Comparison

CardPointe vs byChronos Manager

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 business payments on the go with live transaction data. Features include a virtual terminal, mobile card reader, customer profiles, and a reporting dashboard. Organize products, capture signatures, and manage transactions with ease.

Highlights
  • Virtual terminal for credit card processing
  • Mobile card reader for on-the-go payments
  • Product catalog and discount management
  • Signature capture for transactions
  • Customer profile saving
  • Reporting dashboard for business data
  • 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

byChronos Manager

This business application empowers merchants to manage customer waitlists and bookings efficiently. It allows for the configuration of a customer-facing frontend page and provides tools for managing loyalty programs.

Highlights
  • Waitlist management
  • Booking control
  • Customer frontend configuration
  • Loyalty customer management
Features
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byChronos App helps merchants control their waitlists and bookings, config the frontend page for customers, and manage their loyalty customers.

Screenshots

CardPointe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: byChronos Manager at 100% against CardPointe's 21%. byChronos Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). CardPointe's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

byChronos Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardPointe has 32 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of byChronos Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, byChronos Manager weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CardPointe versus byChronos Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardPointebyChronos Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (32 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCardConnect, LLCGo3 Technology Inc

Customer experience

CardPointe

All ratings32 ratings
Positive34.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative59.4%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive21.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative75.8%

byChronos Manager

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CardPointe

No in-app purchases

None

byChronos Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CardPointe free?
CardPointe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is byChronos Manager free?
byChronos Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CardPointe or byChronos Manager?
byChronos Manager is rated higher. CardPointe averages 2.6 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while byChronos Manager averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do CardPointe or byChronos Manager have ads?
Neither CardPointe nor byChronos Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardPointe or byChronos Manager?
CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, and byChronos Manager weekly. Most recently, CardPointe was updated on November 11, 2026 and byChronos Manager on November 12, 2026.

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