Comparison

Pronto POS vs Star2M

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

Head to head
About

Pronto POS

This business application provides a comprehensive point-of-sale system for managing sales, customer orders, and inventory. It offers features like offline sales, integrated payment processing, and a promotions engine. An administrator dashboard allows for easy management of permissions and reporting.

Highlights
  • Create sales, orders, and quotes
  • Perform validated refunds and exchanges
  • Promotions engine with discounts and coupons
  • Offline sales capability
  • Integrate with payment terminals
  • Email or print receipts
  • Barcode scanning
  • Inventory management
Features
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Pronto POS Pronto Point of Sale is a fully functional Point of sale application and has everything you need to power your business. It is fast, efficient and easy to use. The Pronto POS is supported with an administrator dashboard accessed via a browser that manages device and employee permissions. Pronto POS is fully integrated to Pronto Xi. -Create sales, customer orders, delivery orders, quotes or suspend sales -Perform validated refunds and exchanges -Fully functional promotions engine including price discounts, BOGO, multi-buys and thresholds, coupons and alerts -Take sales when the internet is offline or the power is out in your store -Fully mobile, use in a shopping centre or on the road -Integrate to payment terminals and pay by card, gift card, cash, account and more -Email receipts in real time or quickly print it on your paired printer -Use the iOS camera as a Barcode scanner or connect to an integrated Bluetooth scanner -Lookup and create new customers, or search their history -Find products in store and check availability at nearby stores -Report on the day's trade with key metrics and visualisations -Perform the end of shift and reconcile payments -Use the device camera or the integrated scanner to perform stocktakes and receive and transfer goods -Configure the home screen to show functions that are relevant to your business -Search by using filters to find the product your customer needs -Fully integrated Click & Collect with sign on glass signatures and notifications Please note: iPods are not supported

About

Star2M

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Welcome to the Star2M iOS Mobile Application. By downloading the Star2M Application, you have been granted access to one of the most advanced asset management, monitoring and control systems in the world. Star2M can also be accessed by existing account holders via our web portal at https://portal.star2m.com. Star2M offers the features of remote monitoring and control, asset management, API access and customer support and can deliver true pole-to-pole coverage over land, sea and air by partnering with Iridium®, the only truly global satellite communications network. Star2M has been developed to meet the requirements of our users based on their feedback and replaces the Sealite GSM portal to allow the communication of data from satellite communication modules, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and third-party equipment. Star2M is a platform designed to be a convenient, user-friendly tool to interact with your Asset and Asset Groups, providing a central console for the user to manage all aspects of their Assets, from monitoring and control, service and maintenance to inventory management from a single location at the click of a button. Star2M is designed to run without constant supervision, where alerts provide the user with daily updates and status reports. It is important to note that the requirement for maintenance is not completely eliminated as Star2M provides reports that help identify and prevent faults before they occur. Star2M supports various access levels and permissions in order to manage, view and control each device. The features of the Star2M Application include the following: - Fully encrypted, PCI compliant data storage with integrated data back-up. - Quick set-up. - Secure account and user management. - Cost saving for GSM asset users with one text per asset converting to email notifications. - Editing of alerts in real time and bulk, reducing time and cost to set up each asset to provide the information required. - Efficient asset management through the use of physical and virtual asset groups. - Allows assets to be marked, regardless of internal tracking technology. (e.g. buoys/markers –coordinates are set via Star2M). - Reporting and alerts of assets in real time. - Situational awareness built in, including near live tracking of the assets. - Quick alarm view functionality. - Mapping supports various layer and topographical filters. - Filter Map View by Asset type with dynamic links to your Assets. - Assign photos to Assets and Asset Groups. - Customisable settings for coordinates. - Addition of users. - Maintenance management, including history and report generation. For more information about Star2M, please visit http://www.star2m.com or contact a Star2M Sales Representative. Get in Touch Phone: +61 3 5977 6128 Enquires: sales@star2m.com Support: support@star2m.com *To utilise Star2M, please create an account at http://www.star2m.com Copyright Star2M Pty Ltd 2019

Screenshots

Pronto POS4 screens
Star2M4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pronto POS at every 2 months against Star2M's every 9 months. On price, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pronto POS ships an update every 2 months, Star2M every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pronto POS versus Star2M: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPronto POSStar2M
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB147 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPronto SoftwareStar2M Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Pronto POS

No in-app purchases

None

Star2M

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pronto POS free?
Pronto POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Star2M free?
Star2M is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pronto POS or Star2M have ads?
Neither Pronto POS nor Star2M shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pronto POS or Star2M?
Pronto POS ships an update every 2 months, and Star2M every 9 months. Most recently, Pronto POS was updated on October 14, 2026 and Star2M on October 26, 2026.

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