Zulio vs North POS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zulio
Empower your business to accept card payments without incurring additional costs. This app allows you to automatically include credit card fees in your pricing and offer cash discounts. Enjoy no processing fees, simple reporting, and dedicated customer support.
- Accept card payments
- No processing fees
- Auto-calculate fees
- Offer cash discounts
- Send invoices
- Clean reporting
- Personal customer support
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Give customers choice in how they pay without increasing your costs. Accepting card payments using traditional processors with high fees, and complicated PCI requirements can feel unfair. You shouldn't have to pay another “gross income tax” to get paid for the work you do. Auto calculate and include the credit card fee in your regular price and offer discount for paying with cash. No Processing Fees Accept Payments Send Invoices Personal Customer Support No Annual PCI Requirements Clean reporting. Keep 100% of everything that hits your account.
North POS
This application provides a comprehensive point-of-sale system for businesses to accept various payment types, send invoices, and manage gift cards. It offers flexible pricing and fast funding options, backed by decades of experience in payment processing.
- Accept contactless, EMV, and magstripe payments
- Send invoices via email or text
- Sell and accept gift cards
- Pay-as-you-go or custom pricing
- Next-day or same-day funding
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To find the perfect payment solution that fits your business needs, go North. Create an account and use the North POS app to: Accept payments of all types - contactless, EMV, magstripe. Send invoices through email or text. Sell and accept gift cards from your customers. Why North? - North has helped businesses accept payments since 1992. - Pay-as-you-go pricing or custom pricing to fit your business needs. - Funding available next day or same day. Download the North POS app, choose optional hardware, and create your North account today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: North POS at 5.0 against Zulio's 3.8. Zulio's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
North POS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zulio has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zulio ships an update every 3 weeks, North POS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zulio | North POS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Provident Payments Central LLC | North American Bancard |
Customer experience
Zulio
North POS
In-app purchases
Zulio
No in-app purchases
North POS
No in-app purchases
