Mobile Apps 8 min read
Why Apple and Google Reject Restaurant Apps (and How to Pass)
The six review rules that reject café and restaurant apps most often, quoted from Apple's and Google's own guidelines, with the fix for each.
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Mobile Apps 10 min read
Where Are Your App Downloads Coming From? A Café Owner's Guide
Impressions, product page views, first-time downloads: what the two app dashboards actually measure, and how to tag your own links so you can tell what's working.
Apps & Technology 11 min read
App Privacy Labels & Play Data Safety for Café Apps
The privacy disclosures both app stores require, mapped to what a Square-based café ordering app actually collects — and the three mistakes that stall a launch.
Guides 12 min read
Is Your Café's Online Ordering Accessible? ADA & WCAG
A plain-English read on which accessibility rules actually apply to an independent café, and the handful of fixes that cover most real failures.
Square How-To 8 min read
How to Handle Refunds on Square Online Orders
Refunds are unavoidable in pickup and delivery. Here's how to process them cleanly on Square, what they actually cost you, and when store credit beats a refund.
Square How-To 8 min read
How to Reduce Square Processing Fees for Your Cafe
You can't negotiate Square's headline rate at low volume, but you can change how you take payment — and that's where the real savings hide.
Mobile Apps 7 min read
Publish a Restaurant App to the App Store & Play
Developer accounts, the $99 and $25 fees, review timelines, and the rejection traps — plus how a done-for-you app gets published without you touching Xcode.
POS Comparisons 8 min read
Square vs Lightspeed for a Café or Coffee Shop
Square vs Lightspeed for a coffee shop, compared on the things that actually matter: monthly cost, processing rates, online ordering, and loyalty.
Square How-Tos 7 min read
Clover vs Square for a Café: Which POS Is Better?
An operator-grade comparison of Clover and Square for a small café — what each really costs once you add hardware, software, and processing.
Square How-Tos 7 min read
Toast vs Square for a Café: Which POS Should You Pick?
A fair, operator-grade comparison of Toast and Square for a small café — real monthly costs, processing rates, contracts, and how to decide.
Square How-Tos 6 min read
Square for Restaurants vs Square POS: Which Do You Need?
Square sells two ways to run a food business. Here's the honest difference for a café or quick-service spot, and how to pick.
Apps & Technology 7 min read
App Store Optimization for Café & Restaurant Apps
How to write the title, subtitle, keywords, and screenshots for your café's branded app so it ranks for your own name and converts the people who search it.
Apps & Technology 11 min read
How Much Does a Custom Restaurant App Cost in 2026?
Real 2026 dollar ranges for a restaurant app across four build paths, plus a worked total-cost-of-ownership example for year one.
Delivery & Direct Ordering 10 min read
How to Take Online Orders Without Paying Commission
A fair, operator-grade walkthrough of every commission-free way to take online orders, and how to stand one up this week.