Searching for an Easy Khata alternative usually means one of two things: the app works but your business has outgrown it, or you are tired of typing every credit sale twice. If you run a restaurant, cafe or bakery, the answer is usually not a different khata app. It is putting khata where the bill is made.
What khata apps like Easy Khata do well
Khata apps took the udhaar register out of the drawer and put it on a phone, and for millions of shopkeepers that was a big step. Popular apps such as Easy Khata and DigiKhata let you add a customer, note what they took on credit, record what they paid, and send a reminder, usually for free or close to it. Balances no longer disappear with a lost page, and the customer gets a message instead of an awkward conversation.
For a small shop where the owner takes every payment personally, that can be all you need. If that describes you, a khata app is a sensible choice, and we would say so in a demo. Features and plans change, so check each app's current offering on its own site.
Where a standalone khata app falls short in a restaurant
The problem starts when khata is a separate step from billing. In a restaurant, the cashier closes the bill on the POS, and then someone has to open the khata app and type the same amount again. On a quiet afternoon that works. On a Friday night with a queue at the counter, some entries are late, some are wrong and some never happen.
- Double entry: every credit sale is typed twice, once on the till, once in the app
- No link to the bill: a disputed balance can't be traced to the actual order and items
- No limit at the counter: the app can't stop a cashier from giving more credit than you agreed
- One phone, one person: balances live on whoever's phone holds the app, not on every terminal
- Separate reports: the cash count, the sales report and the khata never quite match
None of this is a criticism of the apps; they were built for shops, not for restaurant counters with several staff, a kitchen and branches.
The alternative: khata built into your restaurant POS
The real Easy Khata alternative for a restaurant is a POS where khata is part of billing. In SureTill, the cashier picks the customer on the payment screen and bills to their account in one tap. The balance updates at that moment, the invoice is attached, and the order closes normally so the kitchen and reports are unaffected. There is nothing to type a second time.
- Entry typed after the bill
- Balance not linked to items
- Limits are a mental note
- Lives on one device
- Credit recorded at the moment of billing
- Every balance traced to real invoices
- Hard credit limit with manager override
- Same balance on every terminal and branch
Behind it sit the things a restaurant needs from credit: per-customer limits, payments applied oldest-bill-first, prepaid wallets for regulars and office accounts, printed or PDF statements, and automatic WhatsApp or SMS reminders in Urdu or English. The full feature list is on the digital khata and credit page.
Khata that works through load-shedding
Because SureTill is offline-first, customer accounts, balances and collections live in the local database on your in-store server. You can bill to an account and take payments with no internet; reminders wait in a queue and go out when the connection returns. Across branches, a regular known at one outlet is known at all of them, with one true balance, see how offline POS software works.
How to switch from a khata app without losing balances
Take the current balance for each credit customer from your app or register, with a phone number.
We load them into SureTill during setup, with each customer's credit limit.
From that day, every credit sale is billed to the account at the counter.
As a backup only. Most teams stop opening it within a fortnight.
If you are also choosing your first POS, our restaurant POS software in Pakistan guide covers the rest of the system, and the price guide explains the costs. There is no cut of your sales, a one-time setup and training fee plus a flat monthly fee.
Book a free thirty-minute demo. We'll add a few of your real credit customers, bill to their accounts, take an advance into a wallet and print the statement, with the internet unplugged.
Book a free demoFrequently asked
Is there an Easy Khata alternative for restaurants?
Yes. If you run a restaurant, cafe or bakery, the better alternative to a standalone khata app is a POS with khata built in. Credit sales then update the customer's balance automatically at billing, with no second entry on a phone.
What is the difference between Easy Khata, DigiKhata and a POS khata?
Khata apps such as Easy Khata and DigiKhata are phone apps for recording udhaar and sending reminders. A POS khata does the same job inside your billing system, so it knows every order, enforces credit limits at the counter and links each balance to real invoices. Check each app's current features on its own site.
Should a small shop switch from a khata app to a POS?
Not necessarily. If you only need to note who owes what, a free khata app may be enough. A POS starts to pay off once you have a busy counter, a kitchen, several staff taking payments or more than one branch.
Can I move my existing khata balances into SureTill?
Yes. You enter each customer with their current balance as an opening figure and start billing credit sales to accounts from a chosen date. We help with this during setup, and you can keep the old app or register as a backup for a few weeks.
Does the SureTill khata send WhatsApp reminders?
Yes. Balance reminders go out by WhatsApp or SMS on a schedule you set, in Urdu or English. If the internet is down, reminders queue and send when it returns; credit sales and payments keep working offline.
Easy Khata and DigiKhata are trademarks of their respective owners and are named only for comparison. SureTill is not affiliated with them. Features of other apps change; check their own sites for current details.