Waitlist.Me vs Eat App Manager for iPhone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waitlist.Me
This app streamlines customer waitlists and reservations for businesses. It replaces manual systems with digital notifications via text and phone calls, improving customer service and operational efficiency. Features include self check-in, customizable alerts, and detailed reporting.
- Digital waitlist management
- SMS and phone call notifications
- Customer self check-in
- Customizable public waitlist page
- Reservation and appointment scheduling
- Analytics and reports
- Multi-device syncing
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Waitlist Me is a waitlist management application for restaurants and other businesses that uses text and phone call notifications to alert customers when it is their turn. Say good bye to paper waitlists and clunky buzzer systems. Waitlist Me is the easiest and most effective way to manage a waitlist and reservations. Raise your level of customer service, make customers happier, and improve your business results. Features: - Add, manage, and serve waiting customers quickly and easily - Simple display of each party's information and status on the waitlist - Send SMS and phone call notifications with the push of a button - Self check-in features for customers via web widget and kiosk mode - Customizable notifications and public waitlist page - Table, section, and floorplan management for restaurants - Assign customers or patients to staff, rooms, or other resources for other businesses - Intuitive reservation and appointment scheduling and calendar - Analytics and downloadable reports - Multi-device syncing - Effective queue management - Multi-place and multi-user management Previously NoshList, the popular restaurant waitlist application, Waitlist Me is customizable to work across all businesses looking for a better way to manage their wait list, reservations, and appointments.
Eat App Manager for iPhone
This mobile application provides restaurant managers with on-the-go access to daily operations. It allows real-time management of reservations, customer lists, and team communication, enabling optimized guest experiences and operational efficiency.
- Real-time reservation management
- Customer list access
- On-the-fly reservation editing
- Team note sharing
- Key metrics and trends visibility
- Mobile operational oversight
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Eat App is a restaurant management system that helps restaurants get more customers, optimize operations and power the best guest experiences. Eat App on iPhone is designed for restaurant managers on-the-go. It's the perfect way to stay connected to your daily operations and staff when you can't be on the floor. The iPhone app gives you real-time access to your reservation and customer list and allows you to manage and edit reservations on the fly, share notes with your team, and see key trends and metrics as they happen. Restaurant owners should also download the full in-house restaurant management system on iPad for floor plan set-up and settings, online widgets, shift and table management, as well as advanced analytics. Please send us a message through the support tab in the app if you would like a full demo of the system, or have any questions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Eat App Manager for iPhone at free against Waitlist.Me's free with in-app purchases. Eat App Manager for iPhone also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Waitlist.Me's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 3) and review sentiment (77% vs 67%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Waitlist.Me against 3.7 for Eat App Manager for iPhone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waitlist.Me has 52 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Waitlist.Me's written reviews are positive against 67% of Eat App Manager for iPhone's.
Waitlist.Me ships an update every 2 months, Eat App Manager for iPhone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waitlist.Me | Eat App Manager for iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (52 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waitlist Me, Inc. | Eat, Inc. |
Customer experience
Waitlist.Me
Eat App Manager for iPhone
Bugs and requests
Waitlist.Me
Reported bugs
13 issues- Colors of status cannot be updated on iPad
- Status colors revert after refresh
- Slow loading for iPhone users
- App does not update fast enough / sync issues
- Does not stay updated on multiple devices
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- Cannot retrieve username and password
- App keeps saying 'please wait' and never loads
- App crashes randomly, especially when busy
- Names disappear from waiting list after input
- Does not take guests off the waitlist once seated/removed
- Crashes on iPhone 6s
- New update bugs: people not being notified
- Unlimited messaging does not work
Requested features
7 requests- Option for additional messages (more than three)
- Feature to add an additional waiting list on the same account
- Export option for names and phone numbers
- Bigger 'add button'
- Ability to turn off wait time estimates completely
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- Wait time quotes in 'off' position should not show estimated wait time of 0
- Add reservation capability
Eat App Manager for iPhone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Waitlist.Me
No in-app purchases
Eat App Manager for iPhone
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Waitlist.Me free?
Is Eat App Manager for iPhone free?
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