Comparison

iProcess vs Paylani Mobile Payments

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)

About

Paylani Mobile Payments

This mobile point-of-sale application enables businesses to accept payments securely using their existing merchant account. It supports various payment methods, customizable catalogs, and detailed reporting to streamline sales and business growth.

Highlights
  • Accept swipe, key-in, and split payments
  • Send customer invoices
  • Customizable shared product catalog
  • Tokenized customer information for security
  • Transaction history and detailed reports
  • Integrates with Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) gateway
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Paylani® is a full-featured mobile point of sale application for your business using your current merchant account. You can accept payments simply and securely on our platform with Network Merchants Inc. (NMI) payment gateway.  Paylani allows you to swipe, key-in, split payments or even send invoices to your customers. EMV Contact/Contactless coming soon. You can manage a completely customizable shared catalog and assign specific sales parameters based on categories, locations, venues, users, etc. Your customer information is tokenized to ensure complete security while maintaining easy sales and contact functionality. You can easily keep track of transactions with our transaction history, create and share detailed reports.  Paylani can equip you with everything you need to make mobile sales simple and still have all the robust features needed to grow your business.  GET STARTED:  Request a VAR sheet from your payment provider*. The VAR sheet should be configured for the Network Merchants (NMI) Gateway. 1. Contact the customer service department* listed on your monthly merchant statement, and request they email you a “VAR sheet” configured for the Network Merchants (NMI) Gateway. 2. Forward your merchant account’s VAR sheet to support@paylani.com (or one of our verified Paylani Resellers) 3. We will activate your mobile account and contact you with everything you need to start processing with Paylani. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us.   *If you do not currently have a payment provider, please email us at support@paylani.com and we will connect you with a qualified processor.

Screenshots

iProcess4 screens
Paylani Mobile Payments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paylani Mobile Payments at 5.0 against iProcess's 3.0. iProcess's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 4). 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

Paylani Mobile Payments holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iProcess has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iProcess ships an update every 2 months, Paylani Mobile Payments every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iProcess versus Paylani Mobile Payments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriProcessPaylani Mobile Payments
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (29 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGateway Processing ServicesPaylani LLC

Customer experience

iProcess

All ratings29 ratings
Positive41.4%
Neutral17.2%
Negative41.4%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral12.2%
Negative39.2%

Paylani Mobile Payments

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Paylani Mobile Payments

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iProcess

No in-app purchases

None

Paylani Mobile Payments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iProcess free?
iProcess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paylani Mobile Payments free?
Paylani Mobile Payments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iProcess or Paylani Mobile Payments?
Paylani Mobile Payments is rated higher. iProcess averages 3.0 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Paylani Mobile Payments averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do iProcess or Paylani Mobile Payments have ads?
Neither iProcess nor Paylani Mobile Payments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iProcess or Paylani Mobile Payments?
iProcess ships an update every 2 months, and Paylani Mobile Payments every 4 weeks. Most recently, iProcess was updated on October 14, 2026 and Paylani Mobile Payments on October 2, 2026.

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