CardPointe vs Smiley Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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.
Smiley Manager
This app connects local business owners with their customers through a dedicated chat platform. It facilitates direct communication, allowing businesses to engage with their clientele.
- Customer chat
- Business communication
- Local business focus
- Direct messaging
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Smiley Manager is a chat app for Smiley members, who are local business owners, to chat with their customers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smiley Manager at 80% against CardPointe's 21%. Smiley Manager also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). CardPointe's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 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.
Smiley Manager holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardPointe has 31 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of CardPointe's written reviews are positive against 80% of Smiley Manager's.
CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, Smiley Manager fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardPointe | Smiley Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.2% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CardConnect, LLC | heyook |
Customer experience
CardPointe
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In-app purchases
CardPointe
No in-app purchases
Smiley Manager
No in-app purchases
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