SpotOn Dashboard vs COGS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpotOn Dashboard
This business app provides merchants with essential tools to monitor sales, manage employee access, and review financial transactions. It also offers features for marketing and customer loyalty programs.
- Sales and performance analytics
- Employee permission management
- Deposit and transaction history
- Marketing and loyalty features
- Merchant operational tools
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Built for SpotOn merchants, this app gives you quick access to: - Monitor sales and performance analytics - Manage employee permissions and roles - Review deposits and transaction history - Access marketing and loyalty features - And more
COGS
This app provides restaurant brands with comprehensive control over inventory, recipes, and food/beverage costs. It empowers teams to enhance control, accuracy, and profit margins across all locations. The mobile version requires an active license for the web software.
- Inventory count entry for multiple locations
- Mobile dashboard with sales information
- Cost alerts for inventory items
- Alerts for key business activities
- Recipe and food cost management
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COGS-Well gives restaurant brands complete control over inventory, recipes, and food and beverage costs. We empower your team to drive control, accuracy, and stronger margins across every location. What sets us apart is a very comprehensive feature set, paired with the industry’s most responsive and consultative support. Our platform adapts to your business needs, and our service experts work with your team to ensure measurable results. Please note that the COGS-Well Mobile app can only be used with an active license for the web version of the software. This app allows COGS-Well customers to: • Enter inventory counts for multiple locations • View the mobile dashboard with sales information • See cost alerts (changes in the cost of an inventory item) • View alerts related to key business activities
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: COGS at 5.0 against SpotOn Dashboard's 4.5. SpotOn Dashboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (14 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
COGS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpotOn Dashboard has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SpotOn Dashboard ships an update every 2 months, COGS every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SpotOn Dashboard | COGS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpotOn Transact, Inc | COGS-Well |
Customer experience
SpotOn Dashboard
COGS
In-app purchases
SpotOn Dashboard
No in-app purchases
COGS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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