Point Purchasing vs Cumulus Retail POS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Point Purchasing
Scan incoming packages, capture shipping labels, and submit receipt notifications directly to your business's instance. Streamline your logistics and ensure accurate tracking of all deliveries.
- Scan incoming packages
- Capture shipping labels
- Submit package receipt notifications
- Integrates with Point Purchasing instance
- Streamline logistics
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Point Purchasing™ mobile application for scanning incoming packages, capturing shipping labels, and submitting package receipt notifications to your Point Purchasing™ application instance.
Cumulus Retail POS
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Cumulus Retail POS allows you to use your iPad as a true mobile point-of-sale with the Cumulus Retail system. The Cumulus Retail POS app allows the iPad user to enjoy all of the standard functionality of Cumulus Retail while also leveraging peripherals including barcode scanners and receipt printers. It also facilitates native credit and debit card processing with mobile, EMV devices. The Cumulus Retail POS app is designed to only be used with the Cumulus Retail application (https://cumulusretail.com)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cumulus Retail POS at every 2 months against Point Purchasing's every 20 months. Point Purchasing's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Point Purchasing ships an update every 20 months, Cumulus Retail POS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Point Purchasing | Cumulus Retail POS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Point Systems, Inc. | Celerant Technology Corporation |
In-app purchases
Point Purchasing
No in-app purchases
Cumulus Retail POS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Point Purchasing free?
Is Cumulus Retail POS free?
Do Point Purchasing or Cumulus Retail POS have ads?
Which is updated more often, Point Purchasing or Cumulus Retail POS?
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