Comparison

Shift4 InCharge vs InspectProof

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

Head to head
About

Shift4 InCharge

This business management app provides real-time reporting and analytics for restaurant operators. It offers insights into sales, labor, and employee performance, enabling data-driven decisions on the go. Syncs with popular POS systems and offers quick login options.

Highlights
  • Real-time reporting and analytics
  • Multi-location or single restaurant view
  • Syncs with Harbortouch, CirroTouch, Duet POS
  • Fingerprint and facial recognition login
  • Sales and ticket performance overview
  • Labor management tools
  • Employee performance tracking
Features
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Actionable insights at your fingertips. InCharge is a robust restaurant management platform that gives you a wide variety of real-time reporting and analytics to help you run your business. As a mobile companion to Shift4’s Lighthouse Business Manager, InCharge puts actionable insights at your fingertips so you can make smart, data-driven decisions anytime, anywhere. Features include: - Ability to view stats from multiple locations or hone in on a single restaurant - Syncs in real time with Harbortouch Bar & Restaurant (HBR), CirroTouch, and Duet POS systems - Quick login access with fingerprint and facial recognition options Whenever you enter the app, you’ll see a high-level overview of all your locations that includes a daily or weekly view of: - Total sales - Sales per ticket - Average ticket time - Open tickets - Labor percentage From there, you can drill down to get more details about any of these areas to quickly identify trends and resolve any issues. InCharge also includes labor management tools that allow you to view, assess, and manage your employees to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. - View staff member performance, including hours, sales, tips, ticket time, and more - Compare current labor percentages with the location’s trends - Identify staff currently working overtime

About

InspectProof

This app digitizes compliance for bars and restaurants, organizing licenses, permits, and employee certifications. It provides automatic expiration alerts and a simplified view for inspectors, ensuring establishments are always ready.

Highlights
  • Document storage with expiration tracking
  • Employee certification management
  • Digital policy forms with e-signatures
  • Real-time compliance scoring
  • Inspector-ready view
  • Automated weekly reports
Features
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Every certificate, signed policy and license for your location, in one place. InspectProof keeps a bar, restaurant or café inspection-ready. Staff certificates, signed policies, licenses, permits, insurance and pest control records live together in the iPhone app and the web portal. When the inspector visits, hand over the iPad. I've run Butch McGuire's in Chicago for more than 20 years, and I'm a former federal food inspector. Butch McGuire's and Mary Jo McGuire's run on it every day. — Justin, founder STAFF DO THEIR OWN PAPERWORK Each employee gets a personal link by email. No app, no password. From their own phone they sign the required policies and upload their certificates and ID. Nothing counts until a manager approves it. Review uploads one at a time or all at once, in the app or the web portal. A rejected upload sends the employee a new link to try again. SIGNING A POLICY From their email link, an employee reads the policy to the end, ticks a box to agree, types their name and signs. New: in the iPhone app, a manager can open a policy on an employee's profile and hand the device over. The employee ticks the box and types their own name. THE INSPECTOR KIOSK Each location has its own kiosk web page. Open it on an iPad. It shows your licenses and permits by name, and each employee's approved, valid certificates and signed policies, searchable by name. Expired, pending or missing certificates don't show. From the kiosk, send the inspector an email summary of everything current and valid at your location. MONDAY MORNING, EVERY WEEK Every Monday at 8:00 AM Chicago time, owners and managers on your staff list get the score, what's expiring, what's waiting for review and who still owes something. At 8:15 AM, each employee with an open item gets a reminder with a link to finish it. YOUR DOCUMENTS IN YOUR POCKET Licenses and permits, insurance, pest control records and health inspections, each with its expiry date. Email any single file, or send licenses, permits and pest control records by text or AirDrop. Download or email a compliance report as a PDF. WHAT WE TRACK Certificates: BASSET, Food Handler, Allergen Awareness, Sexual Harassment Prevention (employee and manager versions) and Chicago Food Manager. Certificates are flagged before they expire. Required policies: Health Policy; Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation Prevention; Paid Sick & Paid Leave; Minimum Wage & Tipped Employees. Company policies: Employment At-Will, Brand Ambassador, Drinking Policy, Code of Conduct. Rules are written for Chicago and Illinois. InspectProof isn't legal advice. More than one location? Switch between them, each with its own score, staff and documents. YOUR RECORDS STAY YOURS Every account belongs to one business, and our servers check that you can only see and change your own business's records. InspectProof never stores your password. Documents are stored privately and opened through links that expire. WHAT OPERATORS ARE SAYING "I've been running Butch McGuire's for over 20 years. Compliance paperwork was always a headache — chasing employees for signatures, wondering if our certs were current when an inspector walked in. InspectProof changed that. Everything's organized, the staff signs digitally, and I can pull up any document on an iPad in seconds." — Bobby McGuire, Owner, Butch McGuire's, Chicago PLANS AND TRIAL Four monthly plans in the iPhone app, through Apple, all with the same features. Starter is $9.99 for 1 location and up to 15 staff. Basic is $29.99 for 1 location and up to 50 staff. Pro is $59.99 for up to 3 locations. Best Practices is $99.99 for up to 5 locations. 14-day free trial. Apple charges on day 15 unless you cancel. A payment method is required to start. More than 5 locations? Talk to Justin. Setup videos: inspectproofapp.com/tutorials. Questions? justin@inspectproofapp.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shift4 InCharge4 screens
InspectProof4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: InspectProof at 5.0 against Shift4 InCharge's 2.9. InspectProof also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Shift4 InCharge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (92 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. InspectProof sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Shift4 InCharge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InspectProof holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift4 InCharge has 92 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Shift4 InCharge versus InspectProof: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShift4 InChargeInspectProof
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (92 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings92 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShift4 CorporationInspectProofApp LLC

Customer experience

Shift4 InCharge

All ratings92 ratings
Positive43.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative53.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative88.5%

InspectProof

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

In-app purchases

None

Shift4 InCharge

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

InspectProof

Subscriptions4
  • Starter14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Basic14 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly14 Days trial$59.991 Month
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  • Best Practices14 Days trial$99.991 Month

Questions

Is Shift4 InCharge free?
Shift4 InCharge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InspectProof free?
InspectProof is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shift4 InCharge or InspectProof?
InspectProof is rated higher. Shift4 InCharge averages 2.9 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while InspectProof averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Shift4 InCharge or InspectProof have ads?
Neither Shift4 InCharge nor InspectProof shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shift4 InCharge or InspectProof?
Shift4 InCharge ships an update every 2 months, and InspectProof every 2 months. Most recently, Shift4 InCharge was updated on November 7, 2026 and InspectProof on November 9, 2026.

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