Beam Terminal vs Merchant.app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beam Terminal
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Beam is a marketing and mobile payments platform that allows any business to bridge the gap between the digital world and bricks and mortar retail. Beam helps you develop lasting and meaningful relationships with your customers, and measure success in real-time with our rich, targeted analytics. Setup is fast and simple; you can start accepting Beam within minutes.
Merchant.app
This app streamlines payment processing for businesses, allowing for quick transactions via terminal, text, or email. It offers a real-time dashboard to monitor all business transactions and refunds, ensuring secure and efficient customer payments.
- Process payments via terminal, text, or email
- Lightning-fast transactions
- Customer payments via phone or email
- Real-time transaction dashboard
- Refund tracking
- Industry-leading data security
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An ideal system for businesses, Merchant Platforms will help you process your payments and impress your customers through terminal, text or email payment prompts and lightning-fast transactions. Customers can make payments instantly through their phone or email without the hassle of credit card authorization forms. A dashboard with real-time updates helps you keep track of all the transactions and refunds within your business. Merchants and customers can rest assured that each payment is kept safe and secure through industry-leading data security standards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Merchant.app at every 2 weeks against Beam Terminal's every 5 months. Beam Terminal's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beam Terminal ships an update every 5 months, Merchant.app every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beam Terminal | Merchant.app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GBC S.A. | Merchant Platforms, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Beam Terminal
No in-app purchases
Merchant.app
No in-app purchases
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