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Top 10 Menu Display Software [Plus Easy Set Up Guide]

Menu display software lets you turn any smart TV or device into a digital menu. This offers a modern, attractive experience for customers and makes menu updates easier and more affordable for you.

Unlike traditional menu boards that need to be reprinted and remounted, digital menus can be updated instantly from your computer.

If you have separate menus throughout the day (such as breakfast and lunch), you can use menu display software to switch to the right menu at the right time automatically.

You can also add a widget for seasonal specials and update these weekly, monthly, or quarterly.

In this guide, we rank the top 10 digital TV menu board platforms. Plus, we've included a 5-step process with tons of helpful tips to help you set up a digital menu for the first time.

Top 10 TV menu display software

These digital signage software all work great for displaying menus. Take a look at their features and choose the right one for your cafe or restaurant.

1. Juuno

Juuno is a menu display platform with all of the features you need as a small business owner. You can easily design your menu and set up automated menu changes throughout the day or week. There are no complex corporate enterprise features (which tend to be both costly and confusing).

Features:

  • Canva integration for easy menu design
  • Social media integrations
  • Works on any TV with a web browser
  • Fully whitelabelled
  • No hardware required
  • Playlists for automated menu changes

Pricing:

Juuno costs just $20 per screen per month, making it an affordable solution for businesses of all sizes.

2. Pickcel

Pickcel is another cloud-based digital signage platform worth considering. It can be used to broadcast live streams, if you want to display live events in addition to digital menus.

Features:

  • Supports all device types
  • Streams live Zoom events
  • Design templates
  • Content app integrations

Pricing:

The most popular plan is the Business plan, which costs $22.50 per month.

3. YoDeck

With YoDeck, you can display a variety of digital content on smart TVs, including menus, employee announcements, social media reviews, and more.

Features:

  • Content playlists
  • Playback reports
  • Content tags
  • Multimedia content support
  • Live streams

Pricing:

The enterprise plan costs $12.99 per screen per month.

4. Scala

Scala is a more robust enterprise solution for corporate customers. Hotels, casinos, restaurants, and other industries can use Scala to manage hundreds or thousands of screens. As such, it comes with enterprise security and special hardware.

Features:

  • Digital sign design editor
  • Scala proprietary hardware
  • Centralized content management
  • Real-time alerts
  • Security audit logs

Pricing:

Scala only offers custom pricing to enterprises, so get in touch for a quote based on your needs.

5. DigitalMenu.TV

DigitalMenu.TV is a digital signage solution that specializes in TV menus. It offers a lot of templates and simple features. The template styles are a bit outdated, so check out their examples before choosing this option.

Features:

  • Menu templates
  • Custom design services if needed
  • Manual menu changes (no playlists)

Pricing:

You'll need to get in touch with them for a custom quote based on your screen and design needs.

6. DoPublicity

Is your wifi inconsistent? If so, then you don't want to use browser-based signage that requires internet access. Restaurants in rural, remote areas might want to choose a solution like DoPublicity, which utilizes special hardware to eliminate the need for internet access. As a downside however, you won't be able to automate your menu changes so this isn't a good fit for restaurants that have different menus throughout the day.

Features:

  • 2500 design templates
  • Multimedia content support
  • Works without internet
  • Remote content management
  • Requires special hardware

Pricing:

You'll pay an upfront fee of $399 for the commercial-grade media player and then $59 per year per screen for continued use of their software.

7. Navori

Navori is a good option for restaurant owners that want to monetize their digital screens. You can showcase appropriate ads in your restaurant and get paid for it. These ads can appear in small widgets next to your menu, so that customers can still easily read your menu.

Features:

  • Template designer
  • Remote content manager
  • Programmatic advertising module
  • Works with or without Navori's special hardware (depending on your needs for offline play

Pricing:

The Professional plan costs $44 per screen per month, and allows you to show ads on your screens.

8. Fugo

Fugo is a TV dashboard solution designed for creating office dashboards with company metrics, service routes and maps, announcements, social media feeds, and other features. It can also be used for digital menus and customer promotions.

Features:

  • Menu templates
  • Automated scheduling
  • Playback reporting
  • Works with or without Fugo's special hardware (depending on your needs for offline play

Pricing:

You'll pay $36 per screen per month for the Core plan, which comes with advanced integrations.

9. SkyKit

SkyKit could be a good fit for restaurants looking for digital signage solutions both for within their restaurant locations as well as their corporate office. You can use SkyKit to set up digital menus as well as office announcement screens and visitor or resource management.

Features:

  • Digital menu displays
  • Office dashboard displays
  • Space booking (conference rooms, desks, etc.)
  • Customer or visitor check-in

Pricing:

SkyKit doesn't publish their pricing online. Get in touch with them for a custom enterprise quote.

10. truDigital

truDigital is a digital signage tool that works for a variety of industries, from restaurants to universities. Keep in mind that you will have to purchase their hardware player.

Features:

  • Design templates
  • Social media and content integrations
  • Content scheduling and playlists
  • Pre-designed animated assets to capture attention
  • Requires use of their media player hardware

Pricing:

To unlock all of their features, choose the Gold plan. It costs $49 per month per screen. Their hardware starts at $249 and goes up from there, based on your needs for audits, offline play, and security.

How to use menu display software (5-step guide)

You don't need coding or technical skills to set up a digital TV menu. But there are some best practices worth following.

Step 1. Choose your software

The first step is to choose your software. It's wise to do this first because the platform you choose might impact the way you design and schedule your menus and the file formats you use.

So, refer to our list to pick the right option for you.

If you want something that doesn't require special hardware (besides your TV), then opt for browser-based digital signage like Juuno. This way, you only need the software and a smart TV with a web browser, which nearly all smart TVs have.

Step 2. Design your menu

The next step is to design your menu. If you're going to do this yourself, we highly recommend using Canva, which is an easy platform designed for people who aren't graphic designers. Canva has over 7,000 menu templates (both horizontal and vertical), so you're sure to find a design that can be easily adapted to match your restaurant's branding. Juuno integrates with Canva so you add your final design to your TV.

Of course, you can always hire a professional graphic designer to create a custom menu for you. Most menu display software platforms support PNG and JPG images as well as PDF.

Keep in mind that if you hire a graphic designer, make sure to ask for the original files so you update pricing and items yourself later.

When designing, consider your TV placement and size to ensure that you're using a large enough font that people will be able to read.

If you'll be placing the menu on tablets throughout your restaurant, you don't have to worry about font size as much. But if you just want to have one big TV menu, you'll need to make sure it's legible from wherever patrons will be standing.

Step 3. Mount your TVs

The next step is to set up your TVs. As mentioned previously, you'll need to purchase a smart TV with a web browser. Depending on the brand, your smart TV might have one of these web browsers: Chrome, the Samsung Smart TV Browser, Amazon Silk, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, or Safari.

Use the appropriate mounting hardware for the size and width of your TV to ensure that it's securely mounted on the wall. Place the TV where customers will be able to read the menu.

Step 4. Launch your digital menu

Now it's time to set your menu live. Log in to your menu display platform and launch your menu.

Check how it looks in your restaurant. Is the font legible? Does it match your brand? Do you need to make any changes to the menu items since it was designed? If so, go back to Canva or your design platform, make the changes, and relaunch the menu until it's just right.

Step 5. Update your menu automatically or manually

You might want to setup automated menu changes. You can set one menu to run continuously, or you can create a content schedule. For instance, you might have a breakfast menu from 8 to 11:30 and a lunch menu from 11:30 to 3. Or, you might have one menu from Monday through Saturday and a special brunch menu on Sunday. Whatever the case, you can create a custom schedule for your menu content.

Or, maybe you'll just login and change the menu as needed. You can update it at any time to change pricing or add a seasonal item

Juuno offers affordable plans and simple features. With our Canva integration, you can even design your menu (no need to hire a graphic designer). Sign up for Juuno for free today.

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