How turnda compares
By the kind of thing you'd use instead — and where each one is the better choice. No brand names.
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Five ways to run a line
| Instead of turnda | What it is | It's the better choice when | What turnda does differently |
|---|---|---|---|
| A queue app with a visit limit | A free or low-priced plan that stops, or costs more, after a set number of visits or messages a month. | You serve only a handful of customers a month and stay under the limit. | $44 a location a month, however many visits. No visit count and no per-message fee. |
| A kiosk-and-hardware system | Floor kiosks, ticket printers and wall displays, installed for you, usually after a sales demo. | You run a large hall with many counters and want printed tickets, fitted hardware and a service contract. | Runs in a browser on the phone, tablet and TV you already own. You set it up yourself, the same day. |
| A booking app | A calendar for each member of staff, with reminders and often payments. | Almost everyone books ahead, and you need a calendar for each member of staff or to take deposits. | Walk-ins and bookings share one fair line. Bookings are light: a time, not a staff calendar. |
| Pagers and buzzers | A device you hand to each customer. It buzzes when they are called. | Your customers don't carry a phone, or you want to hand them something to hold. | Nothing to buy, charge or lose. The customer's own phone shows their place all along, not only the moment they are called. |
| Paper tickets | A numbered ticket from a roll, and a number on the wall. | Waits are short and everyone stays in the room. | People wait in the car or next door and still see their place. Bookings and walk-ins in one order. |
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Choose turnda when
You run a counter where people wait — a salon, a clinic, a repair desk, a public counter — and want one fair line on your customers' phones, for one flat price.
And don't, when
You need SMS, staff calendars, payments, restaurant table seating, a ticket printer, or a connection to another system. turnda does none of those.