Comparison

Meraki Systems Manager vs POS 4

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

Head to head
About

Meraki Systems Manager

Manage all your iOS devices from a central web dashboard. This app enhances mobile device management with features like a managed app store, content delivery, and GPS location reporting.

Highlights
  • Centralized web dashboard management
  • Managed app store
  • Content delivery with backpack
  • GPS location reporting
  • Enhanced MDM and MAM functionality
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Meraki Systems Manager is Cisco Systems' Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution that allows you to manage all of your iOS devices from a central web dashboard. Installing this app on an iOS device provides enhanced MDM and MAM functionality that includes features such as a managed app store, content delivery with backpack, and GPS location reporting. Note: continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.

About

POS 4

Features
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Teamwork Commerce POS 4 is an iPad/iPod application that extends your Point of Sale capacity throughout the store or outside. Associates can find customers and items, ring up sales, take credit cards, and send receipts, working one-on-one with the public on the floor. Teamwork Commerce POS 4 is a full-featured POS and inventory control application you can walk around with making sales on the go. Teamwork Commerce POS 4 synchronizes continuously with your inventory and sales database in CloudHQ – and operates normally even while connectivity may be interrupted. Each store computer can support multiple Teamwork Commerce POS 4 devices making sales on the floor, with a continuous two-way flow of updated information from the mobile device to the CloudHQ server and back. Thus an array of powerful analytics is continuously available to management using current data from across the enterprise, down to the last sale just made on the iPad. Additionally, you can mount the Teamwork Commerce POS 4 on a stand at the sales desk as a compact, aesthetic and easy POS device that is great for crowded lanes. Best of all, the Teamwork Commerce POS 4 makes an awesome retail experience and doubles the fun and ease of shopping for the customer. Inventory -Diverse product ID types -Four-tier department classification -Multiple custom fields -Streamlined lookups (including barcode scanner) -Three-tier style attributes -Unlimited locations -Multiple price levels -Rich content (images, long descriptions, etc.) Sales -Customer management -Complete customer and sales history -Sales and returns -Receipt reprinting -Gift receipts -Full sales tax support and tax refunding -Discount and promotion tracking -Loyalty rewards (including coupons and “Frequent Buyer”) -Offline mode – completing sales without Internet connection -Sales order and shipment management Payments -Payment types – unlimited and definable -Split payments, store credits, and house charge -Integrated payment processing -Gift/value card processing -Analysis -Advanced reporting and analytics that gives full insight into how business operates Administration -Multi-user access -Fast and simple installation and configuration -Centralized management of users and settings -Role-based security

Screenshots

Meraki Systems Manager3 screens
POS 43 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Meraki Systems Manager at every 2 months against POS 4's every 4 months. Meraki Systems Manager also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 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

Meraki Systems Manager ships an update every 2 months, POS 4 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Meraki Systems Manager versus POS 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeraki Systems ManagerPOS 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (96 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews18.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings96 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerakiTeamwork Commerce

Bugs and requests

Meraki Systems Manager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Enrollment certificates become invalid
  • Backpack functionality broken on iOS 9+
  • Location services always running, draining battery

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve enrollment process
  • Add option to configure notification frequency
  • Improve app stability and performance

POS 4

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Meraki Systems Manager

No in-app purchases

None

POS 4

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meraki Systems Manager free?
Meraki Systems Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is POS 4 free?
POS 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meraki Systems Manager or POS 4 have ads?
Neither Meraki Systems Manager nor POS 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meraki Systems Manager or POS 4?
Meraki Systems Manager ships an update every 2 months, and POS 4 every 4 months. Most recently, Meraki Systems Manager was updated on October 23, 2026 and POS 4 on October 27, 2026.

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