Comparison

PosKing vs Thursday Restaurant

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

Head to head
About

PosKing

This comprehensive point-of-sale system offers cash register, inventory, and customer management features. It supports various business types, including retail, food service, and personal services, with options for peripheral integration and offline use.

Highlights
  • Cash register functionality
  • Inventory management
  • Customer relationship management
  • Offline operation
  • Employee management
  • Peripheral device support
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※ Feature List Cash Register, Table Ordering, Keep Accounts, Offline cash register, Reservation management, Customer management, Customer points system, Multiple accounts, Employee management, Employee schedule system, Inventory management, Coupon management, Receipt template editor, etc. ※ Supported Business Types Catering: Fast food restaurant, Coffee shop, Western cuisine restaurant, Japanese cuisine restaurant, France cuisine restaurant, Italian cuisine restaurant, Chinese cuisine restaurant, Thai cuisine restaurant, Asian cuisine restaurant, Grill restaurant, Teppanyaki restaurant, Noodle house, Bread shop, Baking shop, Milk tea shop, Drinks shop, Bar or Pub, Brewery pub. Retail: Convenience store, Food store, Candy, Fresh, Clothing & Bags, Beauty & Cosmetics, Pharmacy, 3C store, Phones store, Computers store, Baby products store, Furniture store, Household goods store, Watches store, Musical instruments store, Used, Collectible store, Automotive & Powersports, Office products store, Flowers store, Pets supplies store. Service: Barber, Beauty Salon, Nail Salon, Embroidery, Skin Care & Body Spa, Hospital, Clinic, Sports, Fitness Club, School, Training school, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Nightclub, Maid Cafe, Animal Cafe. ※ Peripheral Mode Customer display, Kitchen display system, Queue calling system, Take a number mode, etc. ※ Connectable Peripherals Receipt Printer, Label Printer, AirPrint Printer, Bluetooth barcode scanner, Bluetooth keypad, etc. ※ Supported thermal receipt printer manufacturers Epson, Star, Seiko Instruments (SII), Citizen, NEC, Bixolon, Partner, Sewoo, Woosim, Xprinter, Gprinter, etc. (We support almost all the thermal receipt printer, if the printer has a LAN or Bluetooth interface.) ※ Supported barcode scanner manufacturers Socket Mobile, Symcode, HPRT, etc. ※ Supported keypad manufacturers Satechi, etc. ※ About In-app subscriptions The App Store charges your specified payment method automatically on the same date each billing period. It requires you to cancel at least 24 hours before your subscription/trial period ends. Deleting the app from your device won’t cancel your subscription. To change or cancel subscriptions please go to the Settings app on your iOS device. ※ Terms of use and privacy policy https://posking.app/page/term Note: We stand with Ukraine and do not support the commodity barcodes from 4600000000008 to 4699999999998 which are used by Russia.

About

Thursday Restaurant

Streamline your restaurant operations with this comprehensive management system. It handles orders, payments, and communication, allowing you to focus on serving customers. Works online and offline, with built-in marketing tools and efficient business tracking.

Highlights
  • Streamlines orders and payments
  • Front and back of house communication
  • Online and offline functionality
  • Built-in marketing tools (SMS promotions)
  • Efficient business tracking
  • Fast and scalable system
Features
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Everything you need to run your F&B business. Thursday Restaurant works for you no matter you’re running a take-away, quick service, or a full-service restaurant. Thursday Restaurant streamlines orders, payments, and communication between front and back of the house so that you can focus on serving your customers perfect food and beverages. What's good about Thursday Restaurant? 1. Free, fast & easy to setup: Signing up and setup your business with your iPhone/iPad in just 30 minutes or even less. You can start for free and upgrade later if needed. Many of our customers are happy with the Free version. 2. Super easy to use: Our hyper optimised workflow & UX help any one at any age and/or speak any language get selling in minutes, not days. 3. Work online & offline: Designed as a real-time POS system, however, Thursday still works smoothly in case your Internet is down. 4. Very low cost: We don't charge per POS station (per device) like all other POS systems, with Thursday Restaurant you may have 1 POS, or 20 POS Stations (where you make sales, or orders) at the same price. 5. Built-in marketing tool: Send personalised SMS promotions easily with Thursday Restaurant. Even better you can do it anytime, any where with your iPhone. 6. Track and manage your business efficiently: Our super fast, real-time system enables you to keep track of your business in detail anywhere, anytime. 7. Built for speed, built for scale, built for future-proof F&B businesses: You will never experience software lag or slowness with Thursday. Our system was built on our extensive software development experience from the last two decades, to make sure you will never slow down your speed of service. 8. We keep it simple, easy to use but also extensible. More integrated tools will be coming to Thursday Restaurant as we go. Stay safe, happy cooking & brewing! Cheers, From Thursday Team

Screenshots

PosKing4 screens
Thursday Restaurant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Thursday Restaurant at 5.0 against PosKing's 3.1. Thursday Restaurant also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). PosKing's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PosKing sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Thursday Restaurant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thursday Restaurant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PosKing has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PosKing ships an update monthly, Thursday Restaurant weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PosKing versus Thursday Restaurant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPosKingThursday Restaurant
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftAsiaSuperThursday Pty Ltd

Customer experience

PosKing

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive56.5%
Neutral14.1%
Negative29.4%

Thursday Restaurant

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

PosKing

Subscriptions6
  • Basic Edition$20.001 Month
  • Standard Edition$45.001 Month
  • Premium Edition$90.001 Month
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  • Basic Edition (Yearly)$200.001 Year
  • Standard Edition (Yearly)$450.001 Year
  • Premium Edition (Yearly)$900.001 Year
None

Thursday Restaurant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PosKing free?
PosKing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thursday Restaurant free?
Thursday Restaurant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PosKing or Thursday Restaurant?
Thursday Restaurant is rated higher. PosKing averages 3.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Thursday Restaurant averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PosKing or Thursday Restaurant have ads?
Neither PosKing nor Thursday Restaurant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PosKing or Thursday Restaurant?
PosKing ships an update monthly, and Thursday Restaurant weekly. Most recently, PosKing was updated on November 11, 2026 and Thursday Restaurant on November 3, 2026.

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