OpenTable for Restaurants vs Local Search
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.
Local Search
Manage your business's online reputation by responding to reviews, social media comments, and customer questions. Easily update essential business information and receive instant notifications for new activity.
- Update business information
- Respond to reviews and chats
- Post to social media
- Answer questions on Google/Facebook/Instagram
- Receive push notifications
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Empowering location managers to easily manage your business’ online presence, reviews, and social media. Simply log in and get started! With the Local Search mobile app, you can: - Update key business info, like opening hours - See and respond quickly to reviews, chats and comments - Post to your social media accounts including local and brand level accounts - Answer questions on Google, Facebook and Instagram - Get push notifications for new activity and reviews **Note that feature availability depends on your business’ package. Please contact your administrator if you would like access to additional features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Local Search at 60% against OpenTable for Restaurants's 24%. Local Search also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). OpenTable for Restaurants's advantage is ratings volume (433 vs 3) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). 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.
OpenTable for Restaurants holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTable for Restaurants has 433 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of OpenTable for Restaurants's written reviews are positive against 60% of Local Search's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, Local Search monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenTable for Restaurants | Local Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (433 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 433 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenTable, Inc. | Uberall |
Customer experience
OpenTable for Restaurants
Local Search
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
Local Search
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OpenTable for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Local Search
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is OpenTable for Restaurants free?
Is Local Search free?
Which has better reviews, OpenTable for Restaurants or Local Search?
Do OpenTable for Restaurants or Local Search have ads?
Which is updated more often, OpenTable for Restaurants or Local Search?
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