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iPad vs Android for restaurant POS

🔧 Setup & Installation 👁️ 3,615 views 💬 21 replies 📅 Jul 9, 2025
Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?
Michelle Hughes 👑 Master
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Karen Johnson
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234 posts
Jul 22, 2025
I've been using Compeat for 12 months and it has been working well for us
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Brenda Walker
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243 posts
Jul 31, 2025
Cost us about $188/month all in. Worth it.
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Michelle Hughes
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197 posts
Jul 31, 2025
Cost us about $97/month all in. Worth it.
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Eric Sanders
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224 posts
Aug 3, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Dennis Davis
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211 posts
Aug 5, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Jessica Murphy
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206 posts
Aug 8, 2025
Cost us about $200/month all in. Worth it.
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Michelle Reed
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251 posts
Aug 10, 2025
This is why we switched to 7shifts. No regrets.
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Chris Johnson
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206 posts
Aug 12, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Jessica Price
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220 posts
Aug 19, 2025
The ecommerce integration is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Samantha Green
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222 posts
Aug 19, 2025
I've been using PAX Technology for 3 months and it has been working well for us
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Chris Wood
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247 posts
Aug 20, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Gregory Bailey
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195 posts
Aug 23, 2025
I've been using BlueCart for 7 months and it has been working well for us
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Heather Brooks
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227 posts
Aug 24, 2025
I've been using ACE POS for 3 months and it has been working well for us
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Nancy Peterson
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230 posts
Aug 24, 2025
I've been using Club Prophet for 8 months and it has been working well for us
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Frank Moore
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228 posts
Aug 29, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Rachel Johnson
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186 posts
Aug 29, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Joyce Perez
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193 posts
Oct 8, 2025
Great question! In my experience with KwickPOS, it has been working well for us
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Willie Martinez
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217 posts
Oct 14, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal
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Carol Reed
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228 posts
Oct 26, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections
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Nancy Lewis
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208 posts
Nov 6, 2025
This is why we switched to PayPal Zettle. No regrets.
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