CardPointe vs DaySmart Remote Access
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.
DaySmart Remote Access
Access your DaySmart Pet, Salon, Spa, or Body Art desktop software remotely from your mobile device. This application requires your DaySmart software to be downloaded to a computer and remote access to be enabled for your account.
- Remote access to desktop software
- Manage Pet services
- Manage Salon services
- Manage Spa services
- Manage Body Art services
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DaySmart Pet, Salon, Spa, and Body Art desktop users can use this app to access the software remotely through a mobile device. This app is for you if: • You’re a DaySmart Pet, Salon, Spa, or Body Art user and • Your DaySmart software is downloaded to your computer and • Remote Access functionality is enabled for your account Unsure if this is the right app for you? Please contact support@daysmart.com for assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DaySmart Remote Access at 4.7 against CardPointe's 2.6. DaySmart Remote Access also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (348 vs 31). CardPointe's advantage is review sentiment (21% vs 8%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
DaySmart Remote Access holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DaySmart Remote Access has 348 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of CardPointe's written reviews are positive against 8% of DaySmart Remote Access's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, DaySmart Remote Access every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardPointe | DaySmart Remote Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 4.7 (348 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.2% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 348 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CardConnect, LLC | DaySmart Software, LLC |
Customer experience
CardPointe
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In-app purchases
CardPointe
No in-app purchases
DaySmart Remote Access
No in-app purchases
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