Comparison

eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) vs ELCON smartACCESS

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

Head to head
About

eesy Manager (form. theWAITER)

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eesy Manager supports waiters & owners of restaurants, ice cream parlors, bars & events in their daily business. Your waiters can take, complete and bill orders. Orders taken are automatically sent to the kitchen and printed out if required. As the owner, you can see all the relevant statistics on total revenue, revenue by product, your top products, tips and much more. You can also offer your guests the eesy app, which allows them to discover your menu via a QR code on the table and order using their own smartphone. The orders also end up in the kitchen and can then be brought to the guest by a waiter. If you wish, you can also activate online payments so that your guests can pay and tip directly via the eesy app.

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ELCON smartACCESS

Features
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we can provide a Bluetooth key to replace the traditional physical key. You can also generate new Bluetooth keys or keyboard passwords and send them to the visitors via phone, to remotely control your locks.

Screenshots

eesy Manager (form. theWAITER)1 screens
ELCON smartACCESS2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: ELCON smartACCESS at 3 against eesy Manager (form. theWAITER)'s โ€”. ELCON smartACCESS also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) ships an update every 9 months, ELCON smartACCESS every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) versus ELCON smartACCESS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametereesy Manager (form. theWAITER)ELCON smartACCESS
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 months โ€” betterEvery 15 months
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS16.613.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size158 MB339 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developereesy LLCELCON Sicherheitstechnik GmbH

In-app purchases

None

eesy Manager (form. theWAITER)

No in-app purchases

None

ELCON smartACCESS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) free?
eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ELCON smartACCESS free?
ELCON smartACCESS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) or ELCON smartACCESS?
eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) ships an update every 9 months, and ELCON smartACCESS every 15 months. Most recently, eesy Manager (form. theWAITER) was updated on October 5, 2026 and ELCON smartACCESS on October 8, 2026.

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