Focus Mobile vs DSDLink Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Focus Mobile
This app enhances restaurant operations by enabling mobile ordering directly through a mobile device. It integrates seamlessly with existing restaurant management software, streamlining the customer experience and improving efficiency for staff.
- Mobile ordering capabilities
- Integration with Focus software
- Streamlined restaurant operations
- Enhanced customer experience
- Improved staff efficiency
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Focus Mobile adds mobile ordering capabilities to Focus's already solid suite of software services for restaurants.
DSDLink Mobile
Streamline beverage ordering for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores. Discover and order products from all your distributors, plan ahead with sales history, and view accurate pricing with discounts. Manage payments and invoices in one convenient platform.
- Order from all distributors
- Discover new products
- Plan orders ahead
- Utilize sales history for ordering
- View accurate pricing and discounts
- Pay distributors in one place
- Download invoices
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DSDLink Mobile is the go-to app for beer, wine, spirits, and energy drink ordering for bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and any other establishments. Find and Order Products from ALL your Distributors - Explore and order any new products that your distributor is allowed to sell in your area - Plan and place orders as far ahead of time as needed - Use calculated sales history to right-size your orders Accurate Pricing - Know exactly what you're going to pay for your order before you buy - View available discounts and any quantity based or mix-and-match deals Manage & Pay - Pay all your distributors in one place with ACH or card - Download PDFs of your delivered invoices. Even if they were not placed on DSDLink! - Schedule and pay on your due date using PayLink.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: DSDLink Mobile at 8.3K against Focus Mobile's 1. Focus Mobile's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Focus Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSDLink Mobile has 8.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Focus Mobile | DSDLink Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (8.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 63.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Focus POS | Encompass Technologies Development Inc. |
Customer experience
Focus Mobile
DSDLink Mobile
Bugs and requests
Focus Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DSDLink Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Order history and order placement issues
- Inconsistent product availability information
- Difficulty removing specific products from order guide
Requested features
5 requests- Add a favorites or frequently ordered section
- Improve communication with sales representatives
- Allow printing of orders
- Organize products by category or type (bottles vs cans)
- Provide more prominent low/out of stock indicators
In-app purchases
Focus Mobile
No in-app purchases
DSDLink Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Focus Mobile free?
Is DSDLink Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, Focus Mobile or DSDLink Mobile?
Do Focus Mobile or DSDLink Mobile have ads?
Which is updated more often, Focus Mobile or DSDLink Mobile?
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