CardPointe vs GlamBook Pro
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.
GlamBook Pro
This app helps beauty professionals meticulously record client formulas, visit history, and photos. It streamlines client management, ensures consistent service delivery, and aids in building a strong client base through personalized communication and portfolio building.
- Log exact color formulas with precise measurements
- Build rich client profiles with photos and visit history
- Organize before-and-after photo galleries
- Share session recaps with clients
- Track retail inventory with barcode scanning
- Customize service menus and themes
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Never re-guess a gray retouch formula again. GlamBook Pro is the private, elegant client book built for working beauty professionals — stylists, barbers, estheticians, nail techs and lash artists who demand precision and polish. Every client, every visit, every formula — remembered. Log exact color formulas from 66+ professional brand lines, complete with developer, precise amounts in oz or ml, and processing time. Pull up a client's last visit in seconds and deliver a flawless, consistent result every single time. Build rich client profiles with photos, tags, birthdays and full visit history. Before-and-after photo galleries are organized by client and session, so your best work is always at your fingertips — perfect for consultations, portfolios and social sharing. Share a polished session recap in one tap, complete with formula, timing and after photo, so clients leave with everything they need and come back asking for you by name. Birthday reminders help you stay top of mind and keep the chair full. Set up in minutes with onboarding tailored to your specialty — your service menu, preferred brands, currency and units, all configured for the way you actually work. Track retail inventory with instant barcode scanning and automatic product lookup, so restocking never slows you down. Choose from three elegant themes — Pearl, Onyx and Champagne — with auto-priced services that match your brand's aesthetic. GlamBook Pro lives entirely on your device. No account, no sign-up, no cloud sync required — your client data and formulas stay completely private, always in your control. Download GlamBook Pro today and give every client a flawless, formula-perfect experience, every time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GlamBook Pro at 100% against CardPointe's 21%. GlamBook Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). CardPointe's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and ratings volume (31 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
CardPointe is free to download; GlamBook Pro costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GlamBook Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardPointe has 31 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 GlamBook Pro's.
CardPointe ships an update every 5 months, GlamBook Pro every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardPointe | GlamBook Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #132 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CardConnect, LLC | Gregory Blythe |
Customer experience
CardPointe
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In-app purchases
CardPointe
No in-app purchases
GlamBook Pro
No in-app purchases








