Horizon Remote vs Pronto POS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Horizon Remote
This free companion app allows your staff to take customer orders remotely at the table using their own devices. It connects to a feature-packed Point of Sale system designed for food and beverage or general retail businesses.
- Remote order taking
- Use personal devices
- Connects to Horizon POS
- Table-side ordering
- Offline data storage
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"Horizon POS Remote" connects to our great value Horizon POS app. This free app allows your staff to take customers orders remotely at the table. The staff can even use their own device. Horizon POS is a feature packed Point of Sale app that is locally supported in Australia. Designed for Food and Beverage or general retail. Installed in Cafes, Restaurants, Mobile food vans, Kiosks and Events. Horizon Advantages: - Horizon POS has an all inclusive very affordable fee. - All data is safely stored on your iPad. - No Internet connection or Cloud storage required. - Create and email backups at any time. - Discounted hardware for Horizon POS clients. - Setup and programming service available. Support: - Local and Global support teams can help you 24/7 via email. - Horizon POS premium support will give you access to a dedicated team member. They will help you setup your hardware and menu with one-on-one coaching via email or phone. Want to use you own hardware and setup yourself…no problem! Industry databases available for easy setup of your data. Don’t waste any more of your valuable time. Download now and get up and running today.
Pronto POS
This business application provides a comprehensive point-of-sale system for managing sales, customer orders, and inventory. It offers features like offline sales, integrated payment processing, and a promotions engine. An administrator dashboard allows for easy management of permissions and reporting.
- Create sales, orders, and quotes
- Perform validated refunds and exchanges
- Promotions engine with discounts and coupons
- Offline sales capability
- Integrate with payment terminals
- Email or print receipts
- Barcode scanning
- Inventory management
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Pronto POS Pronto Point of Sale is a fully functional Point of sale application and has everything you need to power your business. It is fast, efficient and easy to use. The Pronto POS is supported with an administrator dashboard accessed via a browser that manages device and employee permissions. Pronto POS is fully integrated to Pronto Xi. -Create sales, customer orders, delivery orders, quotes or suspend sales -Perform validated refunds and exchanges -Fully functional promotions engine including price discounts, BOGO, multi-buys and thresholds, coupons and alerts -Take sales when the internet is offline or the power is out in your store -Fully mobile, use in a shopping centre or on the road -Integrate to payment terminals and pay by card, gift card, cash, account and more -Email receipts in real time or quickly print it on your paired printer -Use the iOS camera as a Barcode scanner or connect to an integrated Bluetooth scanner -Lookup and create new customers, or search their history -Find products in store and check availability at nearby stores -Report on the day's trade with key metrics and visualisations -Perform the end of shift and reconcile payments -Use the device camera or the integrated scanner to perform stocktakes and receive and transfer goods -Configure the home screen to show functions that are relevant to your business -Search by using filters to find the product your customer needs -Fully integrated Click & Collect with sign on glass signatures and notifications Please note: iPods are not supported
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Horizon Remote at every 9 days against Pronto POS's every 2 months. Pronto POS's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Horizon Remote ships an update every 9 days, Pronto POS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Horizon Remote | Pronto POS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olympia systems Australia pty ltd | Pronto Software |
Customer experience
Horizon Remote
Pronto POS
In-app purchases
Horizon Remote
No in-app purchases
Pronto POS
No in-app purchases
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