iProcess vs CardPointe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iProcess
Process credit card transactions securely and easily from your mobile device. This point of sale app supports swiped, keyed, and chip transactions, and offers features like transaction history, refunds, and automated tax application.
- Process swiped, keyed, and chip transactions
- View transaction history
- Refund and void transactions
- Automatic tax rate application
- Accept customer signatures
- Email receipts
- Customer Vault management
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iProcess is a secure and simple way to process credit card transactions from your iPhone or iPad. This point of sale app allows you to sign in with your gateway credentials and you can start processing with our supported credit card swipers. Features include: • Process swiped, keyed, and chip sale and credit transactions (card reader sold through your merchant service provider) • View a complete history of mobile transactions • Refund and void previous mobile transactions • Set a tax rate to be automatically applied to all transactions • Accept signatures from your customers • Save location data with transactions • Automatically send email receipts • Share receipts with customers with almost any app on your device • Toggle between multiple merchant accounts with ease • Name your device to easily distinguish between devices in the merchant control panel reporting • View customers you have saved to the Customer Vault (if service is active) • Add, edit, and delete customers from the Customer Vault (if service is active)
CardPointe
Process and manage all major credit card payments seamlessly. Accept card-present transactions on the go, manage products, and gain insights with a live reporting dashboard. Streamline your business operations with robust transaction management and customer profiles.
- Virtual Terminal for credit card processing
- Mobile card reader for on-the-go payments
- Product catalog management
- Signature capture
- Customer profile management
- Live reporting dashboard
- Transaction management (void, refund, reprocess)
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The CardPointe app lets you process and manage payments with ease. With live transaction data at your fingertips, CardPointe will become a critical tool in running your business. Features • Virtual Terminal: Process payments for all major credit cards. • CardPointe Mobile Card Reader: Accept card-present payments on the go. • Accept Tips: Enable customers to select preset tip amounts. • Catalog: Organize and manage your products, pricing, and discounts. • Signature Capture: Allow customers to use their fingertip to sign for transactions. • Customer Profiles: Save customer profiles to run future transactions. • Reporting Dashboard: View your business data at a glance. • Transaction Management: Void, refund, reprocess, or resend receipts for existing transactions. • Notifications: Get alerts for important events, like chargebacks, refunds, and declined transactions. • Compatible Printer: Use a supported Bluetooth printer to print receipts or food orders. • Support for CardPointe Integrated Terminals: Connect to your countertop CardPointe Integrated Terminals to accept card-present payments with PCI-validated point-to-point encryption. CardPointe can also be accessed via any browser, complete with additional features including recurring billing and custom reporting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iProcess at 49% against CardPointe's 21%. iProcess also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
iProcess holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of iProcess's written reviews are positive against 21% of CardPointe's.
iProcess ships an update every 2 months, CardPointe every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iProcess | CardPointe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (29 ratings) — better | 2.6 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.6% of reviews — better | 21.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gateway Processing Services | CardConnect, LLC |
Customer experience
iProcess
CardPointe
Bugs and requests
iProcess
Reported bugs
16 issues- Customer Vault not working with iOS
- App crashes when swiping cards
- App crashes when completing transactions
- Terminal ID Missing and Transaction Key Missing errors
- Connectivity issues, app fails to connect to reader
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- Error messages with no troubleshooting
- No date or time stamp on receipts
- Unable to use customer signature
- Cannot add tips
- Card reader not working with extensions or charge ports
- Signature screen turns black
- App not compatible with iOS 8
- iPad screen layout issues
- Email receipt process requires re-entry of email address
- Cannot send email receipts
- Card reader crashes the app
Requested features
20 requests- Add date and time stamp to receipts
- Improve connectivity and reduce error messages
- Allow adding tips in the payment process
- Enable landscape mode on iPad
- Improve visibility and usability of the tip option
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- Restore the ability to swipe cards directly into Customer Vault
- Provide clear contact information and website for support
- Update to be compatible with newer phone ports (e.g., charge port)
- Implement a master account setup online for employees
- Streamline the receipt emailing process
- Improve the tip screen layout for better readability
- Allow customers to erase and redo signatures
- Fix the issue where the signature pad turns black
- Add a checkbox for manual entries
- Allow multiple email addresses for receipts
- Improve the iPad screen layout for sales entry
- Make the email address carry over for receipt sending
- Add tax functionality
- Provide an iPad-specific version of the app
- Fix the card reader crash issue
CardPointe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iProcess
No in-app purchases
CardPointe
No in-app purchases







