OpenTable for Restaurants vs Bistrochat Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenTable for Restaurants
This app helps restaurants manage reservations, optimize operations, and enhance guest experiences. It allows for remote access to key metrics, reservation editing, and marketing campaign initiation. The iPad version offers comprehensive front-of-house and shift planning tools.
- Fill more seats
- Deliver remarkable hospitality
- Optimize operations
- Check cover trends and stats
- Make and edit reservations
- Start marketing campaigns
- Front-of-house guest and table management
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The OpenTable app is a robust restaurant management and marketing solution that helps fill more seats, deliver remarkable hospitality, and optimize operations. It is available for download for all OpenTable customers. From an iPhone, OpenTable customers can stay connected to their restaurant from anywhere. The Owner app on iPhone lets you check cover trends and stats, make and edit reservations, start a marketing campaign, receive VIP push notifications, and more. Additionally, OpenTable customers should use the iPad app for cloud-based front-of-house guest and table management, shift planning, and more. Note: This app is for restaurants using OpenTable. If you want to book a reservation, please download the OpenTable diner app or go to https://www.opentable.com/mobile.
Bistrochat Manager
This all-in-one system consolidates reservations and guest data for restaurants. It offers powerful automation features like reminders, deposit management, and integrations with POS, SMS, and email systems to enhance guest experiences.
- Reservation consolidation
- Guest data management
- Automated reminders
- Deposit management
- POS integration
- SMS and email marketing integration
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All-in-one Restaurant Management System We enable you to consolidate all your reservations and all your guests data into one, easy to use, system. Bistrochat manager also includes powerful automation like reminders, deposits management, connection to POS, SMS, connection to your EDM or emailing system, and many more features to help you delight your guests. APP FOR RESTAURANT OWNERS, MANAGERS & STAFF MEMBERS. If you are trying to make a reservation at a restaurant, please download our customer app by searching "Bistrochat Hong Kong".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bistrochat Manager at 100% against OpenTable for Restaurants's 24%. Bistrochat Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). OpenTable for Restaurants's advantage is ratings volume (431 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bistrochat Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTable for Restaurants has 431 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of OpenTable for Restaurants's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bistrochat Manager's.
OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, Bistrochat Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenTable for Restaurants | Bistrochat Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (431 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 431 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenTable, Inc. | BistroChat ltd |
Customer experience
OpenTable for Restaurants
Bistrochat Manager
Bugs and requests
OpenTable for Restaurants
Reported bugs
5 issues- Reservations not syncing across devices
- Guest info not displaying correctly
- Inability to update reservation details
- Crashing and freezing issues
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
6 requests- Floor plan view on mobile
- Ability to customize tags/courses
- Waitlist functionality improvements
- More control over reservations on mobile
- Better guest management tools
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- Ability to respond to reviews in-app
Bistrochat Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OpenTable for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Bistrochat Manager
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is OpenTable for Restaurants free?
Is Bistrochat Manager free?
Which has better reviews, OpenTable for Restaurants or Bistrochat Manager?
Do OpenTable for Restaurants or Bistrochat Manager have ads?
Which is updated more often, OpenTable for Restaurants or Bistrochat Manager?
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