Comparison

OpenTable for Restaurants vs 7punches

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

7punches

This free time-clocking system is designed for restaurants to simplify employee scheduling, payroll, and attendance. It allows staff to easily punch in and out, while managers can track labor costs, enforce policies, and manage punches securely.

Highlights
  • Employee time clocking
  • Syncs with 7shifts scheduling
  • Labor cost reduction tools
  • Tip declaration
  • Offline punch recording
  • Punch editing and approval
Features
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Meet 7punches, a free, easy, time-clocking system built specifically for restaurants. 7punches is a companion app to 7shifts — a free employee scheduling app built for restaurants. 7punches is designed to help restaurateurs manage scheduling, payroll, and attendance like a pro, and to help staff quickly and easily punch in and out for their shifts. How 7punches works: - 7punches app serves as an easy-to-use, secure, time-clocking punch pad for your employees. - Syncs with 7shifts to generate powerful insights about your sales, budgets, staff attendance, and productivity. - Reduce your labor costs when you set limits on early clock ins, program auto punch outs, enforce breaks, and prevent unauthorized punches. - Prompt staff to declare tips at the end of each shift. - Record and sync every employee punch, even when 7punches is not online. - Easily edit and/or approve all employee punches About 7shifts: - 7shifts is employee scheduling software for restaurant managers and employees. - It provides a powerful platform for restaurant owners and managers to schedule staff and manage requests on the go. - Employees can access schedules and submit time-off requests, availability updates, and swap shifts from anywhere. - 7shifts and 7punches work together to make employee punches simple, and to provide managers with valuable labor cost data.

Screenshots

OpenTable for Restaurants4 screens
7punches4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OpenTable for Restaurants at 4.0 against 7punches's 2.0. OpenTable for Restaurants also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (25% vs 10%). 7punches's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpenTable for Restaurants holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTable for Restaurants has 437 ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of OpenTable for Restaurants's written reviews are positive against 10% of 7punches's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, 7punches every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
OpenTable for Restaurants versus 7punches: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenTable for Restaurants7punches
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (437 ratings) — better2.0 (56 ratings)
Positive reviews24.5% of reviews — better10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings437 — better56
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpenTable, Inc.7shifts, Inc.

Customer experience

OpenTable for Restaurants

All ratings437 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive24.5%
Neutral12.0%
Negative63.5%

7punches

All ratings54 ratings
Positive22.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative72.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%

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

7punches

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

OpenTable for Restaurants

No in-app purchases

None

7punches

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenTable for Restaurants free?
OpenTable for Restaurants is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 7punches free?
7punches is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OpenTable for Restaurants or 7punches?
OpenTable for Restaurants is rated higher. OpenTable for Restaurants averages 4.0 out of 5 from 437 ratings, while 7punches averages 2.0 from 56 ratings.
Do OpenTable for Restaurants or 7punches have ads?
Neither OpenTable for Restaurants nor 7punches shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenTable for Restaurants or 7punches?
OpenTable for Restaurants ships an update weekly, and 7punches every 3 weeks. Most recently, OpenTable for Restaurants was updated on November 6, 2026 and 7punches on November 6, 2026.

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