Comparison

MaxCommerce Pay vs aBit POS

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

Head to head
About

MaxCommerce Pay

Features
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Get paid in seconds. Create a payment link, share it on WhatsApp, and your customer pays by card. Or show a QR code at your counter and let them scan. No website needed. MaxCommerce Pay by Shubbak Technologies is built for merchants, shop owners, freelancers and small business teams across the UAE and the Gulf who are tired of chasing bank transfer screenshots. WHAT YOU CAN DO Send a payment link Create a link in a few taps and share it wherever you already talk to customers — WhatsApp, Instagram, SMS or email. Add an amount, add a reference, send. Your customer pays by card and you get a confirmation. Take payments with a QR code Show a QR code at the counter, on a delivery bag, or printed on your invoice. The customer scans and pays. Made for shops, cafes, salons, home businesses and delivery orders. See every transaction in one place Today's takings, past payments, and what a specific customer paid and when. No more scrolling chat history looking for a screenshot. Automatic receipts A receipt is generated for every completed payment, for you and your customer. Cleaner books, fewer disputes. Live business figures Track collections and transaction activity as they happen, without opening a spreadsheet. Payment orchestration for larger merchants Route payments across multiple providers and connect MaxCommerce Pay into your existing systems. Built for multi-gateway routing and custom integration needs. WHO USES IT Retail shops and boutiques. Restaurants, cafes and cloud kitchens. Salons, clinics and service providers. Home businesses selling on Instagram and WhatsApp. Freelancers and consultants invoicing clients. Online sellers and D2C brands. B2B suppliers collecting from trade customers. BUILT FOR HOW BUSINESS WORKS HERE Most selling in this region already happens in a chat window. A payment link fits that reality better than a checkout page ever will. SECURE BY DESIGN Payments are processed through encrypted, secure channels. Your business data and your customers' card details are protected at every step. PART OF THE MAXCOMMERCE PLATFORM MaxCommerce Pay works on its own, and connects to the full MaxCommerce platform when you are ready for a storefront, catalog and orders in one system. Download MaxCommerce Pay, register your business, and create your first payment link today. Need help getting set up? Contact the Maxcommerce Support team — we support merchants across the Gulf including KSA, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait

About

aBit POS

Features
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aBit POS Register turns an iPad into a full cashier station, designed from the ground up for shops, cafés, and small businesses in Bhutan. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan barcodes or tap a tile grid to add items • Handle product variants (size, weight, flavor) and per-warehouse stock • Apply per-line or cart-wide discounts, fixed or percentage • Accept cash, card, and QR payments with split-tender • Manage walk-in customers or capture name, phone, email, CID, and TPN • Hold a transaction mid-sale and resume it from any register • Print or share receipts that show customer details and GST breakdown • Open and close registers with cash counts and automatic Z-reports BUILT FOR BHUTAN • Bhutanese Ngultrum (Nu.) with paisa precision • GST handling — inclusive or exclusive pricing per product • Rounding to the nearest whole Nu., configurable per store • Receipt layouts that include your store name, CID, TPN, and footer DESIGNED FOR THE SHOP FLOOR • Landscape iPad layout optimized for tabletop use • Fast cart panel with gesture-friendly controls • Offline-aware session handling so a brief network blip doesn't lose a sale • Multiple registers per store, role-based cashier and manager permissions WORKS WITH YOUR HARDWARE • Connects to thermal receipt printers • Supports external barcode scanners • Optional customer-facing secondary display Whether you run one till or a small chain, aBit POS Register keeps the front-of-house fast and the back-office tidy.

Screenshots

MaxCommerce Pay4 screens
aBit POS4 screens

Verdict

The call

MaxCommerce Pay and aBit POS are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaxCommerce Pay ships an update every 2 weeks, aBit POS every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MaxCommerce Pay versus aBit POS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxCommerce PayaBit POS
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShubbak TechnologiesaBIt pvt ltd

In-app purchases

None

MaxCommerce Pay

No in-app purchases

None

aBit POS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MaxCommerce Pay free?
MaxCommerce Pay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is aBit POS free?
aBit POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MaxCommerce Pay or aBit POS have ads?
Neither MaxCommerce Pay nor aBit POS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MaxCommerce Pay or aBit POS?
MaxCommerce Pay ships an update every 2 weeks, and aBit POS every 8 days. Most recently, MaxCommerce Pay was updated on October 25, 2026 and aBit POS on October 31, 2026.

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