SubVentory vs CooksTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubVentory
Streamline restaurant inventory management with this app. It offers features for capturing week-ending inventory, managing deliveries, placing orders, and handling recalls. Built-in error prevention and voice recognition save time and reduce mistakes.
- Week-ending inventory capture
- Delivery management
- Order placement
- Withdrawal and recall management
- Error prevention algorithms
- Voice recognition inventory input
- Barcode scanning
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SubVentory is the fastest and most accurate way for any restaurant operator to capture their week-ending inventory, deliveries, file QualityNet Pro complaints, place new distributor orders, and manage withdrawals and recalls. The app helps eliminate errors before they happen and saves hours in labor each week. • Built-in error prevention algorithms catch mistakes • Voice recognition allows you to speak your inventory • Tap or scan barcodes to manually add them • Multiple users can work at once on multiple devices • DC Invoices are linked in the App for quick deliveries • Suggestive ordering automatically creates re-orders • Manually edit and submit DC re-orders • Withdrawals and recalls are integrated with alerts • Standardize prepping with our customizable conversions • Submit QualityNet Pro complaints in just a couple minutes • POS Integration uploads inventories at the press of a key • Eliminates all manual data entry • Supports over 15 languages • 24/7/365 free live support from our team • Learn more at www.zippyyum.com
CooksTime
This all-in-one accounting software is designed specifically for restaurants. It allows for sharing employee schedules, accessing manager logs, and managing inventory, including stock reordering and recipe sharing.
- Employee scheduling
- Manager log access
- Inventory management
- Stock reordering
- Recipe sharing
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With CooksTime all in one accounting software just for restaurants. Share your employees schedule, access your managers log and manage inventory which includes counting inventory, reordering stock, sharing recipes and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CooksTime at 100% against SubVentory's 57%. CooksTime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). SubVentory's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
CooksTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubVentory has 20K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of SubVentory's written reviews are positive against 100% of CooksTime's.
SubVentory ships an update fortnightly, CooksTime every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubVentory | CooksTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZippyYum | CooksTime Inc |
Customer experience
SubVentory
CooksTime
Bugs and requests
SubVentory
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inventory items disappearing or not updating
- Delivery orders not syncing properly
- Crashes and freezes during inventory counts
- Incorrect product information or images
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize inventory categories
- Improved product organization and grouping
- Faster app loading and processing times
- Better sync reliability between app and POS
- More intuitive user interface
CooksTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SubVentory
No in-app purchases
CooksTime
No in-app purchases
Questions
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