Comparison

iProcess vs Beach Valet

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

Beach Valet

Features
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Beach Valet Stop carrying coolers, wagons, umbrellas, chairs, and beach toys across the sand. Beach Valet is your personal beach concierge. Simply book through the app and our team will pick up your beach gear from your vacation rental, transport it to the beach, professionally set it up, then return everything to your door when you're finished. How It Works • Book your service in minutes • Leave your beach gear at your rental • Our team picks everything up between 4am-7am • We transport and professionally set it up • Enjoy your beach day • We break everything down and return it to your door beginning at 6pm Perfect For • Families with children • Vacation rentals • Large groups • Seniors • Anyone who wants to skip the heavy lifting Why Beach Valet? Save time and energy No hauling heavy equipment Professional setup Convenient pickup and return Simple in-app booking Reliable local service Currently serving Panama City Beach, Florida, with more locations coming soon.

Screenshots

iProcess4 screens
Beach Valet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Beach Valet at every 2 weeks against iProcess's every 2 months. iProcess's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iProcess ships an update every 2 months, Beach Valet every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iProcess versus Beach Valet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriProcessBeach Valet
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGateway Processing ServicesBeach Valet Services LLC

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

Beach Valet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iProcess

No in-app purchases

None

Beach Valet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iProcess free?
iProcess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beach Valet free?
Beach Valet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iProcess or Beach Valet have ads?
Neither iProcess nor Beach Valet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iProcess or Beach Valet?
iProcess ships an update every 2 months, and Beach Valet every 2 weeks. Most recently, iProcess was updated on November 1, 2026 and Beach Valet on October 31, 2026.

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