Comparison

iProcess vs Plumbers Supply Co

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

Plumbers Supply Co

Access comprehensive product information and pricing for plumbing, HVAC, and fire protection supplies. Manage your account details and check availability 24/7.

Highlights
  • 24/7 access to pricing
  • Check product availability
  • View spec sheets
  • Manage account details
  • Purchase plumbing, HVAC, and fire protection parts
Features
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PSC App provides all the information you will need to purchase Plumbing, HVAC, Fire Protection, Hydronics and PVF parts and supplies from Plumbers Supply Co. Get 24/7 access to your pricing, availability, spec sheets, and account details.

Screenshots

iProcess4 screens
Plumbers Supply Co4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plumbers Supply Co at 5.0 against iProcess's 3.0. iProcess's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Plumbers Supply Co 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iProcess versus Plumbers Supply Co: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriProcessPlumbers Supply Co
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (29 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.010.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGateway Processing ServicesPlumbers Supply Co

Customer experience

iProcess

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

Plumbers Supply Co

All ratings3 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

Plumbers Supply Co

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iProcess

No in-app purchases

None

Plumbers Supply Co

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iProcess free?
iProcess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumbers Supply Co free?
Plumbers Supply Co is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iProcess or Plumbers Supply Co?
Plumbers Supply Co is rated higher. iProcess averages 3.0 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Plumbers Supply Co averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do iProcess or Plumbers Supply Co have ads?
Neither iProcess nor Plumbers Supply Co shows ads.

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