ChargeDesk vs PickersPay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChargeDesk
Manage multiple payment gateways like Stripe, PayPal, and Shopify from your mobile device. Receive instant notifications for payments and subscription changes. Perform actions like refunds, cancellations, and customer updates on the go.
- Manage multiple payment gateways
- Real-time payment notifications
- Process refunds and cancellations
- Create new charges and subscriptions
- Edit customer details and payment methods
- Integrates with existing e-commerce platforms
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Manage your Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Recurly, Chargify, NMI, Zuora, GoCardless, WooCommerce, Shopify & Square customers on the go with ChargeDesk. Our powerful notification system lets you know immediately when important actions happen in your account. Find out straight away when a new customer pays you or upgrades their subscription. - Refund charges - Cancel subscriptions - Create new charges (either by invoicing the customer or charging a card on file) - Create new subscriptions - Edit subscription plans - Authorize and capture payments - Manage coupons - Send payment reminders - Edit customer details including adding VAT numbers - Securely update a customer's credit card on file ChargeDesk works with your existing e-commerce setup - in most cases no coding or changes are needed. Just connect your gateway to ChargeDesk and you'll be managing your customers in seconds.
PickersPay
This app enables vendors to accept card payments even in areas with poor or no mobile signal. It routes transactions through the buyer's phone for seamless sales, offering a QR code fallback option when needed. Recovered sales are automatically tracked, ensuring no revenue is lost due to connectivity issues.
- Offline payment processing
- QR code fallback
- Automatic sales recovery tracking
- No monthly fees or hardware
- Stripe Connect integration
- Quick setup
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PickersPay — Card Payments That Work Where You Sell Built for vendors who work outdoors, in basements, in tents, in barns, and at the back of crowded events — anywhere strong signal isn't a given. Most card readers fail the same way: the vendor's phone loses signal, the sale stalls, and the customer walks. PickersPay solves this by routing the transaction through the buyer's phone and carrier network. Your signal stops being part of the payment path. How it works • Tap to Pay on your phone for fast contactless sales when signal is good • QR fallback when it isn't — the buyer scans, pays on their own connection, and the sale completes • Recovered sales are tracked automatically, so you can see exactly how much revenue your fallback layer saved you Built for • Farmers markets and craft fairs • Food trucks and pop-ups • Estate sales and antique shows • Festivals, swap meets, and seasonal vendors • Any event where the venue's signal isn't reliable Simple, transparent pricing • 1% platform fee per transaction • Standard Stripe processing on top (2.9% + $0.30 typical) • No monthly fees • No hardware to buy • No long-term contract Payouts you control PickersPay runs on Stripe Connect. Your money goes directly to your bank account on Stripe's standard payout schedule. You own the customer relationship, the chargeback process, and your own 1099 — issued by Stripe, not us. Set up at home, sell on Saturday Onboarding takes about ten minutes when you have your bank info and tax details handy. Get it done before your next event so you're ready to take your first sale the moment you open. PickersPay is the insurance layer for vendors who can't afford to lose a sale to a bad signal bar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PickersPay at 5.0 against ChargeDesk's 3.0. PickersPay also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 33 months). ChargeDesk's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PickersPay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
ChargeDesk ships an update every 33 months, PickersPay every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChargeDesk | PickersPay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Industries Pty Ltd | PickersPay |
Customer experience
ChargeDesk
PickersPay
In-app purchases
ChargeDesk
No in-app purchases
PickersPay
No in-app purchases









