OpenTable for Restaurants vs Push Employee
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.
Push Employee
This app allows employees to manage their work schedules, communicate with managers, and submit requests for time off or shift swaps. It provides real-time updates and notifications for schedule changes, ensuring staff are always informed.
- Real-time schedule viewing
- Clock in/out functionality
- Time off requests
- Shift swap requests
- Manager-employee messaging
- Schedule change notifications
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Manage and view schedules in real-time, streamline communication between managers and staff, and request time off or shift swaps with the Push Employee App. Features include: • Mobile access to clock ins, schedules, time off and shift swap requests. • Real-time schedule change notifications. • Daily schedule updates for scheduled employees. • Submit time-off requests and weekly availability. • Shift swap and release functionality for employees. • Message Center for manager and employee communication. NOTE: Push Employee requires a registered and valid user account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenTable for Restaurants at 4.0 against Push Employee's 2.9. OpenTable for Restaurants also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (431 vs 41). Push Employee's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
OpenTable for Restaurants holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTable for Restaurants has 431 ratings behind it against 41, 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 18% of Push Employee's.
OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, Push Employee every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenTable for Restaurants | Push Employee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (431 ratings) — better | 2.9 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.2% of reviews — better | 18.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 431 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenTable, Inc. | Push Technologies Inc |
Customer experience
OpenTable for Restaurants
Push Employee
User reviews
OpenTable for Restaurants
From 431 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic system
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🚀 Quick access and ability to add reservations/notes on the fly
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and freezes frequently
- 🐛 Doesn't update in real-time
- 🐛 Constantly logging out
- 🐛 Buggy after updates
- 🐛 Unreliable and inconsistent
Push Employee
From 41 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use (historically)
- 👍 Handy for shift changes
- 👍 Reliable for work
- 👍 Simple scheduling
- 👍 Good for swapping shifts
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unstable and buggy
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 Poor UI design
- 🐛 Inconsistent features across devices
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
Push Employee
Reported bugs
31 issues- App closes when sending messages
- Notifications not set up by default
- App crashes when trying to send messages
- Login issues after password reset
- Time off requests disappear
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- App crashes randomly
- Messages unreadable
- Thrown back to login page
- Crashes on attempt to select recipients
- App not opening
- Wrong password errors
- Cannot log in
- Schedule doesn't load on main screen
- Clocking in/out issues
- Cannot clock in more than once
- Paystub tab no longer appears
- Email paystub info is incomplete
- Missing buttons for paystub access
- App is telling me to update when it's already updated
- Cannot see shift changes
- Cannot see hours worked
- Cannot save availability
- Cannot see start and finish times
- Cannot see hours worked per day/week
- Cannot request time off
- Stuck on current date for time off requests
- Logged out and cannot log back in
- App crashes on any menu button press
- Unresponsive most times
- Clock in/out system doesn't always work
- Shift release/swap visibility issues
Requested features
23 requests- Option to separate schedules
- Prompt users to set up notifications
- Ability to view paystubs at any time
- Option to stay logged in
- Dark mode
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- Sync with Google Calendar
- Sync with iCal
- More language options
- View calendar in classic view
- Push notifications for messages/schedules
- Cleaner messaging page
- Section to monitor hours and pay
- Ability to see comments on past shifts
- Face ID option for login
- MacBook availability
- Calendar synchronization on laptop
- Better location services
- Ability to see hours worked
- Ability to see sign in/out times
- Ability to see pay stub on app
- Staff list with contact information
- Messaging capabilities within the app
- Improved shift release/swap visibility
In-app purchases
OpenTable for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Push Employee
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is OpenTable for Restaurants free?
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