Dark POS vs SAMS POS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dark POS
This point-of-sale application helps businesses connect with customers by promoting products, managing loyalty programs, and facilitating self-registration. Customers can review purchases and pay at checkout. Requires merchant registration with a Dark POS system.
- Customer engagement tools
- Product and promotion promotion
- Loyalty and rewards program management
- Customer self-registration
- Purchase review and checkout
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Connect and engage with your customers using the DarkPOS Point of Sale app. Promote your products and services, coupons and promotions, manage loyalty and rewards programs from an intuitive and friendly interface. Allow your customers to self-register, review their purchases and pay for their products and services at checkout. NOTE: This application requires that the merchant be a registered user of a Dark POS system, including Enlite for Drycleaners or Delite for Restaurants.
SAMS POS
This salon management system offers a user-friendly interface for easy adoption and comprehensive business control. It integrates with other apps to automate operations and supports flexible payment options, including gift cards with balance tracking.
- User-friendly touch interface
- Seamless app integration
- Multiple payment options
- Gift card tracking
- Automated salon operations
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SAMS All-In-One system that is easy to use and feature rich to help salon have full control of their business. Fast Adaptation - User-Friendly touch user interface designed for anyone to learn and use the system within the same day Seamless Integration - SAMS POS works by itself or by modular, integrate with over dozen of Apps to automate your salon operation Payments Flexibility - Check out with multiple payments at the same time and use many types of payments: Credit Card, Debit Card, Gift Card, Rewards and Points. Gift Card - track balance of all gift card sold with report. Salon can use any type of gift card: paper, plastic with barcode or handwritten number.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SAMS POS at every 2 days against Dark POS's every 5 months. SAMS POS also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). 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.
SAMS POS holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Dark POS ships an update every 5 months, SAMS POS every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Dark POS | SAMS POS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dark POS, Inc. | Reckon System, Inc |
Customer experience
Dark POS
SAMS POS
In-app purchases
Dark POS
No in-app purchases
SAMS POS
No in-app purchases
