aBit POS vs Tael
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
aBit POS
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aBit POS Register turns an iPad into a full cashier station, designed from the ground up for shops, cafés, and small businesses in Bhutan. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan barcodes or tap a tile grid to add items • Handle product variants (size, weight, flavor) and per-warehouse stock • Apply per-line or cart-wide discounts, fixed or percentage • Accept cash, card, and QR payments with split-tender • Manage walk-in customers or capture name, phone, email, CID, and TPN • Hold a transaction mid-sale and resume it from any register • Print or share receipts that show customer details and GST breakdown • Open and close registers with cash counts and automatic Z-reports BUILT FOR BHUTAN • Bhutanese Ngultrum (Nu.) with paisa precision • GST handling — inclusive or exclusive pricing per product • Rounding to the nearest whole Nu., configurable per store • Receipt layouts that include your store name, CID, TPN, and footer DESIGNED FOR THE SHOP FLOOR • Landscape iPad layout optimized for tabletop use • Fast cart panel with gesture-friendly controls • Offline-aware session handling so a brief network blip doesn't lose a sale • Multiple registers per store, role-based cashier and manager permissions WORKS WITH YOUR HARDWARE • Connects to thermal receipt printers • Supports external barcode scanners • Optional customer-facing secondary display Whether you run one till or a small chain, aBit POS Register keeps the front-of-house fast and the back-office tidy.
Tael
Effortlessly track expenses from Apple Pay and other sources. Automatically log transactions, create custom rules for recurring entries, and categorize spending by projects or events. Analyze your finances privately on your device.
- Automatic logging from Apple Pay
- Customizable spending rules
- Categorize by trips, projects, or events
- Offline functionality
- Multi-currency support
- Export to CSV/Excel
- Privacy-focused, no cloud syncing
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Every tap, already logged. Pay with Apple Pay and the charge is in Tael before your phone is back in your pocket. The merchant, the amount, the card. You did not open the app. In Hong Kong that includes Octopus — the MTR, the 7-Eleven counter, the ferry. No bank login. No account. No setup evening. Two minutes once, then it runs without you. For money Tael cannot see — cash, a market stall, a transfer — one press of the Action button, Siri or a widget logs it. YOU TEACH IT ONCE, IT STOPS ASKING Label a shop one time and a rule is written. Every later charge from it files itself. Rules are rules, not guesses. You can read every one in plain language, and nothing runs until you say yes. You could do all this in a spreadsheet. People do, for about three weeks. This is the version that survives a busy fortnight. IT TRACKS WHAT YOU ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT Not Shopping. Not Miscellaneous. The Japan trip. The kitchen renovation. Sundays with your dad. How good it felt. One purchase can belong to several at once — that supermarket run was part groceries, part the dinner party, part the trip — so you never have to pick. SO YOU CAN FINALLY ANSWER - What the whole trip cost, flights to the 1am souvenir - Whether this client is worth it, once the lunches and the software are in - What the hobby actually costs over a year, and whether you'd miss it - Which purchases you're still glad about Not after a weekend of reconciling. On a Tuesday, in four seconds. NOBODY SEES THIS BUT YOU Your transactions, merchants, amounts, cards, notes and rules never leave your iPhone. No server holds your ledger and no cloud model reads it. Backup goes to your own iCloud, and only if you turn it on. Tael fetches exchange rates and sends anonymous usage counts — never an amount, a merchant or a card. Which is why you'll actually record that the dinner was a 3 out of 10, or that you're still annoyed about the jacket. That's the honest version, and it's the one worth having. WHAT'S IN IT - Automatic logging from Apple Pay, and Octopus in Hong Kong - Quick logs from the Action button, Siri, widgets and Shortcuts - Rules suggested from your corrections, or written by you - Dimensions: your own lenses, as many as a purchase needs - Budgets, splits, and repeats that log themselves - Pay in yen, log in yen: 159 currencies, one ledger - Export to Excel, CSV, or Markdown written for an AI assistant - App lock, privacy screen, optional iCloud backup - Works offline, always WHO IT'S FOR People who tap to pay many times a day and want to know where the money went without doing bookkeeping. Not for people who want an app to drain a bank feed and budget for them with no involvement. Tael asks a little of you early on, and gives a lot back later. Tael is free, with no ads. Tael Pro is one payment, for life — there is no subscription. See the app for what it unlocks. Requires iPhone, iOS 18.4 or later. Automatic logging depends on Apple Wallet and Shortcuts. Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Tael Terms of Use: https://usetael.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://usetael.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: aBit POS at none against Tael's 3. aBit POS also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.4). Tael's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). 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
Both are free to download. Tael sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. aBit POS asks for nothing beyond the download.
aBit POS ships an update every 8 days, Tael every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | aBit POS | Tael |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | aBIt pvt ltd | Tael Technology, LLC |
In-app purchases
aBit POS
No in-app purchases
Tael
- Tael Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Tael Pro Annual$29.991 Year
- Tael Pro$14.99









