Comparison

inFlow Inventory vs Elavon Mobile

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

Head to head
About

inFlow Inventory

Manage inventory, orders, and sales on the go. Use your phone as a barcode scanner, create invoices, and track stock levels from anywhere. Streamline team tasks and access product details easily.

Highlights
  • Create and manage orders
  • Use phone as barcode scanner
  • Assign orders to team members
  • Generate product catalog with images
  • Create and email invoices
  • Transfer and adjust stock
  • Manage product, vendor, and customer details
Features
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inFlow Inventory is used in over 90 countries to manage inventory, sales, purchasing, and manufacturing. Our mobile app helps you stay productive from anywhere. Create and manage orders without a computer. As long as you have your iPhone you can check stock and finalize sales right on the spot, or generate new purchase orders when stock is running low. Use your iPhone as a barcode scanner. Use the built-in camera to receive new stock as it arrives. Scan items mark them as shipped. No extra equipment required. Get manufacturing work done on the shop floor. Pick raw materials for finished products or kits. Track work on timesheets for each operational step. Take the hassle out of invoicing. Generate invoices from any order and email them straight from the app. Your customers can even pay your invoices online (US & Canada only). Transfer and adjust stock at any time. Need to adjust inventory due to damaged goods? Sending something back to your main warehouse? inFlow makes these tasks easy and fast. Manage product, vendor and customer details. No need to call the back office to check on stock. inFlow gives you full access to item details and current quantities. You’ll also have vendor and customer information you need to get the job done. If you have any questions, issues or requests, please contact us at support@inflowinventory.com. We’re ready and happy to help!

About

Elavon Mobile

This app allows businesses to accept various forms of payment directly on an iPhone, including contactless cards and digital wallets. It also offers features for invoicing, gift cards, digital receipts, and sales management.

Highlights
  • Accept contactless payments on iPhone
  • Support for major credit cards and digital wallets
  • Create and send invoices
  • Manage physical and digital gift cards
  • Send digital receipts via SMS and email
  • In-app product catalog with up to 100 items
  • Automated tax calculation
  • Apply custom discounts and service charges
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Take payments quickly and securely with Elavon Mobile, easy-to-use mobile point of sale solution that lets you run your business on the go. Features Elavon Mobile is an intuitive point of sale solution that’s perfect for small or larger businesses that have a basic product catalog. With Elavon Mobile, you can accept payments from your business or on the go while having full access to all the tools you need to get your business up and running. Some of the key features and functionality included on the Elavon Mobile app include: Accept contactless payments with only an iPhone. No extra terminals or hardware needed. With Tap to Pay on iPhone in the Elavon Mobile app, you can accept in-person, contactless payments, right on your iPhone — from physical debit and credit cards, to Apple Pay and other digital wallets — no extra terminals or hardware needed. It’s easy, secure, and private. Give your customers flexible payment options Elavon Mobile lets you accept all major credit cards, along with digital wallets. Get paid faster with Elavon Invoicing In just a few clicks, you can create, manage and send invoices right from your Elavon Mobile app. Plus, Elavon Mobile gives your customers flexibility to pay their invoice in person or online. Drive store traffic with Elavon Gift Encourage repeat visits to your business with physical and digital gift cards included with your Elavon Mobile app. Send instant SMS and email receipts to customers The digital receipt capabilities on Elavon Mobile make it easier for your customers to keep track of their transactions, and they eliminate the manual process and cost of paper products that come with traditional receipts. Stay organized with menu management With Elavon Mobile, you can create an in-app catalog or menu with up to 100 items and organize them into unique product categories. Simplify your tax support The Elavon Mobile app allows you to create add on or inclusive taxes to automatically be applied to each item as you add it to an order, eliminating the need to manually add taxes to your sales total. Take control of discounts & service charges You decide how you want to add custom discounts and service charges to an order using dollar amounts or percentages. Start your day with a daily sales summary Track your revenue growth with full reporting of your sales, trends and more on Elavon Mobile’s in-app dashboard. Split the bill between multiple customers Especially common in the restaurant industry, Elavon Mobile lets you accept multiple payments on a single order.

Screenshots

inFlow Inventory4 screens
Elavon Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

inFlow Inventory and Elavon Mobile both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of inFlow Inventory's written reviews are positive against 24% of Elavon Mobile's. inFlow Inventory also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for inFlow Inventory against 4.2 for Elavon Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 244 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of inFlow Inventory's written reviews are positive against 24% of Elavon Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

inFlow Inventory ships an update weekly, Elavon Mobile monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
inFlow Inventory versus Elavon Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterinFlow InventoryElavon Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (129 ratings)4.2 (244 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better23.8% of reviews
Number of ratings129244 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArchon Systems Inc.talech, Inc.

Customer experience

inFlow Inventory

All ratings129 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

Elavon Mobile

All ratings244 ratings
Positive79.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative69.8%

Bugs and requests

inFlow Inventory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Elavon Mobile

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • Cannot login
  • Login credentials incorrect
  • Password reset issues
  • App freezes
  • App crashes
Show 25 more
  • Cannot save invoices
  • Cannot look up invoices
  • Cannot edit text properly
  • Cannot copy and paste
  • App seems like a scam
  • Funds held for extended periods
  • Account closed without clear reason
  • Transaction history missing
  • App doesn't store transaction history
  • Device not working upon arrival
  • App fails to register sales
  • App fails to register employee tips
  • App randomly charges customers twice
  • New dashboard is worse
  • App keeps crashing during transactions
  • Notes disappear during transactions
  • App keeps logging out
  • App glitches
  • App requires updates constantly
  • Update required loop
  • Version not supported loop
  • Customer support email undeliverable
  • App crashes when adding new services
  • App crashes when using discount
  • App crashes when trying to save discount

Requested features

24 requests
  • Add copy/paste functionality
  • Fix annoyance with text editing
  • Add 'X' to erase text line
  • Improve reporting and receipts
  • Allow copy/paste in login
Show 19 more
  • Improve transaction history detail
  • Allow retrieval of specific details like 'tips'
  • Fix sales not showing
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve integration with other apps
  • Make inventory reports downloadable
  • Improve dashboard usability
  • Add customer service email
  • Provide phone number for support
  • Allow editing of text properly
  • Enable copy and paste for login and text fields
  • Fix issue with not showing all sales
  • Provide better transaction details
  • Improve mobile charging ease of use
  • Add ability to look up and save invoices
  • Improve fraud department responsiveness
  • Provide statements and reports
  • Improve integration with other services
  • Add ability to paste numbers and addresses

In-app purchases

None

inFlow Inventory

No in-app purchases

None

Elavon Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is inFlow Inventory free?
inFlow Inventory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elavon Mobile free?
Elavon Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, inFlow Inventory or Elavon Mobile?
Elavon Mobile is rated higher. inFlow Inventory averages 4.1 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while Elavon Mobile averages 4.2 from 244 ratings.
Do inFlow Inventory or Elavon Mobile have ads?
Neither inFlow Inventory nor Elavon Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, inFlow Inventory or Elavon Mobile?
inFlow Inventory ships an update weekly, and Elavon Mobile monthly. Most recently, inFlow Inventory was updated on October 25, 2026 and Elavon Mobile on October 25, 2026.

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