Comparison

BearPOS vs POS Excelsior

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

Head to head
About

BearPOS

Features
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This POS App supports the following hardwares: 1. Wifi thermal printers. 2. Wifi tag printers. 3. Bluetooth thermal printers 4. Barcode scanners. 5. Cashier box (could be automatically opened after checkout) All of the records (products, deals) are automatically stored on the cloud, so you don't need to worry about damage or missing of your hardwares. It also supports channel-specific prices, channel-specific products, store specific prices, store specific products. So you could plan your products easily and conveniently without any hassles.

About

POS Excelsior

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This is an advance multi-platform on-premise POS named POS Excelsior. POS Excelsior allows to export the spreadsheet from our proprietary categorisation database. All payment record are keep, calculate and review in daily basis. This database is light-weight, easy access, read and write, in-memory and load on demand design. The most important of this database is on-premise design, all the POS commodity and payment data are stored locally.

Screenshots

BearPOS4 screens
POS Excelsior4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BearPOS at Free against POS Excelsior's $99.99. POS Excelsior's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BearPOS ships an update every 3 months, POS Excelsior every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and May 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
BearPOS versus POS Excelsior: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBearPOSPOS Excelsior
PriceFree โ€” better$99.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better16.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBEAR16 Co. LtdThinkwider CO., LTD.

In-app purchases

None

BearPOS

No in-app purchases

None

POS Excelsior

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BearPOS free?
BearPOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is POS Excelsior free?
POS Excelsior costs $99.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BearPOS or POS Excelsior have ads?
Neither BearPOS nor POS Excelsior shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BearPOS or POS Excelsior?
BearPOS ships an update every 3 months, and POS Excelsior every 11 days. Most recently, BearPOS was updated on October 21, 2026 and POS Excelsior on May 14, 2026.

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