Comparison

BuiltPOS vs SwiftKhata POS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BuiltPOS

This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a full-featured point of sale system. It enables businesses to process sales, manage inventory, track employees, and view real-time reports. Accept payments easily with this fast and reliable platform.

Highlights
  • Point of Sale system
  • Inventory management
  • Employee tracking
  • Real-time reporting
  • Barcode scanning
  • Payment processing
Features
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BuiltPOS is a fast, dependable point of sale built for independent retailers — convenience stores, smoke shops, liquor stores, grocery, coffee shops, restaurants and fuel stations. KEEP SELLING, EVEN OFFLINE Your register keeps working when the internet goes down. Sales, refunds and receipts are saved on the device and sync automatically the moment you're back online — so a dropped connection never stops a sale. CHECKOUT THAT KEEPS THE LINE MOVING • Scan barcodes with the camera or a scanner, or tap quick-access product buttons • Split tender across cash, card, EBT/SNAP, gift card and store credit • Tips, discounts, promotions and coupons applied automatically • Hold and recall orders, split bills and handle refunds and exchanges • Email, text or print receipts ACCEPT PAYMENTS YOUR WAY Connect PAX, Clover, Worldpay or Verifone payment terminals, including EBT/SNAP with automatic tax exemption on eligible items. BUILT FOR REGULATED PRODUCTS • Age verification for tobacco and alcohol, with ID scanning • EBT/SNAP eligibility tracked per product and category • Lottery ticket payouts A CUSTOMER DISPLAY THAT EXPLAINS THE TOTAL Show customers their items, applied promotions, tax-exempt sales and exactly how much they saved. RESTAURANTS AND KITCHENS • Table management with seat and course ordering • Send tickets to kitchen displays and printers • Kitchen displays can stay connected over your store's own network, even without internet FUEL STATIONS Manage pumps from the register with prepay, pump authorization and fuel sales recorded alongside in-store purchases. INVENTORY AND PRODUCTS • Quick Add a new product in seconds, right from the register • Live stock levels, adjustments and low-stock visibility • Categories, multiple tax rates, weight-based items and networked scales • Import products and customers from a spreadsheet CUSTOMERS AND LOYALTY Build repeat business with customer profiles, loyalty points, gift cards, store credit and house accounts. YOUR TEAM • Fast PIN sign-in, plus Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices • Role-based permissions for owners, managers and cashiers • Time clock for clock-in and clock-out • Manager approval for voids, refunds and price overrides REPORTS AND CLOSEOUT End-of-day and shift closeouts, cash drawer reconciliation and sales reporting — right on the register. RUN IT ALL WITH BUILTOFFICE Pair BuiltPOS with BuiltOFFICE, our back-office app, to manage products, prices, staff and reports across one store or many. Changes you make there reach your registers automatically. MORE • Light, dark and automatic appearance • Available in 11 languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Vietnamese, Portuguese and Gujarati A BuiltPOS account is required. Some features depend on your plan and on compatible hardware, such as payment terminals, kitchen displays, scales and fuel controllers.

About

SwiftKhata POS

Features
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SwiftKhata POS — the complete point of sale for small businesses. Run your shop from your iPhone or iPad: sell at the counter, track stock, manage customer credit (khata), and see your profits — all in one app that keeps working when the internet doesn't. SELL ANYWHERE - Fast checkout with barcode scanning - iPad mode: full two-pane counter till - iPhone mode: route sales & deliveries with a pocket POS - Cash, card, and khata (credit) payments - Hold & recall bills, item and cart discounts WORKS OFFLINE - Every sale is saved on your device first - No signal? Keep selling — everything syncs automatically when you're back online RECEIPT PRINTING - Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (LAN) thermal printers - Receipts in English or Urdu INVENTORY THAT RUNS ITSELF - Live stock levels, low-stock alerts - Purchase orders and supplier tracking - Stock adjustments with a full audit trail KHATA — DIGITAL CUSTOMER CREDIT - Track what every customer owes - Record payments against balances - No more paper ledgers KNOW YOUR BUSINESS - Daily sales, profit, and expense reports - Manager dashboard with today's KPIs - Cash register open/close tracking YOUR TEAM, YOUR RULES - Staff accounts with roles - Full audit log of who did what English + Urdu — complete Urdu interface with RTL support. SwiftKhata syncs with your account at swiftkhata.com, so the same data is available on your counter PC (Windows/macOS desktop app) and in any browser.

Screenshots

BuiltPOS4 screens
SwiftKhata POS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BuiltPOS at none against SwiftKhata POS's 1. SwiftKhata POS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SwiftKhata POS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. BuiltPOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BuiltPOS ships an update every 5 weeks, SwiftKhata POS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
BuiltPOS versus SwiftKhata POS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuiltPOSSwiftKhata POS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEMNU INC.Muhammad Saad

In-app purchases

None

BuiltPOS

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SwiftKhata POS

Subscriptions1
  • SwiftKhata Pro$9.991 Month

Questions

Is BuiltPOS free?
BuiltPOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SwiftKhata POS free?
SwiftKhata POS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BuiltPOS or SwiftKhata POS have ads?
Neither BuiltPOS nor SwiftKhata POS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BuiltPOS or SwiftKhata POS?
BuiltPOS ships an update every 5 weeks, and SwiftKhata POS every 2 weeks. Most recently, BuiltPOS was updated on October 21, 2026 and SwiftKhata POS on October 10, 2026.

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