A pager alternative for restaurants and cafés
Pagers cost money, get lost, and need charging and cleaning. Pingloy makes the customer's phone the pager.
How much do pager systems cost?
A 20-pager kit in Saudi Arabia costs roughly SAR 500–1,600, before batteries and the devices that go missing or break.
Do the maths
- First-year cost
- 1,760SAR
- Pingloy (Basic, yearly)
- 490SAR
Pingloy or pagers?
Cost
Pingloy: From SAR 0, no hardware
Pagers: SAR 500–1,600, plus upkeep
Range
Pingloy: Anywhere with internet
Pagers: Inside the shop only
Loss and hygiene
Pingloy: Nothing to lose
Pagers: Get lost; need charging and cleaning
Reports
Pingloy: Prep times and peaks
Pagers: None
Reviews
Pingloy: More Google reviews
Pagers: No
Setup
Pingloy: Two minutes
Pagers: Buy, ship, install
How it works
- 1
The cashier adds the order
Types the order number; soon it can come straight from Foodics.
- 2
The customer scans the code
The printed code or an iPad at the till. No app.
- 3
Their phone rings like a pager
The moment you press “Ready”, even locked, and again until they tap “On my way”.
Common questions
Who enters the order number?
The cashier, and soon Foodics automatically. The customer just scans.
And who presses “Ready”?
The cashier on the order board, the kitchen on the kitchen screen (any tablet), and soon Foodics automatically when the kitchen finishes.
Print the code or use an iPad?
Whichever suits you, or both. The printed code needs no device: customers scan it and pick their order number. An iPad facing the customer shows each order's code, so customers scan it and pick nothing.
Does it work with Foodics?
Soon: the integration is being activated. Then orders reach Pingloy automatically and the phone rings when the kitchen finishes.
Do customers need an app?
No. They scan and it works right away, on iPhone and Android.