Payanywhere vs Basil Backoffice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Payanywhere
This app is a comprehensive point-of-sale system for businesses. It allows you to accept various payment types, manage inventory, track sales, and send invoices directly from your device. Optional hardware can enhance its functionality for different business needs.
- Accept contactless, chip, and magstripe payments
- Track cash and gift card sales
- Create and send invoices
- Manage inventory and employees
- Offline transaction capabilities
- Customer directory and loyalty program
- Virtual terminal for online payments
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Payanywhere is the all-in-one payments platform that powers your business. Accept payments and run your business with a point of sale (POS) app, optional hardware, and low rates. With Tap to Pay on iPhone and the Payanywhere POS app, you can accept all types of in-person, contactless payments right on your iPhone. Connect a Payanywhere 3-in-1 credit card reader to accept all major credit cards using Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other contactless payments, chip cards, or magstripe cards. Track cash, accept gift cards, create open tabs, and send invoices as well. Use Terminal theme to quickly enter a transaction amount and accept payment. Use Retail theme if your retail business sells inventory, if your quick-service restaurant uses tickets and tabs, if your business needs split payments or sends invoices. Payment Features - Get funds next day or same day. - Accept all major credit cards. - Sell and accept gift cards. - Track cash payments. - Send invoices by email or SMS. - Manage refunds or voids. - Use Offline Transactions when you need to accept payments without an internet connection. - Customize your point of sale system with a printer, cash drawer, or barcode scanner. - Grow your business with a customer directory and built-in loyalty program.* Add employees, manage and track inventory, accept online payments with a virtual terminal, invoices, or payment links, and track business performance - all through Payments Hub, your dashboard and online portal that syncs with the Payanywhere app. Create an account today at payanywhere.com or call 877.387.5640 to discuss custom pricing that works for your business. *Payanywhere Loyalty is available at an additional cost to merchants on Payments Hub Premium Plus
Basil Backoffice
Manage your business operations remotely from your Apple device. This portal allows for efficient oversight of your backoffice functions. Contact support via phone or visit the website for inquiries.
- Remote business management
- Apple device compatibility
- Backoffice portal access
- Contact support easily
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Manage the Basil Backoffice from your apple device. Please call or text 817-554-1188 with any questions or visit us at posbasil.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Payanywhere at 52% against Basil Backoffice's 0%. Payanywhere also leads on ratings volume (659 vs 3). Basil Backoffice's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basil Backoffice holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Payanywhere has 659 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Payanywhere's written reviews are positive against 0% of Basil Backoffice's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Payanywhere ships an update every 2 months, Basil Backoffice every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Payanywhere | Basil Backoffice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (659 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 659 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | North American Bancard | The Credit Wholesale Company Inc |
Customer experience
Payanywhere
Basil Backoffice
Bugs and requests
Payanywhere
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to save modified items
- Forced log-outs and login issues
- Tap-to-pay feature not working
- Incorrect tax calculations
Requested features
4 requests- Improved invoicing system
- Better inventory management
- Loyalty/gift card features
- Enhanced reporting and analytics
Basil Backoffice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Payanywhere
No in-app purchases
Basil Backoffice
No in-app purchases
Questions
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