Comparison

Cash register POS vs Active invoice

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

Head to head
About

Cash register POS

This free point-of-sale software functions as a cash register, enabling you to record sales, send invoices, and generate reports. It offers comprehensive inventory management, payment processing, and even creates an online web shop for customer orders.

Highlights
  • Record sales and generate reports
  • Send email, SMS, or paper invoices
  • Manage stock, buying prices, and deliveries
  • Process payments via SumUp or PayPal
  • Create a responsive online web shop
  • Read barcodes with phone camera
Features
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This software is a free cash register tool for your point of sale. With this software, you can record sales, automatically send email, SMS, paper invoices, generate reports, export data to CSV, XLS, FEC, PDF or HTML files. The software can handle stocks, buying prices, preparation of items, deliveries, table plan for eat in services, and many other features ! With the app you can read barcodes using the camera of your phone, you can process payment with the SumUp reader and print receipts with a bluetooth portable printer. This cash register lets you also process payments with your paypal account, supports multiples users and shops, and even generate for you a responsive online web shop page so that your clients can order products online before coming to your shop ! So many options are available, so please have a look at the Help page of the software to get more information !

About

Active invoice

Features
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• You do not need to be an accountant. The app is easy to use. • Create your own cloud database in a minute. • Create an invoice easily (Use barcode scanner or select items manually). • Send a modern PDF invoice (with QR Code) to client directly. • Save the GPS geolocation of your clients. • Warehouse inventory control. • Manage cash and bank accounts. • Manage debt maturities and send out reminders (debt aging). • Manage expenses and VAT (Value Added Tax). • Save a copy of any financial document or delivery note in the system using your camera. • Customer or supplier account statement. • Monthly VAT Report. • Lots of useful reports. • Multiple users can work on one database. • Change the invoice header and footer. • Request a data backup. • Any requested features can be developed and added to the application(Provided that the request is standard).

Screenshots

Cash register POS4 screens
Active invoice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cash register POS at Free against Active invoice's $99.99. Active invoice's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.2). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cash register POS is free to download; Active invoice costs $99.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cash register POS ships an update every 10 months, Active invoice every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and May 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cash register POS versus Active invoice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCash register POSActive invoice
PriceFree — better$99.99
Rating2.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.211.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNet-assemblyWalid HABRA

In-app purchases

None

Cash register POS

No in-app purchases

None

Active invoice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cash register POS free?
Cash register POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Active invoice free?
Active invoice costs $99.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cash register POS or Active invoice have ads?
Neither Cash register POS nor Active invoice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cash register POS or Active invoice?
Cash register POS ships an update every 10 months, and Active invoice every 6 months. Most recently, Cash register POS was updated on October 6, 2026 and Active invoice on May 14, 2026.

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