Comparison

NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 vs ConnectSmart DisplayClient

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

Head to head
About

NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1

This mobile client for a restaurant POS system allows staff to take orders and payments directly at tables or for quick service. It enhances guest interaction, improves order accuracy, and speeds up the service cycle for increased efficiency.

Highlights
  • Mobile POS software for table service
  • Quick server ordering and payment
  • Integrates with traditional POS terminals
  • Guided selling on mobile devices
  • Improved order accuracy
  • Faster order-to-service cycle
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Aloha Mobile allows restaurants to easily and securely deploy mobile POS software technology for table server and quick server ordering and payment. With Aloha, you now have the choice to use traditional POS terminals and iOS devices within the same location. Aloha Mobile enables your staff to spend more time with their guests and leverage guided selling on the mobile devices, resulting in better service, increased order accuracy and consistent up selling. With Aloha Mobile, the order-to-service cycle runs more quickly, enabling you to serve more guests and shorten wait times to keep potential guests from walking out. Orders are more easily communicated from the guest to the kitchen or bar in a single step.

About

ConnectSmart DisplayClient

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ConnectSmart Kitchen DisplayClient puts the power of ConnectSmart Kitchen at your fingertips. Increase flexibility in your kitchen by using tablets as ConnectSmart Kitchen stations. Heighten staff versatility by displaying carry-out orders on front-of-house devices. Enhance operational insight with a scorecard dashboard placed directly on a manager’s tablet. With the ConnectSmart Kitchen DisplayClient app, managers, hosts, and servers alike can keep a pulse on what’s happening in the back of house from any tablet, anywhere – including the host stand or on the restaurant floor.

Screenshots

NCR Aloha Mobile 16.14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ConnectSmart DisplayClient at every 4 days against NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1's every 4 months. NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 ships an update every 4 months, ConnectSmart DisplayClient every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 versus ConnectSmart DisplayClient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNCR Aloha Mobile 16.1ConnectSmart DisplayClient
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCR Voyix CorporationQSR Automations LLC

In-app purchases

None

NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1

No in-app purchases

None

ConnectSmart DisplayClient

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 free?
NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ConnectSmart DisplayClient free?
ConnectSmart DisplayClient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 or ConnectSmart DisplayClient have ads?
Neither NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 nor ConnectSmart DisplayClient shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 or ConnectSmart DisplayClient?
NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 ships an update every 4 months, and ConnectSmart DisplayClient every 4 days. Most recently, NCR Aloha Mobile 16.1 was updated on November 3, 2026 and ConnectSmart DisplayClient on November 3, 2026.

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