Restaurant Star vs xMenu

Restaurant Star (Restaurant ★ Star) is a Japanese service that builds and runs a branded loyalty app for restaurant chains, with point and stamp cards, coupons, push messages, customer records and reports. xMenu is an Italian online ordering system that gives a restaurant its own branded native app on the Apple App Store and Google Play, plus an ordering website. Both are listed under Branded Restaurant App Builder. They differ in price, contract terms and audience.

Key differences

  • price

    The vendors price on different terms. Restaurant Star at JPY 22,000 per month (tax included); xMenu at EUR 39 per month. The amounts cannot be compared directly.

  • contract terms

    Restaurant Star: 1 year at minimum, varying by contract; xMenu: None on the sales-based package; quarterly, half-yearly or annual terms apply if the restaurant picks a subscription package. The minimum terms are not the same.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Restaurant Star: Restaurant chains moving off paper cards, LINE or another loyalty app; xMenu: Italian restaurants and takeaway or delivery brands that want their own app.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: Restaurant Star: iOS, Android; xMenu: Web, iOS, Android.

  • countries covered

    Country coverage differs. Restaurant Star names 1 country and xMenu names 1 country. No country appears in every list.

  • company background

    Restaurant Star is based in Tokyo, Japan and xMenu in Verona, Italy.

Side by side

Restaurant Star vs xMenu: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldRestaurant StarxMenu
What it isRestaurant Star (Restaurant ★ Star) is a Japanese service that builds and runs a branded loyalty app for restaurant chains, with point and stamp cards, coupons, push messages, customer records and reports.xMenu is an Italian online ordering system that gives a restaurant its own branded native app on the Apple App Store and Google Play, plus an ordering website.
Best forRestaurant chains moving off paper cards, LINE or another loyalty app; Chains whose head office has little time for marketing; Small chains of 5 to 10 sitesItalian restaurants and takeaway or delivery brands that want their own app; Restaurants without their own couriers; Brands wanting custom app features
Pricing modelSubscription plus setup quoteSubscription per restaurant
Starting priceJPY 22,000 per month (tax included)EUR 39 per month
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
Contract1 year at minimum, varying by contractNone on the sales-based package; quarterly, half-yearly or annual terms apply if the restaurant picks a subscription package
PlatformsiOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesJapanItaly
LanguagesJapaneseItalian
Number of integrationsNot published20
CertificationsISMS certification, ISO 27001Not published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
Founded2009Not published
HeadquartersTokyo, JapanVerona, Italy
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Restaurant Star

Restaurant Star does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Named only by xMenu

  • Apple Pay
  • Cassa in Cloud
  • Deliverart
  • Deliverect
  • Digital Blu
  • Epson
  • Glovo
  • Google Pay
  • iPratico
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta
  • Nexi
and 8 more
  • Passepartout
  • PayPal
  • Plateform
  • PonyU
  • Satispay
  • Stuart
  • Tilby
  • Up Day

Which to choose

Restaurant Star

Choose Restaurant Star if you fit its listed audience: Restaurant chains moving off paper cards, LINE or another loyalty app; Chains whose head office has little time for marketing; Small chains of 5 to 10 sites.

Our profile lists a weaker fit: Buyers wanting a LINE Mini App: the FAQ says it delivers a dedicated app, not a LINE Mini App.

xMenu

Choose xMenu if you are in one of these groups: Italian restaurants and takeaway or delivery brands that want their own app; Restaurants without their own couriers; Brands wanting custom app features.

What we could not confirm

Restaurant Star

  • Initial setup cost (quoted individually)
  • Which POS registers and ticket machines are supported
  • Renewal and cancellation terms
  • Team size and funding
  • Names of the iOS and Android apps (each chain gets its own branded app)
  • Vendor performance claims such as 3,000+ stores, 99.2% retention and 10 million users are unaudited

xMenu

  • Founding year, team size and funding (the About page is marked coming soon)
  • Prices for packages above the 39 euro starting fee
  • Support hours and channels
  • Security certifications and hosting
  • Interface languages other than Italian

Go further

Restaurant Star profilexMenu profile

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Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Restaurant Star, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home page: service, claims, features, customers, pricehttps://res-star.com/
  2. Pricing and standard featureshttps://res-star.com/price
  3. Company profilehttps://res-star.com/corp
  4. FAQ: contract term, POS, LINE, timelinehttps://res-star.com/archives/column/faq
  5. ISO 27001 certificationhttps://res-star.com/archives/column/isms