iPad vs Android for restaurant POS

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?

Marie Foster 👑 Master

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Amy Powell

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Jun 28, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Frank Price

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Jul 12, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware

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George Clark

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Jul 22, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Brittany Moore

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Aug 5, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Angela Long

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Aug 20, 2025

The tip management is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Rachel Barnes

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Aug 30, 2025

Had the same problem, support was frustrating when I contacted them.

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Tiffany Ross

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Sep 13, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Elizabeth Green

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Sep 15, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Heather Kelly

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Sep 16, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Square for Restaurants, it has been working well for us

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Jerry Stewart

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Sep 17, 2025

This is why we switched to Square POS. No regrets.

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Nicole Young

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Oct 1, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Marie Foster

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Oct 11, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Paladin, it has been working well for us

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Brenda Walker

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Oct 17, 2025

I've been using Salon Iris for 3 months and it has been working well for us

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Sandra Cooper

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Oct 17, 2025

Training took about 4 days for our staff.

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Carlos Jenkins

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Oct 27, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Nancy Peterson

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Nov 2, 2025

For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Scott Reed

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Nov 9, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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James Mitchell

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Nov 15, 2025

The quick order screen is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Joyce Barnes

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Nov 23, 2025

I've been using Toast POS for 10 months and it has been working well for us

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