Comparison

Lavu Pilot 2 vs Bloom POS

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

Head to head
About

Lavu Pilot 2

Monitor your restaurant's sales performance in real-time from your iOS device. This free companion app provides at-a-glance reports, making your account information easily accessible from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time sales data access
  • At-a-glance performance reports
  • Accessible from anywhere
  • Companion app for Lavu POS
  • Free to use
Features
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Lavu Pilot 2 is a companion app for Lavu POS, allowing business owners to access real-time sales data from their iOS device. Check on your restaurant performance with at-a-glance reports from anywhere you're connected to the internet. The Lavu Pilot app is entirely free and was created to make your account information more easily available. Lavu POS is an industry-leading, fully-featured point of sale app in the App Store and was designed for the restaurant industry, including fine dining, quick serve, and tab environments. If you need assistance please visit our Lavu Help Center at support.lavu.com.

About

Bloom POS

Streamline restaurant operations with a comprehensive point-of-sale system. Manage orders, kitchen tickets, table reservations, and delivery with integrated sales reporting and inventory tools. Designed for teams, it offers role-based access and multi-branch management.

Highlights
  • Order taking (pickup, delivery, dine-in)
  • Kitchen display system
  • Table and reservation management
  • Delivery order tracking
  • Sales reporting and analytics
  • Inventory and supplier management
  • Customer relationship management
Features
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Bloom POS is the point-of-sale app for restaurant teams. Take orders, send them to the kitchen, manage tables and delivery, and see your sales, from the counter tablet, the kitchen screen or a staff member's phone. TAKE ORDERS FAST • Pick Up, Delivery, Dine-In and Catering orders with modifiers and notes • Assign tables and add items to open table orders • Print kitchen tickets (KOT) and receipts KITCHEN AND FRONT OF HOUSE • Live kitchen display by station • Status board for guests waiting on their orders • Tables, reservations and chef dashboard DELIVERY • All delivery orders in one place, with tracking links for customers • Route planner for your own drivers • Connect DoorDash and Uber Eats (requires your own provider accounts) RUN THE BUSINESS • Sales dashboard with shareable reports • Menu management, inventory, suppliers and purchase orders • Customer records and store-credit wallet • Multiple branches under one account BUILT FOR TEAMS • Roles for Admin, Manager, Kitchen and Display screens • Shared restaurant devices sign in with a device code; staff sign in on their own phones with phone number and PIN • Audit log of administrative actions Bloom POS requires a Bloom POS restaurant account. Card payments are processed through the restaurant's own Square or Clover account. Support: get@bloompos.io

Screenshots

Lavu Pilot 23 screens
Bloom POS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bloom POS at 100% against Lavu Pilot 2's 29%. Bloom POS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Lavu Pilot 2's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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

Bloom POS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lavu Pilot 2 has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Lavu Pilot 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bloom POS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lavu Pilot 2 ships an update every 4 months, Bloom POS every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lavu Pilot 2 versus Bloom POS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLavu Pilot 2Bloom POS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (37 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB103 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLavuARV systems INC

Customer experience

Lavu Pilot 2

All ratings37 ratings
Positive29.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative64.9%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative64.7%

Bloom POS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lavu Pilot 2

No in-app purchases

None

Bloom POS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lavu Pilot 2 free?
Lavu Pilot 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bloom POS free?
Bloom POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lavu Pilot 2 or Bloom POS?
Bloom POS is rated higher. Lavu Pilot 2 averages 2.4 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Bloom POS averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lavu Pilot 2 or Bloom POS have ads?
Neither Lavu Pilot 2 nor Bloom POS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lavu Pilot 2 or Bloom POS?
Lavu Pilot 2 ships an update every 4 months, and Bloom POS every 3 days. Most recently, Lavu Pilot 2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bloom POS on November 6, 2026.

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