Comparison

ThunderPOS vs Customer Display System

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

Head to head
About

ThunderPOS

This mobile point-of-sale solution allows businesses to process sales, trade-ins, and special orders directly from an iPad. It offers flexible transaction screens, gift card management, and detailed inventory and customer tracking.

Highlights
  • Full-featured Point of Sale station for iPad
  • Process sales and trade-in transactions
  • Manage gift cards and special/pre-orders
  • Inventory and customer search/management
  • Employee clock in/out
  • Supports Bluetooth peripherals
Features
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ThunderPOS is a mobile register solution for ThunderPOS customers, providing a full-featured Point Of Sale station for iPad. ThunderPOS provides a quick, simple and powerful interface to process sales and trade-in transactions. Buying and selling new and used product is seamlessly integrated into ThunderPOS. Some of the features are: - Two alternate screens for processing transactions at the register. The standard register screen allows you to scan items with a standard bluetooth scanner. The touchscreen register is for stores that prefer to present a list of items for the cashier to select from. The touchscreen can be configured from your ThunderPOS store management website. Both screens make it simple to sell new or used items, and to accept trade-ins in up to five conditions. You can even vary your trade-in price based on whether you are paying store credit or cash. ThunderPOS also allows you to place and take deposits on special orders and pre-orders. Optionally, you can even import new items on the fly from numerous industry databases. - Sell and redeem gift cards quickly and easily. Look up balance on any gift card at the register - Process credit cards with a bluetooth credit card reader from supported processors. - Search and view your inventory items by item ID, name, description, category, dept, etc. View information on any of your inventory items and add it to the transaction as new or used. Serial numbered items are also supported. - Search and view your customers by customer ID, name, phone number, etc. View information on any customer, including store account or loyalty program information. Update customer information such as phone number and address at the register. Add new customers to your store database. - Search and view previous sale, return and trade-in transactions. Search by customer, date, register, cashier, etc. View all items sold on previous transactions and add an item to a return with one click. - Search and view all open customer orders, including special orders and pre-orders. Select an order being picked up and put it on the current transaction. - View e-commerce orders - Clock in/out employees - Supports bluetooth barcode scanner, receipt printer, and cash drawer for a full Point Of Sale station

About

Customer Display System

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The Customer Display System (CDS) is built to provide your staff and customers with transparent order information. Using a CDS reduces the chances of errors in orders, enables you to run promotions, and accepts tips all through a seamless experience. Allow customers to choose their preferred method of receiving their receipts, with a text message, email, or paper receipts available.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Customer Display System at 12.0 against ThunderPOS's 17.6. On price 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ThunderPOS versus Customer Display System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThunderPOSCustomer Display System
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPad — better—
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB101 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperExtreme Software CorporationMetispro Corp

In-app purchases

None

ThunderPOS

No in-app purchases

None

Customer Display System

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThunderPOS free?
ThunderPOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Customer Display System free?
Customer Display System is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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