Firstar Bank Mobile vs Activ8 POS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firstar Bank Mobile
Manage your finances on the go with this mobile banking application. Check account balances, review recent transactions, and transfer funds between your accounts. You can also pay bills, edit scheduled payments, and view past bill payments directly from your device.
- Check account balances
- Search recent transactions
- Transfer cash between accounts
- Pay new bills
- Edit scheduled bills
- Review paid bills
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Start banking wherever you are with Firstar Bank Mobile! Available to all Firstar Bank Online Banking users. Firstar Bank Mobile allows you to check balances, and make transfers. Available features include: Accounts - Check your latest account balance and search recent transactions by date, amount, or check number. Transfers - Easily transfer cash between your accounts. Bill Pay - Pay new bills, edit bills scheduled to be paid, and review previously paid bills from your device.
Activ8 POS
This app provides a comprehensive point-of-sale and e-commerce solution for direct-to-consumer businesses. It offers robust features for managing sales, inventory, customer data, and automated communications, all integrated into a single database for real-time updates across systems.
- Mobile POS app
- Database management
- Automated club processing
- Customized email communications
- Integrated shopping cart
- Multi-location inventory management
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Activ8 Commerce is a leader in DTC sales software technology, offering cutting-edge solutions for managing and growing consumer direct sales since 2003. Activ8 Commerce offers unparalleled features, including: 1. powerful mobile POS app 2. powerful database management 3. automated club processing and shipping 4. customized, automated e-mail communications 5. online customer registration and login 6. an integrated, customizable shopping cart Activ8 Commerce’s support, training, and services are world class. As a company and a team, we are invested in our clients’ success and growth, as we grow with them. Our clients’ needs are our first priority and define how our technology and services evolve. Activ8 Commerce has developed a truly integrated store front - direct to consumer solution, in one single database. Information gets updated across systems and locations fully and in real time. The Activ8 Commerce Mobile POS native app: 1. Is part of a true integration in one database: information gets updated across systems and locations fully and in real time. 2. Is user friendly. 3. Has easy and powerful return, void, pending order changes, discounts, tax and S&H features. 4. Is affordable, with minimum equipment investment. 5. Is integrated with secure payment processors, with encryption at entry or card swipe. 6. Comes with multi location POS and inventory management. 7. Allows you to add users or POS stations at no additional license cost. 8. Allows you to add or edit club members at the POS. 9. Has club pickup features, with iPad signature, "swap out" and payment info update capabilities. 10. Comes with a full back office system (Activ8 Commerce Cloud) accessible from any browsere. 11. Comes with free expert support and free upgrades to new versions. 12. Is integrated with QuickBooks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Firstar Bank Mobile at 1.5K against Activ8 POS's 9. Firstar Bank Mobile also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Firstar Bank Mobile against 4.7 for Activ8 POS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firstar Bank Mobile has 1.5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Firstar Bank Mobile ships an update monthly, Activ8 POS every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Firstar Bank Mobile | Activ8 POS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firstar Bank | Active Club Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Firstar Bank Mobile
Activ8 POS
Bugs and requests
Firstar Bank Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- Face ID not working consistently
- Login information not saved
- Slow performance after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Facial recognition login
- Ability to name/rename accounts
- Display deposits in different color
- Improved 2FA user experience
Activ8 POS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Firstar Bank Mobile
No in-app purchases
Activ8 POS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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