Comparison

Pocket Pad vs Leave Planner

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Pad

Features
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Idealpos Pocket Pad enhances your Idealpos system by offering a mobile solution to allow cafe, bar and restaurant staff to offer better service on the floor to your customers. Our handheld POS system software features advanced capabilities to place an order quickly, or allow staff to process payment on the floor at the table, this is a time saver in your pocket! What better way to increase your cafe, bar or restaurant's sales while offering better service than to have a handheld POS terminal right there when you need it. Staff have the ability to do what they do best, and that's to give great customer service. Take & Send Orders on the fly with Pocket Pad - Active/Available Tables View - Increase staff service times by minimising the time required walking to a POS Terminal to place orders. - Tablet version displays a fully functioning Table Map complete with Table Status indicators. - Quick Sale Function - Take an order & payment on the floor, saving everyone's time. - Pay@Table - Hand the device to the customer to complete their payment. Order & Pay Hybrid app offering the best of both worlds. Upsell guests tableside by taking orders and processing payments directly at the table when guests are ready to check out. Quick Sale Mode Designed for staff to move around the establishment, processing orders swiftly and efficiently without needing to save items to a table for later payment. Pay@Table Mode Enables floor staff to perform functions that suit their needs. They can view an itemised list of items on a table, print the bill on a nearby receipt printer, and settling the bill in full or splitting it, all on the same device. Open and Close tables with ease Two additional modes for fast payment collection: - Pay@Table Mode (No Ordering) In this mode, your staff can use the Pocket Pad for the purpose of only collecting payments. - Quick Sale Mode Simply sell items and take payments right away without any table functionalities.

About

Leave Planner

This tool helps you track past time off and plan future leave to avoid overbooking. Configure your annual and sick leave days per year, and choose your accrual type (monthly, fortnightly, weekly, or daily).

Highlights
  • Track past leave
  • Plan future leave
  • Configure leave days per year
  • Set accrual type (monthly, fortnightly, weekly, daily)
  • Avoid overbooking time off
Features
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Leave Planner is a tool that can help you track your past leave and help you plan your future leave, ensuring you don't book too much time off. It has settings, allowing you to configure the number of Days per year you earn for both annual and sick leave, and also the type of accrual, be it monthly, fortnightly, weekly, or daily. Try it out, and let us know what you think!

Screenshots

Pocket Pad4 screens
Leave Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pocket Pad at none against Leave Planner's shown. Leave Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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

Pocket Pad ships an update every 4 months, Leave Planner every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pocket Pad versus Leave Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket PadLeave Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIdealpos SolutionsRichard Currie

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Pad

No in-app purchases

None

Leave Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Pad free?
Pocket Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Leave Planner free?
Leave Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Pad or Leave Planner have ads?
Leave Planner shows ads; Pocket Pad does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Pad or Leave Planner?
Pocket Pad ships an update every 4 months, and Leave Planner every 8 months. Most recently, Pocket Pad was updated on October 13, 2026 and Leave Planner on October 7, 2026.

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