Comparison

Cloudbeds POS vs Consign Payout Desk

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

Head to head
About

Cloudbeds POS

This app transforms your iPad or iPhone into a comprehensive point-of-sale system for hotels. It allows staff to take orders, manage payments, split bills, and charge to guest folios, even when offline. Seamlessly integrates with existing property management systems.

Highlights
  • Take orders anywhere with floor plans
  • Multiple payment options including folio charges
  • Split bills easily by item or evenly
  • Offline functionality for continuous service
  • Charge directly to guest folios or house accounts
  • Track orders and manage tables
Features
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Cloudbeds POS turns an iPad or iPhone into a full point of sale for your property's restaurant, bar, café or room service built by Cloudbeds, so it talks directly to the folios your front desk already manages. TAKE ORDERS ANYWHERE Work from a floor plan of your real tables and sections, or start a quick order at the counter. Browse your menu by category, search by name or SKU, and add modifiers, notes and per-item discounts as you go. Send courses to the kitchen or bar when you're ready. TAKE PAYMENTS YOUR WAY Charge to a guest's folio or house account, take card payments on a compatible reader or with Tap to Pay, or send a Pay by Link QR code for guests to settle on their own phone. Apply order-level service charges and see them itemized on the bill. CHARGE IT TO THE ROOM Post a check straight to an in-house guest's folio or to a house account, so it settles at checkout with everything else. Search by guest name, room number or group event — no re-keying, no paper chits walking to the front desk. SPLIT BILLS WITHOUT THE ARITHMETIC Split evenly across any number of guests, or by item. Take part-payments in sequence and the order stays open until it's fully settled. Add tips and tax IDs where you need them. BUILT FOR A REAL SERVICE Orders keep working when the Wi-Fi doesn't. Everything you do offline is queued and synced the moment you reconnect, so a dead spot in the garden doesn't stop service. RUN YOUR FLOOR Track every order by status, filter to just your own, and transfer tables to another server at shift change. Print or send receipts. Switch between outlets without signing out. MADE FOR PROPERTIES Staff sign in with a PIN on a shared device. Prices, taxes and currency come from your property settings, so the numbers match the rest of Cloudbeds. Cloudbeds POS requires a Cloudbeds account.

About

Consign Payout Desk

Features
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Consign Payout Desk solves one specific back-office problem for consignment and resale shops: turning point-of-sale CSV sales exports into clear monthly consignor payout reports. Many small shops already use a checkout system, but still calculate consignor splits in spreadsheets. Consign Payout Desk keeps that workflow lightweight. Import a Square-style or POS sales CSV, match sales to consignors by SKU prefix, item code, category, or custom rule, then review payout totals, store share, unpaid balances, and unmatched sales before export. The app works offline and stores data locally. There is no account, server, subscription, Square login, or POS replacement required. Use Consign Payout Desk to: - Import sales CSV files from Files, Mail, or Downloads. - Create consignors with default split percentages. - Match each sale to a consignor using SKU prefixes like MC-1001 or item codes like [MC]. - Add custom payout rules for item names, SKUs, or categories. - Review unmatched sales before running payouts. - Track which consignor payouts are paid or unpaid. - Export monthly payout reports as PDF or CSV. - Run the same workflow on iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Screenshots

Cloudbeds POS4 screens
Consign Payout Desk1 screens

Verdict

The call

Cloudbeds POS and Consign Payout Desk are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cloudbeds POS versus Consign Payout Desk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudbeds POSConsign Payout Desk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCloudbedsKRISHNA PINNAMANENI

In-app purchases

None

Cloudbeds POS

No in-app purchases

None

Consign Payout Desk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cloudbeds POS free?
Cloudbeds POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Consign Payout Desk free?
Consign Payout Desk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cloudbeds POS or Consign Payout Desk have ads?
Neither Cloudbeds POS nor Consign Payout Desk shows ads.

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