Comparison

OpenTable for Restaurants vs Push Manager

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Push Manager

This app helps businesses forecast and track labor budgets against actual costs. It allows managers to view schedules, manage employee requests, and streamline communication in real-time. A registered user account is required to access its features.

Highlights
  • Forecast and track labor budgets
  • Manage employee schedules
  • Real-time clock in approvals
  • Handle shift swap requests
  • Filter by location and view
Features
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The Push Manager App allows you to forecast and track labor budgets against actual cost and manage, view schedules, and clock in’s in real-time. Streamline communication between managers and staff with the Push Manager App. Features include: • Track labor budgets against actual costs in real-time. • View daily schedules for your workforce. • Perform clock in approvals, adjustments, and automations. • Manage employee shift swap and time-off requests. • Customize and switch between different locations and filtering views. NOTE: Push Manager requires a registered and valid user account. Visit www.pushoperations.com or email contact@pushoperations.com for more information.

Screenshots

OpenTable for Restaurants4 screens
Push Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenTable for Restaurants at weekly against Push Manager's every 4 months. OpenTable for Restaurants also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 0%). Push Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, Push Manager every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OpenTable for Restaurants versus Push Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenTable for RestaurantsPush Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (412 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings412 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpenTable, Inc.Push Technologies Inc

Customer experience

OpenTable for Restaurants

All ratings412 ratings
Positive72.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive24.4%
Neutral11.9%
Negative63.7%

Push Manager

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

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 Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

OpenTable for Restaurants

No in-app purchases

None

Push Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenTable for Restaurants free?
OpenTable for Restaurants is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Push Manager free?
Push Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OpenTable for Restaurants or Push Manager have ads?
Neither OpenTable for Restaurants nor Push Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenTable for Restaurants or Push Manager?
OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, and Push Manager every 4 months. Most recently, OpenTable for Restaurants was updated on September 24, 2026 and Push Manager on September 16, 2026.

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