Comparison

GrowFlow Retail vs Proteus POS

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

Head to head
About

GrowFlow Retail

This iPad application enables dispensaries to manage point-of-sale operations. It integrates with specific Star receipt printers, Zebra label printers, and cash drawers for seamless transactions and label printing.

Highlights
  • Print receipts to Star printers
  • Print package and exit labels to Zebra printers
  • Control cash drawer
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi printer connectivity
  • USB and Wi-Fi label printer connectivity
Features
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Using GrowFlow Retail for iPad, you can print receipts to your Star brand printers, print package and exit labels to your Zebra brand label printers, and even kick open your cash drawer, all directly from your iPad! Receipt Printers Supported: - All Star TSP series receipt printers connected over Bluetooth or over wifi via a LAN connection. Label Printers Supported: - Zebra ZD series label printers connected via USB or over wifi via a LAN connection. Cash Drawers Supported: - Any cash drawer connected via cable to the DK port of your Star printer

About

Proteus POS

This app allows users to access their ProteusERP account on an iPad. It also supports ELO POS devices for integrated cash drawer, receipt printer, and CFD functionalities.

Highlights
  • Access ProteusERP account
  • iPad compatibility
  • ELO POS device support
  • Cash drawer integration
  • Receipt printer integration
  • CFD functionality
Features
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Proteus POS turns an iPhone or iPad into a register for your Proteus ERP account. Sell from your live product catalog, take cash and card payments, print receipts, and keep selling when the internet drops. A Proteus ERP account is required. Sign in with your company account and staff login. RING UP SALES FAST • Browse your catalog by category, search by name, or scan a barcode with the camera • Apply line-item and whole-order discounts • Look up customers and attach them to the sale TAKE PAYMENT YOUR WAY • Cash, with change calculated for you • Card payments through a connected card reader, with tips • Gift cards • Split one sale across several payment types BUILT FOR RESTAURANTS • Open tabs and checks, named or by table • Seat numbers, courses and special instructions sent with each order • Item modifiers with surcharges • Items 86'd in the ERP show as unavailable on the register right away COMPLIANCE BUILT IN • ID scanning and age checks before a sale • Daily purchase limits enforced at checkout • Package tracking for inventory that has to be accounted for item by item KEEPS WORKING OFFLINE Products, prices and settings are stored on the device. If the connection drops, sales are saved on the register and sent to Proteus ERP automatically when it comes back. From the Transactions screen you can see every sale, retry one that did not go through, and reprint any receipt. RECEIPTS AND CASH DRAWERS • Print to a networked Epson receipt printer, or to any AirPrint printer • Assign the register to a location and cash drawer so every sale lands in the right place EVERYTHING STAYS IN SYNC Sales, inventory and customers go straight into Proteus ERP, so the back office, reports and stock levels are always current. There is nothing to export or re-key.

Screenshots

Proteus POS4 screens

Verdict

The call

GrowFlow Retail and Proteus POS are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 — 5.0 for GrowFlow Retail against 5.0 for Proteus POS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GrowFlow Retail ships an update monthly, Proteus POS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GrowFlow Retail versus Proteus POS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowFlow RetailProteus POS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB43 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGrowFlow Corp.pixeled.net

Customer experience

GrowFlow Retail

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

Proteus POS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GrowFlow Retail

No in-app purchases

None

Proteus POS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GrowFlow Retail free?
GrowFlow Retail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Proteus POS free?
Proteus POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GrowFlow Retail or Proteus POS?
GrowFlow Retail and Proteus POS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do GrowFlow Retail or Proteus POS have ads?
Neither GrowFlow Retail nor Proteus POS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GrowFlow Retail or Proteus POS?
GrowFlow Retail ships an update monthly, and Proteus POS every 2 months. Most recently, GrowFlow Retail was updated on October 1, 2026 and Proteus POS on October 7, 2026.

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