iProcess vs North POS
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)
North POS
This application provides a comprehensive point-of-sale system for businesses to accept various payment types, send invoices, and manage gift cards. It offers flexible pricing and fast funding options, backed by decades of experience in payment processing.
- Accept contactless, EMV, and magstripe payments
- Send invoices via email or text
- Sell and accept gift cards
- Pay-as-you-go or custom pricing
- Next-day or same-day funding
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To find the perfect payment solution that fits your business needs, go North. Create an account and use the North POS app to: Accept payments of all types - contactless, EMV, magstripe. Send invoices through email or text. Sell and accept gift cards from your customers. Why North? - North has helped businesses accept payments since 1992. - Pay-as-you-go pricing or custom pricing to fit your business needs. - Funding available next day or same day. Download the North POS app, choose optional hardware, and create your North account today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: North POS at 5.0 against iProcess's 3.0. iProcess's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). 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.
North POS 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iProcess | North POS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gateway Processing Services | North American Bancard |
Customer experience
iProcess
North POS
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
North POS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iProcess
No in-app purchases
North POS
No in-app purchases
