www.opentable.com/mobile.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenTable for Restaurants at 4.0 against GiftFly's 2.6. OpenTable for Restaurants also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (412 vs 8). GiftFly's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 24%) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OpenTable for Restaurants holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTable for Restaurants has 412 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of GiftFly's written reviews are positive against 24% of OpenTable for Restaurants's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GiftFly ships an update every 4 months, OpenTable for Restaurants weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GiftFly | OpenTable for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) | 4.0 (412 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 24.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 412 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ackroo Inc. | OpenTable, Inc. |
Customer experience
GiftFly
OpenTable for Restaurants
Bugs and requests
GiftFly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
OpenTable for Restaurants
Reported bugs
5 issues- Reservations not syncing across devices
- Guest info not displaying correctly
- Inability to update reservation details
- Crashing and freezing issues
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
6 requests- Floor plan view on mobile
- Ability to customize tags/courses
- Waitlist functionality improvements
- More control over reservations on mobile
- Better guest management tools
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- Ability to respond to reviews in-app
In-app purchases
GiftFly
No in-app purchases
OpenTable for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Questions
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