Comparison

KegID vs Toast Now

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

Head to head
About

KegID

This business tool provides asset tracking for individual kegs across the supply chain. It uses industrial barcoding tags and smartphone integration to monitor keg location and status, helping to reduce loss and maximize usage.

Highlights
  • Individual keg tracking
  • Industrial barcoding tags
  • Smartphone/tablet integration
  • Supply chain visibility
  • Loss reduction
  • Accountability increase
Features
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KegID is an asset tracking solution enabling visibility of individual kegs throughout the distribution and consumption supply chain. The solution leverages industrial barcoding tags and devices integrated with smartphones and tablets to track the possession of kegs between brewers, distributors, and retailers. Awareness of each keg's location and status allows you to decrease loss, increase accountability, and maximize the use of your kegs.

About

Toast Now

Manage your business operations remotely with real-time sales data, delivery channel control, and team coordination tools. Track inventory, view employee shifts, and communicate effectively from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time sales data and insights
  • Delivery channel control
  • Manager log communication
  • Multi-location management
  • Remote stock management
  • Team labor management
Features
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Run your business on the go with Toast Now, Toast’s mobile app designed to give you total freedom. Real-time insights, channel controls, labor management, and more – all conveniently in your pocket. GET IMMEDIATE INSIGHTS Live sales data with hour-by-hour totals and helpful breakdowns, including comparisons to the same day last week and year. CONTROL DELIVERY CHANNELS Curb the flow of orders with easy on-off toggles for online ordering, Local by Toast, and third-party apps like Grubhub. COMMUNICATE & COORDINATE Add and edit entries to your manager log, synced with Toast Web, and reply quickly with simple conversational threads. EASILY TOGGLE BETWEEN LOCATIONS The multi-location view keeps things simple. Log in once and see all your locations and performance in a single place. MANAGE STOCK FROM ANYWHERE Mark items in stock and out of stock so employees can keep customers informed and solve for shortages and in real time. STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR TEAM See who’s clocked in or out, edit employee shifts, and view shift information, including tips earned and break times. Download Toast Now for iOS. Please note: Toast Now is only available for Toast customers.

Screenshots

KegID3 screens
Toast Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Toast Now at 4.9 against KegID's 3.6. Toast Now also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 0%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). KegID's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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

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

Toast Now holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toast Now has 12K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of KegID's written reviews are positive against 32% of Toast Now's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KegID ships an update every 4 months, Toast Now weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
KegID versus Toast Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKegIDToast Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (10 ratings)4.9 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews32.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1012K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB219 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAnotherRound AppsToast, Inc.

Customer experience

KegID

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Toast Now

All ratings12,164 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral12.2%
Negative55.4%

Bugs and requests

KegID

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Toast Now

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Double charging customers and failure to refund
  • Incorrect or outdated data on the reporting page

Requested features

4 requests
  • Weekly/monthly sales and labor reporting
  • Ability to view individual orders/tabs and transaction details
  • Separate reporting for cash vs. credit card sales, tips, etc.
  • Multi-location/group-level sales overview

In-app purchases

None

KegID

No in-app purchases

None

Toast Now

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KegID free?
KegID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Toast Now free?
Toast Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KegID or Toast Now?
Toast Now is rated higher. KegID averages 3.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Toast Now averages 4.9 from 12K ratings.
Do KegID or Toast Now have ads?
Neither KegID nor Toast Now shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KegID or Toast Now?
KegID ships an update every 4 months, and Toast Now weekly. Most recently, KegID was updated on November 1, 2026 and Toast Now on November 9, 2026.

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