Comparisons / Notebook
Crumble and Notebook
We're just a little different. How Crumble differs from a notebook, what each has and who each suits.
In short
Who is who
Lightweight record-keeping for cafes, coffee shops and street food: stock, recipe cards, food cost, sales and analytics in the browser, offline too.
Best for
Places that want clear records without a long rollout or buying hardware.
Paper records: deliveries, write-offs and takings are written by hand and tallied at the end of the shift.
Best for
The very beginning, and people who like to keep everything on paper.
Feature comparison
What Crumble and a notebook have
- yes
- no
- by hand
- no data
You can write almost anything down, but by hand. "By hand" means nothing gets counted or written off by itself.
General
- Works in the browser on a phone, tablet and computerCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Start without buying hardwareCrumble: yesNotebook: yes
- Sales and stock work offlineCrumble: yesNotebook: yes
- Open documented APICrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Roles and permissionsCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Log of staff actionsCrumble: yesNotebook: no
Stock
- Incoming goodsCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Write-offs with a reasonCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Stocktakes that record discrepanciesCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Expiry datesCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Minimum stockCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Stock never goes negativeCrumble: yesNotebook: no
Recipe cards
- Recipe cards with quantitiesCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Automatic ingredient write-off on saleCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Automatic food costCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Changing a recipe does not alter past salesCrumble: yesNotebook: no
Sales
- Item and order discountsCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Sales historyCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Sales cannot be rewritten after the factCrumble: yesNotebook: no
Locations
- Separate stock per locationCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Transfers between locationsCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Staff see only their locationsCrumble: yesNotebook: no
Analytics
- Sales reportsCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Cost and lossesCrumble: yesNotebook: by hand
- Item popularityCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Location comparisonCrumble: yesNotebook: no
Notifications
- Low stock notificationsCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Expiry notificationsCrumble: yesNotebook: no
- Discrepancy notificationsCrumble: yesNotebook: no
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