Comparison

Lavu Display vs CardPointe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lavu Display

Enhance order accuracy with a real-time customer display for your point-of-sale system. This app shows order details, modifiers, discounts, and taxes as they are entered. It also facilitates digital signatures for credit card transactions.

Highlights
  • Real-time order item display
  • Shows modifiers and prices
  • Displays discounts and taxes
  • Digital signature capture
  • Tip prompting and quick tip buttons
  • Easy pairing with Lavu POS
Features
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Lavu Display is a customer facing display application for the Lavu Point of Sale System. Lavu Display will help you improve quick serve order accuracy by listing order items on a customer facing iPad or iPad mini in real time as orders are placed. Order and items details, including forced and optional modifiers/modifier prices, discounts, gratuity, and taxes, are all shown and updated continuously as order changes are made. Lavu Display also allows you to take digital signatures for credit card transactions without having to flip or swivel the Lavu POS terminal to face the customer. Tip prompting and quick tip buttons follow the same configuration settings as Lavu POS. Pairing Lavu Display with your Lavu POS terminal is quick and easy. Lavu Display is compatible with Lavu POS version 3.0.2 and later. **** This App is for use with the Lavu Point of Sale System **** **** This App requires a wifi network connection ****

About

CardPointe

Process and manage all major credit card payments seamlessly. Accept card-present transactions on the go, manage products, and gain insights with a live reporting dashboard. Streamline your business operations with robust transaction management and customer profiles.

Highlights
  • Virtual Terminal for credit card processing
  • Mobile card reader for on-the-go payments
  • Product catalog management
  • Signature capture
  • Customer profile management
  • Live reporting dashboard
  • Transaction management (void, refund, reprocess)
Features
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The CardPointe app lets you process and manage payments with ease. With live transaction data at your fingertips, CardPointe will become a critical tool in running your business. Features • Virtual Terminal: Process payments for all major credit cards. • CardPointe Mobile Card Reader: Accept card-present payments on the go. • Accept Tips: Enable customers to select preset tip amounts. • Catalog: Organize and manage your products, pricing, and discounts. • Signature Capture: Allow customers to use their fingertip to sign for transactions. • Customer Profiles: Save customer profiles to run future transactions. • Reporting Dashboard: View your business data at a glance. • Transaction Management: Void, refund, reprocess, or resend receipts for existing transactions. • Notifications: Get alerts for important events, like chargebacks, refunds, and declined transactions. • Compatible Printer: Use a supported Bluetooth printer to print receipts or food orders. • Support for CardPointe Integrated Terminals: Connect to your countertop CardPointe Integrated Terminals to accept card-present payments with PCI-validated point-to-point encryption. CardPointe can also be accessed via any browser, complete with additional features including recurring billing and custom reporting.

Screenshots

CardPointe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lavu Display at 5.0 against CardPointe's 2.6. Lavu Display also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). CardPointe's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lavu Display holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardPointe has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lavu Display ships an update every 8 months, CardPointe every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lavu Display versus CardPointe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLavu DisplayCardPointe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better2.6 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews—21.2% of reviews
Number of ratings331 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLavuCardConnect, LLC

Customer experience

Lavu Display

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CardPointe

All ratings31 ratings
Positive35.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative58.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive21.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative75.8%

In-app purchases

None

Lavu Display

No in-app purchases

None

CardPointe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lavu Display free?
Lavu Display is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardPointe free?
CardPointe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lavu Display or CardPointe?
Lavu Display is rated higher. Lavu Display averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while CardPointe averages 2.6 from 31 ratings.
Do Lavu Display or CardPointe have ads?
Neither Lavu Display nor CardPointe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lavu Display or CardPointe?
Lavu Display ships an update every 8 months, and CardPointe every 5 months. Most recently, Lavu Display was updated on October 14, 2026 and CardPointe on October 17, 2026.

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