The Hardware Connection vs PaladinGo™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Hardware Connection
This digital magazine offers independent hardware retailers and manufacturers insights to improve and grow their businesses. It provides a unique perspective from retailers within the industry, fostering interaction between readers, staff, and advertisers.
- Industry insights for retailers
- Manufacturer perspectives
- Strengthens distribution channels
- Interactive digital format
- Fresh retailer-driven viewpoints
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The Hardware Connection is published eight times a year by The Hardware Connection Inc. to help independent hardware retailers improve and grow their businesses, to help manufacturers better understand the needs of retailers and to help strengthen the two-step channel of distribution. We offer a fresh perspective to the industry from an independent retailers’ view. We have chosen an electronic format because it allows for interaction between readers and the editorial staff and advertisers. The Hardware Connection is a digital magazine targeted to: • Independent hardware/home improvement retailers in the two-step channel including specialty retailers in the paint, lawn and garden, plumbing, electrical, commercial/industrial and farm/feed markets. • Wholesale buyers • Hardware/home improvement manufacturers We know hardware!
PaladinGo™
This mobile point-of-sale system extends your store's existing Paladin POS. Process payments, access customer and inventory data, and apply discounts. It supports manual entry and barcode scanning for efficient transactions.
- Payment card processing
- Customer and inventory information access
- Apply quantity price breaks and rewards
- Build quotes and special orders
- Manual payment entry
- Barcode scanning via device camera
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PaladinGo™ complements your store’s Paladin Point of Sale system for line-busting and remote location transactions. Its capabilities include payment card processing, access to customer and inventory information, with the ability to apply quantity price breaks and rewards to transactions and build quotes and special orders. PaladinGo supports both manual entry and barcode scanning using the device’s camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PaladinGo™ at fortnightly against The Hardware Connection's every 13 months. The Hardware Connection's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
The Hardware Connection holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
The Hardware Connection ships an update every 13 months, PaladinGo™ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Hardware Connection | PaladinGo™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Hardware Connection | Paladin Data Corporation |
Customer experience
The Hardware Connection
PaladinGo™
In-app purchases
The Hardware Connection
No in-app purchases
PaladinGo™
No in-app purchases
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