7 compared · 2026

The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored

A pre-order app lets a customer place an order now for a time they choose later — a lunch collected at noon, a cake for Saturday, a festival pre-order. These seven take scheduled orders through the restaurant's own page and charge 0% commission on them, so what the customer pays is what the kitchen keeps. Four include scheduled ordering on a free plan, and published prices start at $9.90 a month.

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At a glance

7 systems, and who each one is best for.

1Take AppSmall restaurants, cafés and home kitchens in almost any country that already take orders on WhatsApp and want a free menu link where customers order ahead for pickup, delivery or a table.Free plan · from $50/mo
2MenuthereIndependent restaurants, cafés and bakeries that want scheduled pre-orders for pickup, delivery or their own drivers with 0% commission and no contract.Free plan · from $17/mo
3OlaClickSmall restaurants, cafés and dark kitchens in Latin America that want a low-cost, commission-free ordering menu with scheduled orders, WhatsApp ordering and a simple POS.Free plan · from $9.90/mo
4UpMenuRestaurants and small chains in Europe and North America that want a commission-free ordering site and branded app with scheduled orders, paid per location.From $49/mo
5StorekitUK restaurants, bakeries and groups that want commission-free pickup, delivery and catering pre-orders under their own brand, with order-and-pay on higher plans.Free plan · from £82/mo
6SlerpUK restaurants, bakeries and multi-site groups that want branded web and app pre-ordering with courier delivery and delivery support handled for them.From £125/mo
7ChowNowIndependent US and Canadian restaurants that want a done-for-you ordering website and branded app for ordering ahead, for a flat monthly fee.From $229/mo

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Price, commission and features, all 7 compared.

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The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored
	Take App	Menuthere	OlaClick	UpMenu	Storekit	Slerp	ChowNow
Price	Free plan · from $50/mo	Free plan · from $17/mo	Free plan · from $9.90/mo	From $49/mo	Free plan · from £82/mo	From £125/mo	From $229/mo
Commission per order	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	A platform fee on each order, described by Slerp as a small percentage that varies by plan and order type; the current rate is not published and is set in each restaurant's agreement. Slerp's homepage says it offers plans with 0% commission, QR table orders carry no platform fee, and marketplace orders passed through Slerp Menu Manager attract no commission.	0%
Contract	Monthly, or yearly at a discount. The restaurants page says no long-term contract is needed. Yearly plans are paid up front: you can cancel the renewal at any time but cannot end the current term early.	Month to month; 14-day free trial on Lite and Pro	Prepaid plans of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months; the headline prices need the 12-month plan paid upfront. Automatic renewal can be switched off with one click (pricing page FAQ).	Month to month, cancel anytime; no refunds; annual billing only on request	Basic, Grow and Pro are rolling monthly, cancel any time; Enterprise runs on an agreed term (pricing page). The fee docs also describe a 'monthly' billing type that is a 12-month commitment with a lower transaction rate.	Typically 12 or 24 months, with rolling terms available; the branded app is built at no cost on a 12- or 24-month term. Under a signed Partner Agreement the monthly fee is due for every location for the whole term, the agreement renews automatically unless notice is given, a monthly minimum fee can apply, and leaving early means paying an Early Termination Sum for the remaining months (Terms 2, 10.9 and 11.4). Without a signed Partner Agreement the terms run month to month with 30 days' notice.	Annual term ($229 a month on Launch) or billed monthly ($249). ChowNow's refund policy says service can be cancelled at any time and is billed to the end of the current monthly cycle, with no refunds on service or product fees.
Own ordering website	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
QR table ordering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pickup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delivery orders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Your own drivers	Yes	Yes · Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scheduled orders	Yes	Yes · Lite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Online payments	Yes	Yes · Lite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
POS	Yes	Yes · Add-on, $10/mo	Yes	No	No	No	No
Loyalty	Yes	Yes · Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marketing tools	Yes	Yes · Lite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
WhatsApp ordering or updates	Yes	Yes · Pro	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Branded app	No	Yes · Branded App	Not published	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delivery-app integration	Not published	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multiple locations	Yes	Yes · Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Menu translation	Not published	Yes · Lite	Not published	Yes	Yes	Not published	Not published
Reservations	Yes	Yes · Lite	Not published	Yes	No	Not published	Not published

Where Menuthere fits

Your own ordering page, without paying commission.

0% commission on every plan: your customers' orders are yours in full.
Free to start, with 50 orders a month. Lite is $17 a month for unlimited orders and your own domain.
Your own ordering website, QR menus and table ordering, with a partner app that rings until you accept each order.
Pro adds WhatsApp order updates on your own number, loyalty points and your own delivery riders.

Online payments: On your own Stripe account from Lite, in the countries Stripe serves; in India, Razorpay or Easebuzz from Lite, or Cashfree or OrangePG set up on Pro.

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The list

The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored

1. Take App

Small restaurants, cafés and home kitchens in almost any country that already take orders on WhatsApp and want a free menu link where customers order ahead for pickup, delivery or a table.

Take App gives a restaurant a free menu link where customers order for delivery, pickup or at the table by QR code, with scheduled orders and 0% commission. The Basic plan is free; Business is $50 a month, and it works with local payment methods in about 25 countries.

Price: Free plan · from $50/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: Customers pay through the restaurant's own gateway account. Take App lists 32 gateways, including Stripe, PayPal, Xendit, Razorpay, Paystack, Flutterwave, Mercado Pago, M-Pesa Express, HitPay, Adyen, Paymob and Tap, and 128 payment methods in all. The country pages list local methods such as M-Pesa, Airtel, Paystack, Flutterwave and Pesapal in Kenya, and Mercado Pago, OXXO, CoDi and Clip in Mexico. Manual methods (bank transfer, QR such as PayNow, cash on delivery, with payment-proof upload) work on the free plan. Automatic card payments need Business. Take App says it never holds the restaurant's money.

Includes: Own ordering website · QR table ordering · Pickup · Delivery orders · Your own drivers · Scheduled orders · Online payments · POS · Loyalty · Marketing tools · WhatsApp ordering or updates · Multiple locations · Reservations

Free Basic plan with 0% commission and unlimited products, and 0% commission on the $50-a-month Business plan too (Take App pricing page).
Takes no payment-processing fee on any method: the connected gateway charges its own rate and pays the restaurant directly (Take App help centre, Payment Processing Fee).
Local payment methods in many markets, for example M-Pesa, Airtel, Pesapal, Paystack and Flutterwave in Kenya; Paystack, Flutterwave and NIBSS/NQR in Nigeria; and Mercado Pago, OXXO, CoDi and Clip in Mexico (Take App country pages; 32 gateways on the integrations page).

The free plan saves only 50 orders a month to the dashboard. After that, orders still reach the restaurant's WhatsApp but are not saved to the dashboard (Take App pricing page).
Card payments, automated WhatsApp order updates, a custom domain, the delivery-fee calculator, courier and driver tracking, loyalty and analytics all need the Business plan at $50 a month (Take App pricing comparison and FAQ).
Business includes 1,000 automated WhatsApp messages a month. After that, each message costs $0.05, and each store over five costs $8 (Take App pricing page).

Take App website Take App alternatives

2. Menuthere

Independent restaurants, cafés and bakeries that want scheduled pre-orders for pickup, delivery or their own drivers with 0% commission and no contract.

Menuthere takes scheduled orders with the notice the restaurant sets, from the Lite plan at $17 a month, with 0% commission on every plan and a free plan that includes 50 orders a month. Pro at $39 adds the restaurant's own delivery riders through the Menuthere Delivery App and WhatsApp order updates. Its own POS is a $10-a-month add-on.

Price: Free plan · from $17/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: On your own Stripe account from Lite, in the countries Stripe serves; in India, Razorpay or Easebuzz from Lite, or Cashfree or OrangePG set up on Pro

0% commission on every plan, and a free plan with 50 orders a month.
Lite at $17 a month adds your own domain, unlimited orders, translated menus and scheduled orders.
The partner app for Android and iPhone rings until an order is accepted.

Its own POS is basic (in-store billing, as a $10-a-month add-on), and the only outside POS it connects to is Petpooja, set up on Pro.
No integration with delivery apps such as Uber Eats or Deliveroo.
Online payments need Stripe, which doesn't open accounts in every country (India uses Razorpay, Easebuzz, Cashfree or OrangePG instead).

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3. OlaClick

Small restaurants, cafés and dark kitchens in Latin America that want a low-cost, commission-free ordering menu with scheduled orders, WhatsApp ordering and a simple POS.

OlaClick gives a restaurant a digital menu and ordering site with QR, table and WhatsApp ordering, scheduled orders and 0% commission. A free plan covers 10 orders a month; the Advanced plan is $9.90 a month billed annually, the lowest published price on this list.

Price: Free plan · from $9.90/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: Online payments depend on the country: D24 (cards, bank transfers and local methods) is available in most countries where OlaClick operates but not in Brazil; OlaPago, processed by dLocal, is available only to accounts in Peru; in Brazil the help centre covers PIX online through Tuna, credit cards through Stripe and Stone card machines at the POS. The Google Play listing also names Nequi, Daviplata, Mercado Pago and WebPay. Restaurants can also set up manual (offline) payment methods.

No commission on orders: OlaClick charges only a fixed monthly fee, and the restaurant receives payments directly (OlaClick pricing page FAQ).
Low entry price: a free plan with 10 orders a month, and paid plans from US$9.90 a month on annual billing, priced in local currency in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru (OlaClick pricing page and 2026 plans article).
One product covers the ordering menu with its own domain, QR and table ordering, WhatsApp ordering and an AI chatbot, a POS with a waiter app, delivery management with a rider app, loyalty and, from the Premium plan up, a kitchen screen (OlaClick home page and pricing page).

Order caps on the cheaper plans: 10 orders a month on Free, 75 on Advanced and 400 on Premium; only Elite (US$59 a month on annual billing) and Infinity have unlimited orders (OlaClick 2026 plans article and pricing page).
The headline prices are for 12-month plans paid upfront; paying month to month costs more, for example US$12 instead of US$9.90 for Advanced (OlaClick pricing page).
Several tools are country-limited: OlaClick says online payments, POS integrations, delivery-app integrations and electronic invoices are available only in some countries; electronic invoicing is only for Brazil and Colombia, OlaPago is Peru-only and D24 is not offered in Brazil (OlaClick pricing page and help centre).

OlaClick website OlaClick alternatives

4. UpMenu

Restaurants and small chains in Europe and North America that want a commission-free ordering site and branded app with scheduled orders, paid per location.

UpMenu runs commission-free ordering on a restaurant's own website with scheduled orders, loyalty and a branded-app module. Web Ordering starts at $49 a month per location with 0% commission; its team sets up the menu, delivery zones and branding.

Price: From $49/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: UpMenu now has its own UpMenu Payments (with Adyen as payment operator), for online and in-person payments, rolled out country by country. Restaurants can also connect their own Stripe (cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay), PayPal or PayU (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Austria) account. Customers can also pay cash or by card on delivery or at pickup.

Includes: Own ordering website · QR table ordering · Pickup · Delivery orders · Your own drivers · Scheduled orders · Online payments · Loyalty · Marketing tools · Branded app · Delivery-app integration · Multiple locations · Menu translation · Reservations

No commission: a flat monthly fee per location, with no contract or setup fee (UpMenu pricing page).
Free setup service: UpMenu's team builds the online store and adds the menu, delivery zones and branding (UpMenu pricing page).
Connects to Uber Eats, DoorDash, Just Eat, Deliveroo and Grubhub, couriers such as Uber Direct, DoorDash Drive, Stuart and Wolt Drive, and POS systems such as Square, Clover and Toast (UpMenu integrations page).

Order caps: the $49 tier includes 75 orders a month and the $89 tier 210; each extra order or reservation costs $1.90 (UpMenu pricing page).
Priced per location, and the branded app ($49), table ordering ($19), reservations ($9) and loyalty ($19) are extra modules (UpMenu pricing page).
No free plan: a 7-day free trial, then a paid subscription, and UpMenu does not give refunds (UpMenu pricing page).

UpMenu website UpMenu alternatives

5. Storekit

UK restaurants, bakeries and groups that want commission-free pickup, delivery and catering pre-orders under their own brand, with order-and-pay on higher plans.

Storekit runs branded pickup, delivery and catering pre-orders on the restaurant's own domain with 0% commission. A free Basic plan takes orders; paid plans from £82 a month add QR order-and-pay, pay-at-table, kiosks and a native branded app.

Price: Free plan · from £82/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: storekit Payments, powered by Adyen, takes cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and regional payment methods (a June 2025 copy of the help centre has articles on accepting Klarna and on iDEAL in the Netherlands). Payouts arrive about two working days after the sales day. Payment currencies: GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, CHF, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR and ALL. The docs list Poland, Mexico, Turkey and Morocco as supported countries without storekit Payments.

0% commission on every plan and channel, no setup fee, and a free Basic plan for pickup and delivery with no monthly fee. Basic, Grow and Pro are rolling monthly, cancel any time (pricing page).
One platform for pickup, delivery, catering pre-orders, QR order & pay, pay-at-table, digital tabs, kiosks and a native branded app (App Studio). It works standalone or connects to the till: Deliverect on every plan, Toast, Square, Lightspeed and Stream from Grow, Syrve, Tissl and 3S POS on Pro (pricing page).
Delivery can go to the restaurant's own riders or be dispatched to couriers: Uber Direct and Shipday from Basic, Nash, Pedal Me and Orkestro from Grow (the homepage also names Deliveroo Express), with live tracking for guests (homepage, pricing page).

Every paid order carries Storekit's own card rate, and the current pricing page no longer publishes the figures. The docs list 3.9% + 20p per takeaway order on a rolling plan (2.9% + 20p on a 12-month plan) and 3.9% + 20p on catering.
In-venue and catering ordering need paid plans: QR order & pay, pay-at-table and digital tabs need Pro (£199 a month rolling), catering needs Grow (£99), and POS integrations other than Deliverect start on Grow. App Studio adds £99 a month and kiosks £69 a month plus £30 per extra screen (pricing page).
Loyalty, the till and table bookings come from other systems: loyalty and CRM integrations are not on Basic (Klaviyo, Leat and Como from Grow; Airship and Acteol on Pro), Storekit sits alongside an existing POS rather than replacing it, and bookings come through an OpenTable integration (pricing page, docs).

Storekit website Storekit alternatives

6. Slerp

UK restaurants, bakeries and multi-site groups that want branded web and app pre-ordering with courier delivery and delivery support handled for them.

Slerp gives restaurants, bakeries and pizzerias their own branded ordering website, with a branded iOS and Android app on higher tiers, and takes 0% commission. Plans start at £125 a month, and Slerp arranges courier delivery and handles delivery support.

Price: From £125/mo
Commission: A platform fee on each order, described by Slerp as a small percentage that varies by plan and order type; the current rate is not published and is set in each restaurant's agreement. Slerp's homepage says it offers plans with 0% commission, QR table orders carry no platform fee, and marketplace orders passed through Slerp Menu Manager attract no commission.
Online payments: All online payments go through Slerp Pay, a Stripe Express Connect account set up through Slerp; Apple Pay and Google Pay are supported and payouts are weekly, every Monday.

Delivery is built in: direct integrations with Uber Direct, Deliveroo Express, JET Go, Stuart, Addison Lee and cargo-bike and van couriers for catering, priced on one rate card by distance and vehicle type, with Slerp billing the on-demand courier jobs itself (Slerp information page and Terms).
On delivery orders, Slerp's live operations team monitors every job, re-dispatches failed couriers and gives the restaurant's customers live chat support, 7 days a week from 8am to 10pm, on every plan at no extra charge (Slerp information page).
Loyalty with points or stamps, online and in store, and Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes is included on every plan; the higher tier adds a branded iOS and Android app (Slerp information page).

Works in the United Kingdom only, and Slerp says it does not onboard restaurants whose main need is QR table ordering (Slerp information page).
Not commission-free: every plan has a monthly fee and a transaction fee on orders, on top of £125 to £250 a month per site; the rate is not published and the pricing page is password-protected (Slerp information page, GloriaFood alternative page and pricing page).
Card payments must go through Slerp Pay; an existing Stripe account cannot be used (Slerp help centre).

Slerp website Slerp alternatives

7. ChowNow

Independent US and Canadian restaurants that want a done-for-you ordering website and branded app for ordering ahead, for a flat monthly fee.

ChowNow runs a commission-free ordering website and branded iOS and Android apps for independent restaurants, with scheduled ordering. Launch is $229 a month on an annual term or $249 billed monthly, plus a $119–$499 setup fee and 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction; catering pre-orders through the direct channel carry a 5% fee.

Price: From $229/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: Diners pay online through ChowNow, which charges the restaurant 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction, covers card fraud and chargebacks, and pays out the next business day. ChowNow's diner terms mention Apple Pay and Google Pay. The underlying card processor is not named.

No commission on orders from the restaurant's own website, branded app or the ChowNow Marketplace; the restaurant pays a flat monthly fee plus card processing (Direct Online Ordering and Marketplace pages).
Every plan includes branded iOS and Android apps that ChowNow builds, publishes and maintains (only Apple's $99 yearly developer fee is extra), plus full card fraud and chargeback protection (Branded Mobile Apps page, pricing page).
Flex Delivery sends orders to Uber Direct or DoorDash Drive drivers for a flat $7.98 per order, up to 10 miles where Uber is available (8 miles with DoorDash Drive), alongside or instead of the restaurant's own drivers (Flex Delivery page, pricing page).

No free plan: the cheapest plan (Launch) is $229 a month on an annual term or $249 billed monthly, plus a $119–$499 setup fee. In April 2026 the cheapest ordering plan (Pro) was $199 a month on an annual term, $229 monthly (pricing page, archived pricing pages).
On top of the subscription: 2.95% + $0.29 per card transaction, $250–$420 for a printer and a 5% fee on every catering order (pricing page, ChowNow FAQ).
Orders from ChowNow's discovery listings (Order Better Network) carry a fee that is not published; ChowNow's Profit Protector offsets it by raising menu prices on those orders (Profit Protector support article, pricing FAQ).

ChowNow website ChowNow alternatives

How we scored them

Every score, so you can check the order.

Ranked by total score. Menuthere is our product and ties for the top score (10 of 10), but we never rank our own product first, so it sits second; Take App takes first on the same score. Storekit also scores 10 and sits fifth — among the three tens, ties are broken by how widely each is sold and the lowest price to start, so the worldwide Take App and Menuthere come before UK-only Storekit. Lower ties are broken by the lowest published monthly price to start pre-orders.

Scores for The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored
#	System	Cost to start pre-orders	Fees on pre-orders	Contract	Pre-order channels	Where it sells	Total	Published price (checked)
1	Take App	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	10/10	Free plan · from $50/mo (2026-09-26)
2	Menuthere	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	10/10	Free plan · from $17/mo (2026-09-30)
3	OlaClick	2/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/2	8/10	Free plan · from $9.90/mo (2026-09-26)
4	UpMenu	1/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	7/10	From $49/mo (2026-10-19)
5	Storekit	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	10/10	Free plan · from £82/mo (2026-09-26)
6	Slerp	0/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	0/2	5/10	From £125/mo (2026-09-26)
7	ChowNow	0/2	1/2	0/2	2/2	1/2	4/10	From $229/mo (2026-09-26)

Cost to start pre-orders (0–2): 2 = scheduled ordering on a free plan; 1 = a published price up to $75 a month; 0 = more than that, or the price is not published.
Fees on pre-orders (0–2): Beyond card processing. 2 = none published on the direct channel; 1 = only on some order types (e.g. catering) or above a cap; 0 = on every order.
Contract (0–2): 2 = month to month at the lowest price; 1 = the lowest price needs an annual term; 0 = a setup fee or longer term is required to start.
Pre-order channels (0–2): 2 = ordering website plus QR table or WhatsApp ordering; 1 = an ordering website only; 0 = one narrow channel.
Where it sells (0–2): 2 = sold to restaurants in many countries; 1 = sold across a region; 0 = one country.

When a rival is the better choice

Pick another system over Menuthere if…

Take App: You already take orders on WhatsApp, sell in a country Stripe doesn't cover, or want a free pre-order link with no monthly fee at all.
OlaClick: You run a café or dark kitchen in Latin America and want the lowest published monthly price with WhatsApp ordering and a simple POS and kitchen screen.
UpMenu: You want the store set up for you, a branded app, and loyalty and marketing in the same paid platform.
Storekit: You are in the UK and want catering pre-orders, pay-at-table and a native branded app in the same commission-free platform.
Slerp: You want branded web and app pre-ordering with couriers arranged and delivery support run for you.
ChowNow: You want ChowNow's team to set up the website, menu and POS link, plus a diner marketplace, and a flat monthly fee suits your volume.

How we chose them

What put a system on this list.

A system qualifies if its dated profile on Menuthere says it takes scheduled or pre-orders through the restaurant's own ordering channel, it is active, and it takes no commission on those orders.
Each system is scored on five criteria worth up to 2 points each (10 in all). The rubric and every score are in the table above, and each point comes from a fact in the system's profile.
Card processing is left out of the scores because every system charges it, through its own payments or the restaurant's own processor. Prices are each company's published prices on the date in its profile.
Nobody paid to be on this list. Prices change: check each company's own page before you sign.

Questions

Answered, plainly.

An app or website where a customer places an order now for a time they choose later — a lunch collected at noon, a cake for the weekend, or a festival order days ahead. The order reaches the kitchen with the time attached, so staff can prepare it for when the customer arrives or the driver leaves.

Yes. Take App, Menuthere, OlaClick and Storekit all include scheduled ordering on a free plan. Menuthere's free plan covers 50 orders a month, OlaClick's covers 10, and Take App's menu link is free with local payment methods; Storekit's Basic plan takes orders at no monthly fee.

The seven here take 0% commission on orders through the restaurant's own channel. A few charge a fee on specific order types — for example ChowNow charges 5% on catering pre-orders placed through the direct channel. Card processing is separate and charged by the payment provider, not the app.

Yes. All seven take scheduled orders for pickup; most also handle delivery. Menuthere and OlaClick support the restaurant's own delivery drivers (Menuthere on Pro, $39 a month), while Slerp arranges courier delivery for you.

Among apps with a published price, OlaClick's Advanced plan is the lowest at $9.90 a month billed annually. Menuthere's Lite is $17 a month, and UpMenu starts at $49 a location. Take App, Menuthere, OlaClick and Storekit also take scheduled orders on a free plan.

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The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored

Menuthere

Price

Free plan · from $50/mo

Free plan · from $17/mo

Free plan · from $9.90/mo

From $49/mo

Free plan · from £82/mo

From £125/mo

From $229/mo

Commission per order

A platform fee on each order, described by Slerp as a small percentage that varies by plan and order type; the current rate is not published and is set in each restaurant's agreement. Slerp's homepage says it offers plans with 0% commission, QR table orders carry no platform fee, and marketplace orders passed through Slerp Menu Manager attract no commission.

Contract

Monthly, or yearly at a discount. The restaurants page says no long-term contract is needed. Yearly plans are paid up front: you can cancel the renewal at any time but cannot end the current term early.

Month to month; 14-day free trial on Lite and Pro

Prepaid plans of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months; the headline prices need the 12-month plan paid upfront. Automatic renewal can be switched off with one click (pricing page FAQ).

Month to month, cancel anytime; no refunds; annual billing only on request

Basic, Grow and Pro are rolling monthly, cancel any time; Enterprise runs on an agreed term (pricing page). The fee docs also describe a 'monthly' billing type that is a 12-month commitment with a lower transaction rate.

Typically 12 or 24 months, with rolling terms available; the branded app is built at no cost on a 12- or 24-month term. Under a signed Partner Agreement the monthly fee is due for every location for the whole term, the agreement renews automatically unless notice is given, a monthly minimum fee can apply, and leaving early means paying an Early Termination Sum for the remaining months (Terms 2, 10.9 and 11.4). Without a signed Partner Agreement the terms run month to month with 30 days' notice.

Annual term ($229 a month on Launch) or billed monthly ($249). ChowNow's refund policy says service can be cancelled at any time and is billed to the end of the current monthly cycle, with no refunds on service or product fees.

Own ordering website

Yes

QR table ordering

Yes

Pickup

Yes

Delivery orders

Yes

Your own drivers

Yes

Yes · Pro

Yes

Scheduled orders

Yes

Yes · Lite

Yes

Online payments

Yes

Yes · Lite

Yes

POS

Yes

Yes · Add-on, $10/mo

Yes

Loyalty

Yes

Yes · Pro

Yes

Marketing tools

Yes

Yes · Lite

Yes

WhatsApp ordering or updates

Yes

Yes · Pro

Yes

Branded app

Yes · Branded App

Yes

Delivery-app integration

Yes

Multiple locations

Yes

Yes · Pro

Yes

Menu translation

Yes · Lite

Yes

Reservations

Yes

Yes · Lite

Yes

5. Storekit

UK restaurants, bakeries and groups that want commission-free pickup, delivery and catering pre-orders under their own brand, with order-and-pay on higher plans.

Price: Free plan · from £82/mo
Commission: 0%
Online payments: storekit Payments, powered by Adyen, takes cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and regional payment methods (a June 2025 copy of the help centre has articles on accepting Klarna and on iDEAL in the Netherlands). Payouts arrive about two working days after the sales day. Payment currencies: GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, CHF, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR and ALL. The docs list Poland, Mexico, Turkey and Morocco as supported countries without storekit Payments.

0% commission on every plan and channel, no setup fee, and a free Basic plan for pickup and delivery with no monthly fee. Basic, Grow and Pro are rolling monthly, cancel any time (pricing page).
One platform for pickup, delivery, catering pre-orders, QR order & pay, pay-at-table, digital tabs, kiosks and a native branded app (App Studio). It works standalone or connects to the till: Deliverect on every plan, Toast, Square, Lightspeed and Stream from Grow, Syrve, Tissl and 3S POS on Pro (pricing page).
Delivery can go to the restaurant's own riders or be dispatched to couriers: Uber Direct and Shipday from Basic, Nash, Pedal Me and Orkestro from Grow (the homepage also names Deliveroo Express), with live tracking for guests (homepage, pricing page).

Every paid order carries Storekit's own card rate, and the current pricing page no longer publishes the figures. The docs list 3.9% + 20p per takeaway order on a rolling plan (2.9% + 20p on a 12-month plan) and 3.9% + 20p on catering.
In-venue and catering ordering need paid plans: QR order & pay, pay-at-table and digital tabs need Pro (£199 a month rolling), catering needs Grow (£99), and POS integrations other than Deliverect start on Grow. App Studio adds £99 a month and kiosks £69 a month plus £30 per extra screen (pricing page).
Loyalty, the till and table bookings come from other systems: loyalty and CRM integrations are not on Basic (Klaviyo, Leat and Como from Grow; Airship and Acteol on Pro), Storekit sits alongside an existing POS rather than replacing it, and bookings come through an OpenTable integration (pricing page, docs).

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Every score, so you can check the order.

System

Cost to start pre-orders

Fees on pre-orders

Contract

Pre-order channels

Where it sells

Total

Published price (checked)

Take App

2/2

10/10

Free plan · from $50/mo (2026-09-26)

Menuthere

2/2

10/10

Free plan · from $17/mo (2026-09-30)

OlaClick

2/2

1/2

2/2

1/2

8/10

Free plan · from $9.90/mo (2026-09-26)

UpMenu

1/2

2/2

1/2

7/10

From $49/mo (2026-10-19)

Storekit

2/2

10/10

Free plan · from £82/mo (2026-09-26)

Slerp

0/2

2/2

1/2

0/2

5/10

From £125/mo (2026-09-26)

ChowNow

0/2

1/2

0/2

2/2

1/2

4/10

From $229/mo (2026-09-26)

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1. Take App

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4. UpMenu

5. Storekit

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The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored

7 systems, and who each one is best for.

Price, commission and features, all 7 compared.

Your own ordering page, without paying commission.

The best restaurant pre-order apps, scored

1. Take App

2. Menuthere

3. OlaClick

4. UpMenu

5. Storekit

6. Slerp

7. ChowNow

Every score, so you can check the order.

Pick another system over Menuthere if…

What put a system on this list.

Answered, plainly.

What is a restaurant pre-order app?

Is there a free pre-order app for restaurants?

Do pre-order apps charge commission?

Can customers pre-order for pickup and delivery?

Which pre-order app is cheapest to start?

Your own ordering page, with 0% commission.