Comparison

Material Retail POS vs VisualRecord

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

Head to head
About

Material Retail POS

This system helps independent retailers manage sales, inventory, and online presence. It offers real-time analytics for business growth and an intuitive point-of-sale interface for quick checkouts, even offline.

Highlights
  • Real-time analytics
  • Online sales integration
  • Offline point-of-sale
  • Inventory tracking
  • Multi-channel sales
Features
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THE BEST POS SYSTEM FOR INDEPENDENT RETAILERS Retail is demanding. Set yourself up for success with Material POS (formerly known as Shoptiques POS). Analytics Extensive real-time reporting lets you see how your stores, products and staff are performing and easily identify opportunities for even more growth. Ecommerce Reach new customers and sell your products online - without any extra work. Reach over 1mm customers in a click of a button. Point of Sale The intuitive interface allows your to quickly and easily checkout your customers, even if there is no internet. Inventory Management Retail-focused inventory management system will enable you to track, update, and view inventory across all sales channels and locations in real-time.

About

VisualRecord

This app offers a visual database for recording information about objects, including photos. It allows for powerful searching using SQL or a simpler fetch interface. Ideal for cataloging valuables for insurance or personal inventory.

Highlights
  • Visual record keeping
  • Attach multiple photos per record
  • Store textual descriptions
  • SQLite database storage
  • SQL query language support
  • Intuitive 'fetch' interface for filtering
  • Use iPad camera or Photo Library
Features
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VisualRecord for iPad provides an easy to use, visual record keeping database. With its intuitive interface, VisualRecord allows you to record information about a particular object, including one or more pictures of the object itself. The information you supply about the object, including photos, is stored in the form of a record in a SQLite database table. This allows you to use the powerful SQL query language to search over the records you've created and filter the data to suit your needs. In addition, VisualRecord provides a "fetch" interface which requires no prior knowledge of SQL that also allows you to filter your data based on simple criteria. When you add a new record for a particular object to your database table, VisualRecord makes it easy to insert a picture of the object into the record itself using your iPad's Photo Library or Camera. The records in your database table can include textual fields of arbitrary length. This allows you to include descriptive text in the record associated with the object in question. VisualRecord is ideal for record keeping of your valuables for insurance purposes.

Screenshots

Material Retail POS4 screens
VisualRecord4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Material Retail POS at none against VisualRecord's 1. Material Retail POS also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. VisualRecord sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Material Retail POS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Material Retail POS against 5.0 for VisualRecord. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Material Retail POS ships an update weekly, VisualRecord every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Material Retail POS versus VisualRecord: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaterial Retail POSVisualRecord
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaterial RetailKal-El Software

Customer experience

Material Retail POS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VisualRecord

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Material Retail POS

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

VisualRecord

One-time1
  • Remove App Restrictions$2.99

Questions

Is Material Retail POS free?
Material Retail POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VisualRecord free?
VisualRecord is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Material Retail POS or VisualRecord?
Material Retail POS and VisualRecord are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Material Retail POS or VisualRecord have ads?
Neither Material Retail POS nor VisualRecord shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Material Retail POS or VisualRecord?
Material Retail POS ships an update weekly, and VisualRecord every 10 months. Most recently, Material Retail POS was updated on October 12, 2026 and VisualRecord on October 8, 2026.

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