Comparison

DSDLink Mobile vs 1stPOS App

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

Head to head
About

DSDLink Mobile

Streamline beverage ordering for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores. Discover and order products from all your distributors, plan ahead with sales history, and view accurate pricing with discounts. Manage payments and invoices in one convenient platform.

Highlights
  • Order from all distributors
  • Discover new products
  • Plan orders ahead
  • Utilize sales history for ordering
  • View accurate pricing and discounts
  • Pay distributors in one place
  • Download invoices
Features
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DSDLink Mobile is the go-to app for beer, wine, spirits, and energy drink ordering for bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and any other establishments. Find and Order Products from ALL your Distributors - Explore and order any new products that your distributor is allowed to sell in your area - Plan and place orders as far ahead of time as needed - Use calculated sales history to right-size your orders Accurate Pricing - Know exactly what you're going to pay for your order before you buy - View available discounts and any quantity based or mix-and-match deals Manage & Pay - Pay all your distributors in one place with ACH or card - Download PDFs of your delivered invoices. Even if they were not placed on DSDLink! - Schedule and pay on your due date using PayLink.

About

1stPOS App

This business software streamlines sales transactions and manages various aspects of retail, wholesale, and hospitality operations. It offers features for inventory, customer loyalty, reporting, and financial tracking.

Highlights
  • Sales transaction management
  • Inventory and stock control
  • Customer loyalty programs
  • Reporting modules
  • Bookkeeping and accounting
  • Debt and payment monitoring
Features
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1stPOS company design and develop POS Software. POS systems have become one of the most complex software systems today .POS systems are used in just about every business of service and selling because of the varied features required by different businesses or end-users. POS systems initially served the retail, wholesale, and hospitality industries hence POS software suites included functionalities aside from managing sales transactions such as inventory, stock counting, vendor ordering, customer loyalty, reporting modules, purchase ordering, stock transferring, quotation issuing, barcode creating, bookkeeping , accounting invoicing, and monitoring of debts and outstanding payments.

Screenshots

DSDLink Mobile4 screens
1stPOS App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: DSDLink Mobile at 8.3K against 1stPOS App's 2. 1stPOS App's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

1stPOS App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSDLink Mobile has 8.3K ratings behind it against 2, 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 October 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DSDLink Mobile versus 1stPOS App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDSDLink Mobile1stPOS App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (8.3K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.3K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEncompass Technologies Development Inc.anand patel

Customer experience

DSDLink Mobile

All ratings8,300 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews384 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative31.0%

1stPOS App

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

Bugs and requests

DSDLink Mobile

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes frequently
  • Order history and order placement issues
  • Inconsistent product availability information
  • Difficulty removing specific products from order guide

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a favorites or frequently ordered section
  • Improve communication with sales representatives
  • Allow printing of orders
  • Organize products by category or type (bottles vs cans)
  • Provide more prominent low/out of stock indicators

1stPOS App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DSDLink Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

1stPOS App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DSDLink Mobile free?
DSDLink Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1stPOS App free?
1stPOS App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DSDLink Mobile or 1stPOS App?
1stPOS App is rated higher. DSDLink Mobile averages 4.7 out of 5 from 8.3K ratings, while 1stPOS App averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do DSDLink Mobile or 1stPOS App have ads?
Neither DSDLink Mobile nor 1stPOS App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DSDLink Mobile or 1stPOS App?
DSDLink Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and 1stPOS App every 2 months. Most recently, DSDLink Mobile was updated on October 18, 2026 and 1stPOS App on September 29, 2026.

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