Comparison

WaiterOne Remote vs Datio Quick Serve Restaurant

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

Head to head
About

WaiterOne Remote

Transform your iPhone or iPod touch into a powerful ordering device for your restaurant, bar, or cafe. This app integrates seamlessly with a central iPad system to streamline order taking and improve service speed. It also offers cloud-based sales reporting and a kitchen display system for enhanced operational efficiency.

Highlights
  • Transform iPhone/iPod into ordering device
  • Streamline order taking
  • Improve service speed
  • Cloud-based sales reporting
  • Kitchen Display System integration
  • Print receipts to POS printers
Features
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WaiterOne Remote is the companion ordering app for WaiterOne POS. Use an iPhone or iPad to take orders at the table, manage tables and tickets, process payments, and send orders to the kitchen or bar. Remote requires a main WaiterOne installation. It manages products, staff, printers, payments, reports and data. Remote is not a standalone POS. Connect over your local network to keep service fast and orders flowing.

About

Datio Quick Serve Restaurant

This point-of-sale software is designed for quick-serve and full-service restaurants and bars. It offers features like order saving, inventory tracking, and sales reporting, all accessible from a PC or phone.

Highlights
  • Order saving and table payment
  • Inventory tracking
  • Sales reporting via web
  • Item modifiers and discounts
  • Credit card processing integration
Features
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DATIO POINT OF SALE RESTAURANT SOFTWARE FOR DATIO BASE STATION AND CASH REGISTER FOR IPAD The Datio Cash Register is ideal for your full service restaurant or bar where you need to save orders and pay at the table. The Datio Cash Register is an elegant, easy to set up, reliable and affordable solution. Point of sale is changing, and the iPad provides an extremely reliable and durable solution. The Datio POS software works with the Datio POS hardware available at www.datiopos.com or Amazon. You can use our solution for cash only or apply for credit card processing with our partner WorldPay or Vantiv Payments. Contact us to apply. You can also run the credit card on your existing credit card terminal and manually enter the amount after ringing up the sale on the Datio Cash Register. There are no complicated cable connections to make and no messy cables on your counter where you are interacting with your customers. Our software supports saved orders, tips, inventory tracking, reporting from any PC or phone via manage.datiopos.com, sales associate tracking, item modifiers and options, discounts and many other great features.

Screenshots

WaiterOne Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WaiterOne Remote at 70% against Datio Quick Serve Restaurant's 0%. WaiterOne Remote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Datio Quick Serve Restaurant's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12 vs 16.6). 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

WaiterOne Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Datio Quick Serve Restaurant has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of WaiterOne Remote's written reviews are positive against 0% of Datio Quick Serve Restaurant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WaiterOne Remote ships an update every 2 days, Datio Quick Serve Restaurant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and July 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WaiterOne Remote versus Datio Quick Serve Restaurant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaiterOne RemoteDatio Quick Serve Restaurant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings445 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.612 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaiterOne SLDatio Support

Customer experience

WaiterOne Remote

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative27.3%

Datio Quick Serve Restaurant

All ratings45 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

WaiterOne Remote

No in-app purchases

None

Datio Quick Serve Restaurant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WaiterOne Remote free?
WaiterOne Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datio Quick Serve Restaurant free?
Datio Quick Serve Restaurant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WaiterOne Remote or Datio Quick Serve Restaurant?
WaiterOne Remote is rated higher. WaiterOne Remote averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Datio Quick Serve Restaurant averages 4.5 from 45 ratings.
Do WaiterOne Remote or Datio Quick Serve Restaurant have ads?
Neither WaiterOne Remote nor Datio Quick Serve Restaurant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WaiterOne Remote or Datio Quick Serve Restaurant?
WaiterOne Remote ships an update every 2 days, and Datio Quick Serve Restaurant every 2 months. Most recently, WaiterOne Remote was updated on September 1, 2026 and Datio Quick Serve Restaurant on July 30, 2026.

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