Comparison

Square vs BarOS POS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Order and payment processing
  • Online ordering site creation
  • Menu management
  • Table and floor management
  • Real-time sales reports
  • Offline payment acceptance
Features
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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

About

BarOS POS

Features
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BarOS POS is the till for a craft beer bar. It pairs to your bar in seconds and shows what is actually pouring, so staff hit the beer they want instead of hunting through a menu. The back office is a separate app, BarOS. ON TAP, FRONT AND CENTRE Your live tap list is the first thing on screen, in tap order. Swap a keg and the till updates itself. FAST SERVICE Tabs, splits, discounts and refunds where you can reach them. Sizes and favourites for the pours you sell all night. TABLE SIDE Works on a tablet behind the bar or a phone in your hand at the table. EVERY POUR COUNTS ITSELF What you sell comes straight off the keg it was poured from, so utilisation and margin in the back office are real numbers rather than an estimate. Staff PINs, receipt and pour printing, and an audit trail on every void and discount are all included. Sold as part of BarOS. One price, everything included. Access is invite-only while we onboard bars one at a time. Tell us about your bar at usebaros.com.

Screenshots

BarOS POS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Square at every 6 days against BarOS POS's every 2 months. BarOS POS's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.1). On price, 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

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

Square ships an update every 6 days, BarOS POS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Square versus BarOS POS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquareBarOS POS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size792 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBlock, Inc.Jonas Kobberø

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

BarOS POS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Square

No in-app purchases

None

BarOS POS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square free?
Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BarOS POS free?
BarOS POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Square or BarOS POS have ads?
Neither Square nor BarOS POS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Square or BarOS POS?
Square ships an update every 6 days, and BarOS POS every 2 months. Most recently, Square was updated on October 28, 2026 and BarOS POS on October 24, 2026.

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