iPhone + iPad · Screen Mirror

A split ticket, a TV, and a match at the counter

Meal Ready is for food vans, clubs, fast food, fundraisers, festivals, and sporting clubs — anywhere many orders need tracking. It also works for any queue where people wait for a service, not only food. Write the order on a coloured check ticket, give one half to the customer and the other to the kitchen, then put the ready number on a Smart TV.

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See it on the device

Meal Ready board showing six colour tiles under the title Meals Ready for Collection — **Six on the board** — letter plus two digits, colour is the tile

Meal Ready board showing nine colour ticket tiles — **Nine on the board** — readable from across the room

Meal Ready board with the keyboard add row open, showing letter and number keys — **Keyboard add row** — tap a letter, then the digits, then Go

Meal Ready Setup screen with board title, Counter or Keyboard add row, and attention sound — **Setup** — title, add-row style, books, and attention sound

Why it works

Simple, cheap, effective

Paper tickets you already buy, a phone or iPad, and a Smart TV that can mirror that device. No extra server, no account, no extra box in the van.

The two halves have to match

The customer keeps one half. The kitchen keeps the other with the order. When the colour and number appear on the TV, they bring their half to the counter and staff confirm it matches.

The device can be the access point

The phone or iPad can share a hotspot and the TV can join it. You do not need a venue network or a separate server — only a TV that can mirror the device.

Not only food

The same board works for any queue where people wait for a service: a colour and a number on the TV, a matching stub in the hand.

The ticket books

Write the order on a coloured check ticket, tear it, and keep one half with the customer and one with the kitchen. The books are the Olympic-style pads sold at Australian stationers, numbered 1–100, with a letter on the cover. The photos below are a J.Burrows Check Tickets 4-pack (Blue A, Red B, Green C, Purple D). That pairing is an example. Setup lets you pair any colour with any letter, including duplicates such as Green-D and Blue-D.

J.Burrows Check Tickets 4-pack box showing Blue A, Red B, Green C, and Purple D books — 4-pack — Blue A, Red B, Green C, Purple D

Four J.Burrows Check Tickets books fanned: blue A, red B, green C, purple D — The four books fanned

Open J.Burrows Check Tickets showing stubs A01, B01, C01, and D01 — Stubs — A01, B01, C01, D01

Photos: J.Burrows Check Tickets product images (Officeworks listing). J.Burrows is an Officeworks brand. TecAv is not affiliated with Officeworks or Hamelin. Used here to show the kind of coloured check tickets the app displays.

How it works

Take the order on a ticket

Write the order on a coloured check ticket. Give one half to the customer and the other half to the kitchen.
Keep the kitchen half with the order

When the order is ready, that kitchen half stays with the meal. Enter the same colour and number into Meal Ready on the phone or iPad.
The customer sees it on the TV

Mirror the device to a Smart TV (AirPlay, the TV’s own mirroring, or Chromecast). They see their colour and number, bring their half to the counter, and staff confirm the two halves match before handing over the meal.
Clear the tile

Triple-tap the tile when it has been collected. Tap + to add the next one. A single tap replays the attention zoom after a short wait.

What you need

A Smart TV that can mirror a phone or iPad, and that device (iOS 15 or later). The device can be the access point the TV joins. There is no extra server. No account — tickets stay on the device.

Meal Ready is a collection display. It is not a point-of-sale, food-safety, or official ticketing system. Staff remain responsible for matching the two halves of the ticket.

Availability on the Apple App Store and Google Play will be announced here.