LinkPOS vs Aireus POS 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkPOS
A customizable point-of-sale system designed for businesses. It offers an intuitive interface for cashiers, robust reporting, and offline functionality. Tailor menus and features to create a professional customer experience.
- Customizable menus with categories and items
- Secure interface for application access
- Local and remote sales reporting
- Stand-alone operating mode (offline)
- Bump stations, Order Up screens, Customer Facing Displays
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LinkPOS is an innovative, new and exciting Point of Sale system with all of the functionality you expect along with customizable features that allow you to tailor the system to meet your needs with a professional appearance your customers will admire. Your cashiers will be instantly productive due to the intuitive user interface. Features include: Custom Menus including categories and items. Secure interface for application access. Local and remote sales reporting. Stand-a-lone operating mode when the Internet is not available. Bump stations, Order Up screens, Customer Facing Displays
Aireus POS 5
A comprehensive iPad-based point-of-sale system designed for restaurants. It offers essential features for staff to manage guest interactions and transactions efficiently, including check splitting, voids, and discounts.
- Split checks
- Voids and discounts
- Item transfers
- Split items
- Separate checks
- Core restaurant POS features
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A full featured, simple-to-use iPad restaurant solution that allows your staff to meet and work with your guests with all the necessary core restaurant POS features such as splitting checks, voids, discounts, transfers, splitting items, separate checks and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LinkPOS at 2.0 against Aireus POS 5's 1.0. LinkPOS also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
LinkPOS holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
LinkPOS ships an update fortnightly, Aireus POS 5 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkPOS | Aireus POS 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olympus POS | Aireus Inc. |
Customer experience
LinkPOS
Aireus POS 5
In-app purchases
LinkPOS
No in-app purchases
Aireus POS 5
No in-app purchases
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