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TablesReady

Waitlist and reservation app for restaurants and other businesses that texts guests when their table is ready.

TablesReady

Starting price: Free plan · From $39 per month
Free plan: Yes
Free trial: 14-day free trial
Last checked: Sep 30, 2026
Update activity: Active
Market presence: Established

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Overview

TablesReady runs this comparison site, so its entry below is checked against the same pricing-page and app-store rules as every other app.

TablesReady is a waitlist and reservation app that sends guests a text once their table is ready. The free plan includes 150 messages a month, paid plans from $39 a month billed monthly, a 14-day trial and self-serve signup.

Buying style: Self-serve How we compare

TablesReady starts at the front door. Guests join the waitlist by scanning a QR code, texting in, or using a page embedded on your website, and you can add walk-ins yourself or set up an iPad as a self check-in kiosk. When their table is ready, they get a text, with a voice call as another option. From the Starter plan, guests can text back, so a party that is running late can tell you before you give the table away. A public waitlist view can show the current parties, with only the first letter of each name and an estimated wait at the top.

Reservations are there too: basic ones on Starter, and online bookings, table management with a floor plan, the Square integration and Reserve with Google on Business. The manager side of the app is in English. Guest-facing text can be customized and written in another language.

Pricing is public and self-serve. Free is $0 with 150 messages a month. Starter starts at $39 monthly for the 1,000-message tier, and Business is $79, with higher message tiers costing more. A 14-day trial needs no card. Enterprise is by contact form. Pricing is per location and rises with the message tier you choose. The quota runs on sent and received texts, resets monthly and is one tenth as large outside the US and Canada. Surveys are not built in, and there is no native Android app. Support is by email.

The numbers behind the labels

Update activity is Active. The iOS app shipped 25 updates in the past year, the latest on 2026-09-14.
Market presence is Established. The website ranks 724,669 on Tranco, Chrome UX Report has field data for it, and the domain dates from 2011.
Buying style is Self-serve. Prices are public and you can sign up without a sales call. There is also an enterprise plan through sales for many locations or custom terms.
App stores: the iOS app was first released on 2025-04-02 and has too few ratings (2) to show a rating. No Google Play app is recorded.
Status page: status.tablesready.com showed 0 incidents in the last 90 days.
Pricing last checked 2026-09-30 on the vendor pricing page.
Ownership: TablesReady runs this site, and its spots are labeled as ads for our own app.

Pricing

Pricing: Free plan · From $39 per month
Free plan: Yes
Free trial: 14-day free trial
Contract: Monthly or annual

Source: vendor pricing page

Features

Join the waitlist remotely: Yes source
QR code check-in: Yes source
Self check-in kiosk: Yes source
SMS notifications: Yes source
Two-way SMS: Yes source
Wait time estimates: Yes source
Public live wait board: Yes source
Reservations: Yes source
Table management / floor map: Yes source
Appointment booking: Yes source
POS integration: Yes source
Multi-location management: Yes source
Analytics & reporting: Yes source
Public API: Yes source
Customer feedback surveys: No source
Multi-language guest messages: Yes source

Who it's for

Best for

Walk-in restaurants that want guests to join by QR code, text or your website and be texted when the table is ready source
Owners who want a free plan or a 14-day no-card trial before paying source
Square restaurants that want Square POS and online orders to sync into the waitlist source

Not ideal for

Teams that need a native Android app for the host stand source
Restaurants that want built-in guest surveys source
Healthcare uses that need a signed business associate agreement source

Pros and cons

Pros

Self-serve signup, a free plan and a card-free trial are all listed on the pricing page source
Texting covers eight SMS notification types plus a voice call, with two-way chat from the Starter plan source
Table management, online bookings and a Square integration are available on the Business plan source
A public waitlist view can show the current parties to guests source
The status page showed 0 incidents in the last 90 days source

Cons

Texting is capped by plan, and sent and received messages both count toward the monthly quota source
Outside the US and Canada the monthly message quota is one tenth of the listed amount source
The manager app is in English, and each location needs its own subscription source
Surveys are not built in; the help center suggests a link to an outside form source
No native Android app is recorded source

What reviewers mention

Easy to learn and use, with little staff training (positive) [1] [2]
Support answers quickly and takes feature requests (positive) [1] [2]
Limited customization of estimates and messages, and limited data export (negative) [1] [2]

Update activity and company

Update activity: Active
25 iOS updates in the last 12 months
Last update 2026-09-14
Market presence: Established
Tranco rank 724,669
Has Chrome UX Report field data
Domain registered 2011
Buying style: Self-serve
Public pricing
Sign up without talking to sales
Custom or enterprise plan through sales

How these labels are calculated

Company and setup

Website: tablesready.com
Founded: 2011
Headquarters: US
Integrations: Square, Reserve with Google, Stripe, Zapier, Helcim, Whatsapp
Square marketplace: Listed
Status page: Public status page, 0 incidents in 90 days
Domain registered: 2011

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The pricing page lists a Free plan with 150 messages a month and up to 100 parties, with a digital waitlist, notifications and self check-in. The help center says it excludes online bookings, two-way chat and the Square integration.

What happens when I use up my text messages?

You get an alert at 80, 90 and 100 percent of the quota. Messaging pauses at 100 percent with no overage fee, and the count resets monthly. Sent and received texts both count.

Is there an Android app?

Not a native one. The iOS app is listed, guests need no app, and the help center tells Android users to save the web app to their home screen.

Does it work with Toast or Clover?

The data records no Toast or Clover link. The POS integration is Square, which is listed on the Square App Marketplace.

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