Comparison

OpenPOS vs Smart Printer App

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

Head to head
About

OpenPOS

Features
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OpenPOS Terminal turns your iPad into a powerful point-of-sale system for your restaurant. Receive and manage orders, process card payments, and print receipts — all from one screen. Key Features: - Accept in-person card payments via Stripe Terminal (tap, chip, and swipe) - Receive and manage online orders in real-time - Confirm, prepare, and complete orders with one tap - Open and close tabs for dine-in customers - Print receipts and kitchen tickets to Star and Zebra printers - 86 items and modifier options instantly when you run out - Look up customers by phone number - Works with your OpenPOS storefront and dashboard seamlessly How It Works: Enter your device code to connect your iPad to your OpenPOS location — no account setup needed on the device. Your menu, settings, and orders sync automatically from your OpenPOS dashboard. OpenPOS Terminal is designed for restaurants already using OpenPOS as their cloud POS platform. Set up your store, menu, and payment processing at openpos.ai.

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Smart Printer App

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Smart Printer App turns your iPhone into a complete print and document studio. Scan, convert, edit, sign and print straight to any AirPrint printer on your Wi-Fi — thousands of models from every major brand, with no drivers and no computer. PRINT FROM YOUR IPHONE • Works with any AirPrint printer on your network • Finds nearby printers automatically — pick one and print • See at a glance whether your printer is connected and ready • Print from the camera, your photo library or any file • Fit 2, 4, 6 or 9 pages on a single sheet and save paper • Print history with one-tap reprint HD DOCUMENT SCANNER • Automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Auto, Document and Photo modes for every kind of page • Multi-page scans saved straight to PDF • On-device OCR pulls editable text out of any scan or image 200+ PRINTABLES, READY TO GO • Over 200 ready-to-print designs across 21 collections • Planners, coloring pages, handwriting practice, kids' learning, paper games, gift tags, wish cards, inspiring quotes and sketches • Holiday sets for Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, New Year, Valentine's, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Eid and Back to School • Print it, save it to Photos, share it, or turn any design into a PDF CONVERT TO PDF AND BACK • To PDF: photos, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, text, EPUB, FB2 and web pages • From PDF: images, Word, PowerPoint, text, EPUB and FB2 • Merge, extract, reorder and delete pages • Compress large files and lock any PDF with a password • Fill in PDF forms right on your phone A FULL PDF EDITOR — 17 TOOLS • Add text, images, shapes, signatures and stamps • Draw freehand anywhere on a page • Highlight, underline and strike through real text • Blur or cover anything you would rather keep private • Watermarks, footers and page numbers • Crop, filter and reorganize pages, with undo and redo • Cut an object out of any photo — the background removes itself MAKE SOMETHING WORTH PRINTING • A drawing board with pens, markers, pencils, watercolor, shapes and text • Passport and ID photo sheets — Standard, US, China and Canada sizes on A4, A5, B4 or B5 • ID card copies with front and back on one page • QR codes for links, text, Wi-Fi networks and contacts • Photo calendars, collages and framed prints • AI Print — describe a picture and print it • Print typed text, web pages, contacts, notes and your clipboard YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED • Folders you can nest, color, rename and search • Favorites and flexible sorting • Search for any word inside a document • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Back up your whole library to one file and restore it on a new iPhone WORKS WHEREVER YOU ARE • Share a file or a web link to Smart Printer App from any other app • Ask Siri to scan, print or start a drawing PRIVATE BY DESIGN Scanning, OCR, file conversion, PDF editing and every page tool run entirely on your device, and your documents stay on your iPhone. SMART PRINTER PREMIUM Premium unlocks unlimited scanning, converting, editing, printing and saving, plus the complete Printables library. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings at any time. Smart Printer App is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by any printer manufacturer, including HP, Canon, Epson, Brother, Lexmark, Xerox, Ricoh and Kyocera. Brand names are used only to identify compatible hardware. Terms of Use: https://devkeystone.vercel.app/legal/printer-terms.html Privacy Policy: https://devkeystone.vercel.app/legal/printer-privacy.html

Screenshots

OpenPOS3 screens
Smart Printer App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenPOS at none against Smart Printer App's 3. Smart Printer App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Smart Printer App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. OpenPOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenPOS ships an update fortnightly, Smart Printer App every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
OpenPOS versus Smart Printer App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenPOSSmart Printer App
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSherpaShare, IncZareena Bibi

In-app purchases

None

OpenPOS

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Smart Printer App

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is OpenPOS free?
OpenPOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Printer App free?
Smart Printer App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OpenPOS or Smart Printer App have ads?
Neither OpenPOS nor Smart Printer App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenPOS or Smart Printer App?
OpenPOS ships an update fortnightly, and Smart Printer App every 3 days. Most recently, OpenPOS was updated on November 5, 2026 and Smart Printer App on November 6, 2026.

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