Comparison

TouchBistro CFD vs Backbar

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

Head to head
About

TouchBistro CFD

This app displays customer orders in real-time as they are entered into a point-of-sale system. It helps reduce errors and enhance the customer experience with customizable branding and promotional messages. Operates on a local network for reliability.

Highlights
  • Real-time order confirmation
  • Customizable branding
  • Promotional message display
  • Offline operation
  • Works with TouchBistro POS
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TouchBistro CFD (Customer Facing Display) is an order confirmation system for over the counter and quick serve style restaurants. The customer facing helps to avoid errors and improve the customer experience by allowing your customer to view their order as the cashier is entering it into the TouchBistro Point of Sale. The customer facing display has many customization options, with support for custom colors, background images and logos, allowing you to match and improve your brand awareness. A customizable message of the day can also be used to present special offers to your customer to help maximize sales. You never have to worry about an internet outage with TouchBistro CFD, we operate on a local network which allows the customer facing display to communicate directly with the TouchBistro Point of Sale iPad. Customer Facing Display features: - customizable welcome message text and background image - customizable logo and brand colors - customizable thank you message text and background image - works with TouchBistro Point of Sale Supported Hardware: - iPad (recommend) - iPod Touch - iPhone

About

Backbar

This application streamlines bar and restaurant management by simplifying inventory counting, vendor purchasing, and menu costing. It helps reduce costs and improve efficiency for beverage programs. Features include real-time syncing across devices, barcode scanning, and integration with over 1,300 beverage suppliers.

Highlights
  • Real-time inventory syncing
  • Barcode scanning for products
  • Streamlined vendor purchasing
  • Menu costing and pricing optimization
  • Digital invoice management
  • Staff education on beverages
Features
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Backbar helps restaurants and bars increase profitability, decrease COGS, and run a more efficient beverage program. Backbar, the only free bar inventory app, saves hours on counting inventory and simplifies bar management. Backbar not only solves inventory management, but also streamlines vendor purchasing and tracking, menu costing, and financial tracking. Here are some of the many features of Backbar: - Quickly count inventory across many locations, devices and users, syncing in real-time - Count inventory in multiple locations and on multiple devices simultaneously - Scan barcodes to instantly find and count products - Streamline purchasing by sending orders to all your distributors with a single tap - Track past orders and invoices for all your distributors - Connect to your point-of-sale (POS) system for real-time inventory depletions - Save digital invoices easily by taking a photo - Connect to over 1,300 beverage suppliers for automated product updates and cost changes - Educate staff with tasting notes and drink information - Cost out cocktail recipes and optimize menu pricing - Quickly add a new item from our global database of over 300,000 wines, beers, spirits and other beverages Download the app today and make beverage management easier with Backbar

Screenshots

TouchBistro CFD3 screens
Backbar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backbar at 60% against TouchBistro CFD's 14%. Backbar also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 60 months). TouchBistro CFD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

Backbar holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of TouchBistro CFD's written reviews are positive against 60% of Backbar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TouchBistro CFD ships an update every 60 months, Backbar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TouchBistro CFD versus Backbar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchBistro CFDBackbar
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (10 ratings)3.6 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1033 — better
Update frequencyEvery 60 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB32 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTouchBistro Inc.Backbar

Customer experience

TouchBistro CFD

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

Backbar

All ratings33 ratings
Positive60.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative35.0%

In-app purchases

None

TouchBistro CFD

No in-app purchases

None

Backbar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TouchBistro CFD free?
TouchBistro CFD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backbar free?
Backbar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TouchBistro CFD or Backbar?
Backbar is rated higher. TouchBistro CFD averages 2.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Backbar averages 3.6 from 33 ratings.
Do TouchBistro CFD or Backbar have ads?
Backbar shows ads; TouchBistro CFD does not.
Which is updated more often, TouchBistro CFD or Backbar?
TouchBistro CFD ships an update every 60 months, and Backbar every 3 weeks. Most recently, TouchBistro CFD was updated on October 6, 2026 and Backbar on October 8, 2026.

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