iPad POS System Reviews

If you own a small business, Revel is certainly scalable for virtually any size. However, although Revel is a good POS system, using Revel Systems is a long-term commitment.

Lightspeed Restuarant is a cloud-based iPad POS system built solely for the foodservice industry and, like many of its rivals, can be a one-stop-shop for your POS needs if that's what you're looking for.

Lightspeed is one of the most robust and easy-to-use solutions in today's POS market. If you're looking for a retail system that will likely have every option you could dream up in a POS in both the front and back end, and pricing isn't a major consideration, Lightspeed Retail should be fairly high on your list.

Square for Retail runs on an iPad with an interface optimized for searching and scanning. But do the back-end features also work for businesses with large inventories? See how Square’s retail-specialized POS system stacks up in terms of features, pricing, reporting, and more.

Whether your restaurant is focusing more on in-person dining or takeout options, Toast POS comes with a fantastic array of built-in features to serve customers. Toast also acts as the client’s payment processor. Toast is different from many of its iOS-based competitors in the POS world because it runs on Android operating systems, making the tablets it runs on cheaper and more versatile.

Need an affordable POS system specifically for restaurants? Square for Restaurants delivers everything small eateries need to succeed at the right price.

NCR Silver gets high marks for its ease of use, flexibility, and built-in marketing tools. Unfortunately, while NCR makes solidly good POS software, its Silver product suffers from other issues -- namely, the restrictive service contract foisted on merchants who want to purchase the system.