Comparison

ampm vs LaneTab Venue

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

Head to head
About

ampm

Save money with exclusive app-only deals and earn rewards on your favorite items. Unlock bonus prizes, play games for a chance to win, and find nearby locations. Track purchases for free items and enter weekly grand prize drawings.

Highlights
  • App-only deals
  • Bonus Deals and Flash Deals
  • Digital punch cards for free items
  • Scratch and win games for prizes
  • Weekly grand prize drawings
  • Store locator with amenities
  • Refer-a-friend rewards
Features
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Like saving money? Good. With the ampm app, you’ll save on app only deals and get rewarded with incredible Bonus Deals on your favorite stuff. It’s our way of saying “thanks” for making ampm the place you trust for great quality and incredible value. GET DEALS YOU’LL LOVE Enjoy app only deals that can save you extra money every time you visit an ampm. There are even special Bonus Deals that give you the chance to unlock big prizes. Oh. And you’ll probably want to be on the lookout for Flash Deals… but be quick, they are only available for a limited time! CLUBS SAVE YOU EVEN MORE MONEY It’s like a digital punch card. You buy the stuff you love. We’ll track how many in the app. When you’ve bought enough, you get a free one. That’s easy enough, right? SCRATCH AND WIN GAME Play Scratch Power for a chance to win FREE stuff. Over 50,000 prizes are available every month! Want more chances to win? Get rewarded with 1 Scratcher for every *$1 you spend (so be sure to scan your barcode every time you visit) and get 1 additional Scratcher every day you check-in to an ampm. *excludes fuel, propane, lottery and car washes. WIN THE WEEKLY GRAND PRIZE – LIKE A $500 PUMP PASS! With ampm, you can win big! Scan your barcode every time you make a purchase for an entry to win a weekly grand prize like a $500 Pump Pass. The more you scan, the more chances you have to win! FIND A STORE When you’re craving a snack, use the handy Store Locator to find an ampm near you. Looking for something specific? Easily get each store’s location and all the ampm amenities that are available such as beer, hot foods, fresh bakery, cold deli, fountain drinks and car wash. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS Invite your friends to join the app and you both get rewarded. Each time someone signs up with your personal invite code and makes their first purchase, you’ll both get a special reward. HOW IT WORKS Get great deals, rewards and prizes in a few easy steps! 1. Download the ampm app. 2. Register your account using your email, mobile number or existing social login. 3. Check-in daily or make a purchase to get rewarded with Scratchers to play Scratch Power. 4. Scan your barcode every time you shop to maximize your savings. JOIN NOW What are you waiting for? We’ve got something you need or crave with your name on it. Download the ampm app now and start saving!

About

LaneTab Venue

This app streamlines operations for bowling alleys and family entertainment centers. Staff can manage orders, track financials, and handle guest services like waitlists and restroom checks directly from their devices.

Highlights
  • Order management
  • Financial tracking
  • Waitlist management
  • Guest assistance
  • Staff access control
  • Printer integration
Features
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LaneTab Venue is the staff app for LaneTab, the QR-code ordering system built for bowling alleys and family entertainment centers. Guests scan the code at their lane or table, order, and pay from their own phone. This app is what your counter runs: orders arrive the moment they are paid for, tickets print to the kitchen and the bar, and the night closes out with the numbers already added up. WHAT THE NIGHT MADE - Financials and Insights for any period the web console offers, including a custom range for a single day or a group of days - Gross sales, refunds, tax, tips and total collected, read straight from the ledger - A transaction register you can open one order at a time - Shifts and pooled tips, per person WHO CAN SIGN IN - A PIN for each person, by name, so the order history says who did it rather than "staff" - Choose exactly what each person sees - Kitchen, Bar, Front desk, or more than one at once - without handing over full access - Revoke a sign-in on its own: they stay on the roster, keep their place in tip payouts, and can still be assigned restroom checks - Add someone, fix a name, and hand out or take back access from the floor, without opening a laptop A SCREEN FOR EACH JOB - Give every screen its own PIN: Kitchen, Bar, Front desk, each showing only the work it is for - A station screen is a bump bar - the tickets, full screen, nothing to navigate - The takings, settings and menu editor are not on a station screen at all - A front desk screen runs guest help, the waitlist and restroom checks on one screen, switched with a tap - A bar screen can show only the drinks that need an ID check - Name your own stations, so a snack bar does not have to be called kitchen or bar THE FRONT DESK - A waitlist that texts guests: quote a wait, tell them their lane is ready, and seat them - Every party shows when they arrived, when they were texted and when they were seated, so two parties with the same name are never confused - Seat or no-show by mistake and put them back with one tap, without retyping them or costing them their place - Guest help and the waitlist sit side by side, and a new request pulls the screen back to it - Restroom checks on the same screen, so the round that is due is where the host already is RUN THE FLOOR - Live board of every open order, oldest first, with one tap to move it from received to preparing to on its way - Overdue orders escalate on screen so nothing sits forgotten at the end of a busy rush - Push alerts the moment an order or a guest request lands, even when the app is in the background - Guest assistance requests and staff replies, so a lane can ask for help without walking to the counter PRINT AND ROUTE - Star Bluetooth receipt printing at the counter, with reprint and test print - Separate kitchen and bar station printers over the network, so each station gets only its own items - Auto-print new orders as they arrive TAKE MONEY - Ring up a counter sale: cash, card, Tap to Pay on iPhone, or comp - Bar tabs with running totals, card holds, settle and void - Refunds, partial refunds and comps, all recorded KNOW WHERE YOU STAND - Financials: today's takings, every transaction to the second, taxes, and the tip pool - Shifts and pooled tip payouts per member of staff - Insights: sales per spot-hour, reorder rate, response times, and which lanes generate the most requests - Inventory: stock on hand, restock and reorder reports, recipes and suppliers KEEP THE PLACE RUNNING - Sanitation: restroom checks logged with what was due, what was done, who cleared it and when. The record a health inspector asks for. - Displays: your wall screens, their signal and uptime, and whether they are still responding - Lane maintenance trends, so recurring mechanical faults on one lane surface before they cost you the lane LaneTab Venue requires a LaneTab venue account. Venue accounts are created by LaneTab, so there is no sign-up in the app.

Screenshots

ampm4 screens
LaneTab Venue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LaneTab Venue at none against ampm's shown. LaneTab Venue also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ampm's advantage is ratings volume (70K vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LaneTab Venue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ampm has 70K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ampm ships an update every 2 months, LaneTab Venue weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ampm versus LaneTab Venue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterampmLaneTab Venue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (70K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings70K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB69 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBP North AmericaLeo Lebel

Customer experience

ampm

All ratings67,589 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive61.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative31.8%

LaneTab Venue

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ampm

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App login issues and 404 errors
  • Barcode scanning problems and lack of transaction confirmation
  • Inconsistent app behavior across different store locations

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve training for employees on app usage
  • Provide better confirmation and visibility of active deals
  • Increase winning frequency and prize quality in app

LaneTab Venue

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ampm

No in-app purchases

None

LaneTab Venue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ampm free?
ampm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LaneTab Venue free?
LaneTab Venue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ampm or LaneTab Venue?
LaneTab Venue is rated higher. ampm averages 4.8 out of 5 from 70K ratings, while LaneTab Venue averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ampm or LaneTab Venue have ads?
ampm shows ads; LaneTab Venue does not.
Which is updated more often, ampm or LaneTab Venue?
ampm ships an update every 2 months, and LaneTab Venue weekly. Most recently, ampm was updated on November 11, 2026 and LaneTab Venue on October 31, 2026.

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