Toast Now vs Fork

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.

Run the whole business from one app. Fork is built for cafés, restaurants and service businesses with hourly teams, from one location to many. Schedules, timecards, checklists, team chat, reviews and vendor orders, together on every phone. Ordering from vendors and selling to customers is free. SCHEDULE THE WEEK • Drag shifts into place and watch labor cost against each day's budget • Post open shifts and let the team pick them up or trade • Publish, and everyone has their week on their phone • Connect Square to compare labor with sales CLOCK IN AND TIMECARDS • Clock in with GPS, from a phone, or on any tablet as the shop's kiosk • Time off requests, breaks and overtime in one place • Approve timecards in one go, with the hours already added up CHECKLISTS THAT GET DONE • Opening and closing checklists, temperature, waste and cash logs • Photos, readings and sign-offs, the same way every shift • A failed check asks for a recheck, and reports show what was missed YOUR TEAM, START TO FINISH • Hiring: a job board, AI resume summaries and interview invites • Onboarding with W-4 and I-9 forms, documents and contracts signed on a phone • Reviews written from the record: shifts, punctuality, tasks and training • Courses with quizzes, and policy sign-offs • Team chat by location and job, plus announcements, shout-outs and surveys ORDER FROM EVERY VENDOR • One-time and recurring orders, with delivery days and minimums checked • Vendors not on Fork get your order by email, and their replies land in your chat • Check deliveries in on your phone: flag short, extra or damaged items and track the credits • Stock counts with par levels and reorder suggestions SELL AND GET PAID • Your catalog, customers and price lists for each customer • Invoices paid by card or US bank, no customer account needed • Service calls with photos, parts and signed work reports • Delivery routes with proof of delivery ASK ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR TEAM An AI assistant answers from your own schedule, policies and FAQs, not the internet, and hands off to a manager when it should. No new hardware. Up and running in an afternoon.