Stax Pay vs Paylani Mobile Payments
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stax Pay
This comprehensive payment processing toolset offers on-the-go business insights, cash flow management, and the ability to accept various payment types. It streamlines operations by allowing users to process refunds, send invoices, and manage customer data securely.
- Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express
- Process refunds and accept tips
- Send invoices and manage customer data
- Securely store payment methods
- Email receipts to multiple recipients
- PCI-Compliant tokenization
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Stax by Fattmerchant provides a flexible, scalable, all-in-one payments toolset so that you can move faster, think smarter, and make better decisions. The Stax Pay mobile app gives you powerful insights on-the-go, enabling you to spot trends, manage cash flow, and improve business performance wherever you happen to be. And, of course, you or your team can accept payments, process refunds, invoice customers, and much more all without having to download a separate app. With Stax Pay you can: - Swipe EMV chip cards with our optional bluetooth Stax mobile reader - Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express - Accept tips, apply discounts, and issue refunds - Key-in, swipe, dip, or photo capture card details - Email receipts to multiple customers and internal staff - Securely store payment methods for future transactions - Automatically sync payments and data to the Stax platform - Receive deposits to your bank account automatically on the next business day - Manage customers in real-time and send invoices, update contact information, and add new payment methods - Stay protected from liability with PCI-Compliant tokenization technology for managing credit card information The Stax Pay mobile app is all you need to run and grow your business, wherever you happen to be. We hope you’ll give it a try!
Paylani Mobile Payments
This mobile point-of-sale application enables businesses to accept payments securely using their existing merchant account. It supports various payment methods, customizable catalogs, and detailed reporting to streamline sales and business growth.
- Accept swipe, key-in, and split payments
- Send customer invoices
- Customizable shared product catalog
- Tokenized customer information for security
- Transaction history and detailed reports
- Integrates with Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) gateway
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Paylani® is a full-featured mobile point of sale application for your business using your current merchant account. You can accept payments simply and securely on our platform with Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) payment gateway. Paylani allows you to swipe, key-in, split payments or even send invoices to your customers. EMV Contact/Contactless coming soon. You can manage a completely customizable shared catalog and assign specific sales parameters based on categories, locations, venues, users, etc. Your customer information is tokenized to ensure complete security while maintaining easy sales and contact functionality. You can easily keep track of transactions with our transaction history, create and share detailed reports. Paylani can equip you with everything you need to make mobile sales simple and still have all the robust features needed to grow your business. GET STARTED: Request a VAR sheet from your payment provider*. The VAR sheet should be configured for the Network Merchants (NMI) Gateway. 1. Contact the customer service department* listed on your monthly merchant statement, and request they email you a “VAR sheet” configured for the Network Merchants (NMI) Gateway. 2. Forward your merchant account’s VAR sheet to support@paylani.com (or one of our verified Paylani Resellers) 3. We will activate your mobile account and contact you with everything you need to start processing with Paylani. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us. *If you do not currently have a payment provider, please email us at support@paylani.com and we will connect you with a qualified processor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paylani Mobile Payments at 5.0 against Stax Pay's 2.1. Paylani Mobile Payments also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). Stax Pay's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paylani Mobile Payments holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stax Pay has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Stax Pay ships an update monthly, Paylani Mobile Payments every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Stax Pay | Paylani Mobile Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fattmerchant Inc. | Paylani LLC |
Customer experience
Stax Pay
Paylani Mobile Payments
In-app purchases
Stax Pay
No in-app purchases
Paylani Mobile Payments
No in-app purchases
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