NetCafe DS

If you own an Internet Cafe business and need a solution to manage it, your safest bet would probably be turning to third-party software solutions.

Fortunately, nowadays there are several specialized applications that can help you achieve quick, satisfactory results in this situations. One of them is NetCafe DS.

This application enables you to create tables for each station that is currently being used within your Internet Cafe, where you can customize a bunch of parameters.

This can help you keep track of the time the customers started operating the machines, how much time they payed for and also additions, if they decide to extend their time.

Despite its overall simplicity, the layout might be a bit confusing, especially for novices, who might fail to understand the function of every button or menu, since there are no tooltips and they have to rely on their intuition.

In order to create a new table you need to hit the green plus-shaped buttons in the left side of the main window and fill in the details in the table editor window. After that you can edit the entry by clicking the yellow gear-shaped button or delete it by hitting the red button.

NetCafe DS comes with a standard configuration menu, where you can adjust a bunch of settings. Some of them include editing the company name, setting the number of tables, defining the cost per hour and minimum cost and also toggling sound effects.

You can password-protect the application by navigating to the "Password Settings" window, typing the old password, the new one and confirming it afterward. It is also possible to backup or restore data by using the corresponding functions under the "Archive" menu.

All things considered, NetCafe DS is a lightweight application that can help you manage your Internet Cafe business easily by letting you create tables for each rented machine and keep track of usage time and costs. It comes with a simple, yet quite confusing user interface and packs a basic configuration menu.