Comparison

CardPointe vs DashComm

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

Head to head
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.

About

DashComm

This app serves as a communication portal and resource center for landlords and shopping center tenants. It streamlines daily tasks by facilitating online bill payments, document access, sales submissions, and property updates for tenants, while offering landlords tools for inspections, vendor integrations, and emergency alerts.

Highlights
  • Tenant onboarding checklist
  • Request system for tenant-landlord communication
  • Center-wide news blasts
  • SMS emergency alerts
  • Tenant sales submission tracking
  • Property inspection tool
  • Lease document access
  • Online bill pay
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Welcome to the DashComm! Strong business. Strong community. Connecting you with the people, information and tools you need – when you need them. DashComm is a communication portal and resource center for Landlords and Shopping Center Tenants alike. Tenants can pay invoices, view their lease documents, submit sales, and stay up to date on all property updates. Landlords can enjoy the inspection tool, strategic vendor integrations, and seamless communication tools such as SMS Emergency Alerts & News Blasts. We strive to streamline daily tasks for Landlords and Tenants through meaningful technology partnerships. Welcome to the Neighborhood! FEATURES DashComm provides solutions and improves the customer experience at every stage of the Tenant lifecycle. Current functionality includes: - Welcome new Tenants with the convenient Tenant Onboarding Checklist. - Create Requests to establish one on one communication between Tenant and Landlord. - Send News Blasts to multiple Tenants or Shopping Centers to communicate center wide updates. - SMS Emergency Alert System. - Track Tenant sales submissions through robust sales module with easy- to-use Landlord approval process. - Complete full property inspections and include follow-up items, tenant interactions and more. - Access lease related documents on the fly. - Online bill pay for Tenants.

Screenshots

CardPointe4 screens
DashComm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DashComm at 50% against CardPointe's 21%. DashComm also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (3.0 vs 2.6). CardPointe's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 4). 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

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

DashComm holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardPointe has 31 ratings behind it against 4, 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 50% of DashComm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, DashComm every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CardPointe versus DashComm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardPointeDashComm
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (31 ratings)3.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCardConnect, LLCPhillips Edison & Company,Ltd.

Customer experience

CardPointe

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

DashComm

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

CardPointe

No in-app purchases

None

DashComm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CardPointe free?
CardPointe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DashComm free?
DashComm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CardPointe or DashComm?
DashComm is rated higher. CardPointe averages 2.6 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while DashComm averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do CardPointe or DashComm have ads?
Neither CardPointe nor DashComm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardPointe or DashComm?
CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, and DashComm every 3 weeks. Most recently, CardPointe was updated on October 9, 2026 and DashComm on October 6, 2026.

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