Crunchtime Assist vs Olo Host
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crunchtime Assist
Manage your restaurant's waitlist and guest information in real time. This companion app allows staff to monitor table status, access guest details, and remotely greet new parties to keep the lobby clear.
- View and manage waitlist
- Monitor table and guest status
- Access guest information
- Remotely greet guests
- Real-time syncing
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Crunchtime Assist is the companion app for Crunchtime Host. Crunchtime Assist runs on an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and always syncs with other devices in real time. Downloading the Crunchtime Assist app allows you to: • View and manage your entire wait list • Monitor the status of every table and seated guest in real time • Access existing guest information from your guest book • Remotely greet guests with Crunchtime Assist to quickly add new parties to your wait list, and keep your lobby clear for new guests.
Olo Host
Streamline restaurant operations with tools for table management, reservations, and waitlists. Personalize guest experiences with smart tags and optimize seating with real-time data. Reduce walkaways and maximize dining room potential.
- Table management
- Reservations
- Waitlist management
- Online order flow
- Guest preference tagging
- Real-time dining room updates
- POS integration
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Take control of table management, reservations, waitlists, and online order flow with Olo Host (formerly Wisely). From optimized seating recommendations and smart waitlist quoting, to real-time dining room updates, Olo Host streamlines operations for your front-of-house and enables you to focus on what matters most—the guest experience. Know every guest, personalize every visit: With smart tags, instantly identify guest preferences and personalize every visit. Keep your waitlist accurate and reduce walkaways: List assist automatically sends reminder texts to guests and clears no-shows. Seat more guests faster, keep your guests happy during wait-times, and maximize your dining room's potential. Real-time guest insights & efficiency: A POS integration connects table status to guest data, giving you immediate context on orders and spend for smarter service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Olo Host at 3.6 against Crunchtime Assist's 2.5. Olo Host also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (39 vs 13). Crunchtime Assist's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 17%). 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.
Olo Host holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Crunchtime Assist's written reviews are positive against 17% of Olo Host's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Crunchtime Assist ships an update every 3 months, Olo Host every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crunchtime Assist | Olo Host |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (13 ratings) | 3.6 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSR Automations LLC | Wisely Inc. |
Customer experience
Crunchtime Assist
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In-app purchases
Crunchtime Assist
No in-app purchases
Olo Host
No in-app purchases
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