Comparison

LinkPOS vs ST POS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

ST POS

This app serves as a dual-purpose tool for businesses, functioning as a point-of-sale system for restaurants and bars, and as an age-verification and admission management system for venues. It allows for order placement, payment processing, and customer tracking.

Highlights
  • Table-side order and payment processing
  • ID and age verification for admissions
  • Customer and VIP tracking
  • Accepts various payment methods
  • Employee scheduling and management
  • Inventory and product customization
  • Tab management and split payments
Features
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SmartTab POS & ADMISSION app is both a restaurant/bar/nightclub point-of-sale (POS) app and an age-verification/admission app for bouncers and doormen. The SmartTab POS app is optimized for tablet POS (iPad) and handheld table-side service POS (iPod) and gives you everything you need to place orders and accept payments from a mobile device. The SmartTab ADMISSION feature (iPod) provides ID and Age Verification while keeping track of customer admission, VIPs, bottle service guests, and 86’d guests. Accept cash, debit, credit card and SmartTab payments (see companion SmartTab CUSTOMER app). Funds are deposited fast—see money in your bank account in one to two business days. Use SmartTab POS to keep track of all your customers, tabs, tables, admissions, products, modifiers, tenders, inventory, courses, gratuity, taxes, surcharge, employees, schedule and timesheets. All this with no long term obligation and simple month-to-month contracts. FEATURES SmartTab POS & ADMISSION can operate independently through the cloud, or connect locally as part of a broader POS configuration that works in tandem with resistive-touch POS stations. Get the latest features and enhanced functionality with regular app updates. - Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX (optBlue), cash, gift cards, and other forms of tender - Customers can pay, tip, and sign right on your device - Integrated for SmartTab payments where customers can open their tab with their ID or through the SmartTab CUSTOMER app - Full-featured POS functionality with transfers, merges, coursing, covers, itemized or entire check discounts, repeat order, drag select, remaining counts, 86’d items, mods, gratuity, surcharge, tax, and more... - Employee scheduling along with staff management tools and reports - Customize your products with names, prices, tax rules, recipes, mods, and ingredient tracking - Construct a venue customer and product social graph - 1-click tab lookup with robust tab management and filtering - Dynamic split check / split payment for quick and flexible customer split management - Connects to a receipt printer, kitchen / bar remote ticket printer, barcode scanner, and cash drawer ----------------------------- NEXT-DAY DEPOSITS Get your money fast. SmartTab deposits payments into your bank account in one to two business days. SECURE MOBILE CREDIT CARD READER Credit card information is encrypted from start to finish.

Screenshots

LinkPOS4 screens
ST POS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ST POS at 100% against LinkPOS's 0%. ST POS also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). 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

ST POS holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ST POS has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of LinkPOS's written reviews are positive against 100% of ST POS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkPOS ships an update fortnightly, ST POS every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LinkPOS versus ST POS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkPOSST POS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings226 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB116 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOlympus POSSmarttab Corp

Customer experience

LinkPOS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

ST POS

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LinkPOS

No in-app purchases

None

ST POS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LinkPOS free?
LinkPOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ST POS free?
ST POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LinkPOS or ST POS?
ST POS is rated higher. LinkPOS averages 2.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ST POS averages 4.5 from 26 ratings.
Do LinkPOS or ST POS have ads?
Neither LinkPOS nor ST POS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LinkPOS or ST POS?
LinkPOS ships an update fortnightly, and ST POS every 5 days. Most recently, LinkPOS was updated on October 6, 2026 and ST POS on October 12, 2026.

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