GoTab POS vs TimeShark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoTab POS
This application streamlines sales for various businesses like restaurants, stores, and event vendors. It offers real-time synchronization with other POS systems and kitchen displays, managing tabs, orders, payments, inventory, and customer data.
- Real-time sales synchronization
- Kitchen display system integration
- Tab and order management
- Payment processing
- Inventory tracking
- Customer management
- Accounting integration
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GoTab POS makes sales at restaurants, stores, pop-ups, and festivals easy and is always real-time synchronized with your other location POS and the kitchen operations on the kitchen displays (KDS). GoTab manages tabs, orders, payments, inventory, customers, logistics and more. The features serve some of the highest volume restaurants, breweries, and venues in the country. Accounting and payouts are fast and easy with complete integration with many accounting packages.
TimeShark
Manage calls, events, and reservations for your restaurant business on the go. This mobile companion app provides instant access to essential platform tools for managers.
- Manage calls
- Manage events
- Manage reservations
- On-the-go access
- Restaurant management tools
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Access your TimeShark account on the go. Manage calls, events, and reservations from anywhere with our mobile companion app. Designed for restaurant managers who need instant access to the platform's tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TimeShark at fortnightly against GoTab POS's every 6 weeks. GoTab POS's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 5.0 for GoTab POS against 5.0 for TimeShark. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
GoTab POS ships an update every 6 weeks, TimeShark fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoTab POS | TimeShark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GoTab, Inc. | TimeShark LLC |
Customer experience
GoTab POS
TimeShark
In-app purchases
GoTab POS
No in-app purchases
TimeShark
No in-app purchases
