IPad restaurant POS reviews
The top performers in our review are , the Silver Award winner; and the Bronze Award winner. Here's more on choosing an iPad POS system to meet your needs, along with detail on how we arrived at our ranking of the 10 applications in our lineup.
What Can an iPad POS System Do for My Business?
Cloud-based technologies, high-speed internet access and improved wireless speeds make the iPad usable as a full point-of-sale (POS) system. You can use an iPad POS app to enter inventory information and other details either on your company's iPads or through a web browser, and the information is stored in the cloud so you can access it easily from anywhere. iPads can process sales transactions seamlessly and back up your information online. Most devices with internet access have access to back-office tools, which means you do not need an onsite backup device or back-office computer.
We tested and reviewed popular iPad POS systems that offer compatible POS hardware. We found that some options, like iPayment, PayPal and Square, include payment processing as part of their service agreement. Some POS systems, like Shopify, can help you manage inventory between your online and brick-and-mortar store. If you are looking for a POS solution for your restaurant, you'll want to read our iPad POS restaurant solutions review.
How Do I Find the Best iPad POS System for My Business?
The best iPad POS System for you depends on different aspects of your business, including your budget and the POS features you require. Revel Systems, our Gold Award winner, has a wide range of features and continuously adds new technologies to its system. For instance, Revel was one of the first POS systems to process bitcoin payments. Lightspeed, our Silver Award winner, has preorder, special order and commission features that make it especially suited for retail. NCR Silver's system is manufactured by NCR Corporation, which first began manufacturing cash registers in 1884. NCR Silver, our Bronze Award winner, offers dependable POS solutions with marketing tools, such as email marketing and loyalty tools.
