Comparison

DineTime Host vs RoboHost for Restaurants

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

Head to head
About

DineTime Host

This app streamlines restaurant front-of-house operations, simplifying guest management and increasing customer satisfaction. It helps manage waitlists, reservations, and guest communication, while also collecting valuable business analytics.

Highlights
  • Guest management
  • Waitlist management
  • Online reservation booking
  • Server and section organization
  • 2-way guest texting
  • Guest book with visit history
  • Business analytics
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DineTime Host is a guest management solution for full service restaurants that simplifies the host stand, increases guest traffic and streamlines operations. Restaurants of any size and concept can use DineTime to improve front-of-house operations and increase customer satisfaction. DineTime Assist, the companion app to DineTime allows for mobile guest and table management when the host stand gets busy; and our guest app, DineTime, that allows guests to connect with your restaurant, add themselves to the wait list, book a reservation and more, right from their smart phone. DineTime Host app is designed and supported by QSR Automations, a leader in restaurant technology. QSR has been helping casual and fine dining restaurant businesses since 1996 to maximize efficiencies and delight guests through innovative in-store, online, and mobile kitchen display, recipe viewer, table management, and reservations solutions. Restaurants are using DineTime to help seat over one million diners daily. Key features and benefits of the DineTime app include: • Free download and free online training and support • Easy to setup, easy to train • Manage wait list • Book online reservations using a browser widget on restaurant website • Organize servers and sections • Connect with guests via 2-way text messaging to notify them when their table is ready • Syncs all devices in real time • Automatically collect guest information, visit history, and guest notes into a Guest Book • Send email marketing campaigns to inform customers about special promotions or upcoming events • Interactive guest search within the greeter form to pull information from the guest book • Collect key analytical data on business trends • Use your Web Portal to quickly view guest information and graphical summaries of past and current business • Compare days, weeks, and months to better understand trends and view areas that need improvement • Cloud-based back up ensures no data is ever lost • Pager integration

About

RoboHost for Restaurants

Manage restaurant bookings efficiently with this free system. Create, update, and search reservations using various filters. It syncs across devices and integrates with Google, your website, and POS systems.

Highlights
  • Create and manage bookings
  • Update reservation statuses
  • Search bookings by filters
  • Floor plan or timeline view
  • Sync across iOS devices
  • Integrate with Google Search/Maps
  • Website widget for reservations
  • POS system synchronization
Features
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Free restaurant booking management system. You can create bookings, change their statuses and search by other filters. The app has many accessibilities: - work with floor plan or timeline - sync between many iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) - get reservations from Google (search and maps) - get reservations from your site via our widget - sync with POS-systems

Screenshots

RoboHost for Restaurants3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: RoboHost for Restaurants at 3 against DineTime Host's 1. DineTime Host's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DineTime Host ships an update every 6 weeks, RoboHost for Restaurants monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DineTime Host versus RoboHost for Restaurants: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDineTime HostRoboHost for Restaurants
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB76 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperQSR Automations LLCROBOKHOST, OOO

Customer experience

DineTime Host

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

RoboHost for Restaurants

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

DineTime Host

No in-app purchases

None

RoboHost for Restaurants

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DineTime Host free?
DineTime Host is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RoboHost for Restaurants free?
RoboHost for Restaurants is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DineTime Host or RoboHost for Restaurants have ads?
Neither DineTime Host nor RoboHost for Restaurants shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DineTime Host or RoboHost for Restaurants?
DineTime Host ships an update every 6 weeks, and RoboHost for Restaurants monthly. Most recently, DineTime Host was updated on October 23, 2026 and RoboHost for Restaurants on October 24, 2026.

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