Square vs Sysco Shop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square
This app is a comprehensive point-of-sale system designed for restaurants. It helps manage orders, payments, online ordering, menus, and table layouts. Gain insights with real-time sales reports and improve staff efficiency for dine-in, takeout, and online orders.
- Order and payment processing
- Online ordering site creation
- Menu management
- Table and floor management
- Real-time sales reports
- Offline payment acceptance
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The Square for Restaurants Point of Sale app helps you manage front- and back-of-house operations for your full-service restaurant, quick-service restaurant, fast-casual restaurant, bar, or brewery. Get the powerful point-of-sale system designed to serve guests who are dining in, getting takeout, or ordering online. Handle orders, set up menus, manage table layouts, accept payments, enable coursing, get insights from real-time sales reports, and more. ORDERS & PAYMENTS * Turn tables faster and keep lines moving. Increase staff efficiency with an easy-to-use, intuitive interface. * Empower servers to get every order right with the ability to enter orders the way people talk. * Take orders even when you’re short-staffed with QR codes. ONLINE ORDERING * Create a free, customizable online ordering site. * Manage all orders from your POS, including in-person, online, and third-party delivery orders. * Reach more diners with Google, Instagram, and Facebook selling integrations. MENU MANAGEMENT * Create and customize your menus from the office, remotely, or directly from your POS. * Keep service running smoothly with your staff always in the know of what’s selling and what’s about to sell out. FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS * Accept all major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay so you never have to turn a diner away. * Set up automatic tipping, move or assign checks to your staff, reopen closed checks, and manage voids with just a few taps. * Never miss a sale with offline payments. Learn more at https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/offline-payments-guide. * Square handles all PCI compliance fees or chargebacks on your behalf. * Get deposits in your bank account as fast as the next business day or access your sales instantly with a Square Checking account. Learn more at squareup.com/us/en/banking. FLOOR MANAGEMENT * Customize your floor plan with intuitive click-and-drag layouts. * Tip out staff, close out the cash drawer, manage comps and voids, and run close-of-day reports all from the POS. * Keep tables turning by monitoring their real-time status. * Stay on pace with coursing — letting the kitchen know when to hold or start firing dishes. SUPPORT * Customer support available to guide you through any questions. Learn more about Square for Restaurants and set yourself up from Square Dashboard before activating this app on an iOS device: https://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-sale/restaurants
Sysco Shop
Easily shop Sysco's extensive product catalog from any device. Search for items, place orders, and access past order history. The app allows for order modification up to the delivery cut-off and offers offline sync for convenient ordering.
- Browse complete product catalog
- Search for key items
- Place quick orders
- Access 14 months of order history
- Modify existing orders
- Offline order syncing
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Shop Sysco products, anytime, anywhere. Sysco Shop allows you to search Sysco’s complete product catalog, locate key items from any page, and place quick and easy orders on your schedule. You can access up to 14 months of previous order history and modify existing orders up to the delivery cut-off time. Sysco Shop also features offline sync, so you can continue to build your order anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sysco Shop at 4.7 against Square's 4.3. Sysco Shop also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (49% vs 34%). Square's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sysco Shop holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.2K and 17K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Square's written reviews are positive against 49% of Sysco Shop's.
Square ships an update weekly, Sysco Shop fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square | Sysco Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4.2K ratings) | 4.7 (17K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | 48.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K | 17K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 792 MB | 364 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | Sysco Corporation |
Customer experience
Square
Sysco Shop
User reviews
Square
From 4.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Excellent for restaurants
- 🚀 Seamless integration
- 🚀 Great POS system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant issues with updates
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Unreliable performance
- 🔍 Poor UI design
- 🔍 Lacking important restaurant features
Sysco Shop
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Convenient mobile ordering
- 🚀 Faster than competitors
- 👍 Great sales rep support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🔍 Poor search functionality
- 🔍 Difficulty modifying orders
- 🔍 Lack of product details
- 🔍 Navigation issues
Bugs and requests
Square
Reported bugs
5 issues- Orders not processing correctly
- Transactions not completing
- Inventory updates not syncing
- Shift reports not printing properly
- Card reader disconnection issues
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to split items across checks
- Hold/save orders functionality
- Improved inventory management
- Better reporting and analytics
- Mobile app for managing the restaurant
Sysco Shop
Reported bugs
4 issues- Orders not loading properly
- App freezing and lagging
- Issues with order submission
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to zoom in on product images
- Option to select same-day delivery
- Easier order modification and deletion
- Improved search with predictive text
- Display of last price paid and default delivery date
In-app purchases
Square
No in-app purchases
Sysco Shop
No in-app purchases









