Comparison

Poster vs PosKing

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

Head to head
About

Poster

A cloud-based point-of-sale system designed for various food service businesses like cafes, restaurants, and food trucks. It offers sales, cash, inventory, and financial accounting tools to help manage operations and make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based POS system
  • Sales and cash tracking
  • Inventory management
  • Financial accounting
  • Reporting and analytics
  • Mobile POS for food trucks
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Poster POS is a cloud-based iPad Point-of-sale system for cafe, restaurant, coffee shop, bar, pub, fastfood, streetfood, shops, bakeries, food truck, festivals (mobile POS). Setup takes less than 15 minutes, and it is cheaper and more powerful than most POS solutions on the market. Poster POS has sales, cash, inventory and financial accounting. We offer modern hardware and technologies for your business. Our product will help you to keep track of everything happening at your restaurant or store and to make right decisions based on powerful reporting. Check out Poster POS for cafe and restaurant POS (Point-of-sale).

About

PosKing

This comprehensive point-of-sale system offers cash register, inventory, and customer management features. It supports various business types, including retail, food service, and personal services, with options for peripheral integration and offline use.

Highlights
  • Cash register functionality
  • Inventory management
  • Customer relationship management
  • Offline operation
  • Employee management
  • Peripheral device support
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※ Feature List Cash Register, Table Ordering, Keep Accounts, Offline cash register, Reservation management, Customer management, Customer points system, Multiple accounts, Employee management, Employee schedule system, Inventory management, Coupon management, Receipt template editor, etc. ※ Supported Business Types Catering: Fast food restaurant, Coffee shop, Western cuisine restaurant, Japanese cuisine restaurant, France cuisine restaurant, Italian cuisine restaurant, Chinese cuisine restaurant, Thai cuisine restaurant, Asian cuisine restaurant, Grill restaurant, Teppanyaki restaurant, Noodle house, Bread shop, Baking shop, Milk tea shop, Drinks shop, Bar or Pub, Brewery pub. Retail: Convenience store, Food store, Candy, Fresh, Clothing & Bags, Beauty & Cosmetics, Pharmacy, 3C store, Phones store, Computers store, Baby products store, Furniture store, Household goods store, Watches store, Musical instruments store, Used, Collectible store, Automotive & Powersports, Office products store, Flowers store, Pets supplies store. Service: Barber, Beauty Salon, Nail Salon, Embroidery, Skin Care & Body Spa, Hospital, Clinic, Sports, Fitness Club, School, Training school, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Nightclub, Maid Cafe, Animal Cafe. ※ Peripheral Mode Customer display, Kitchen display system, Queue calling system, Take a number mode, etc. ※ Connectable Peripherals Receipt Printer, Label Printer, AirPrint Printer, Bluetooth barcode scanner, Bluetooth keypad, etc. ※ Supported thermal receipt printer manufacturers Epson, Star, Seiko Instruments (SII), Citizen, NEC, Bixolon, Partner, Sewoo, Woosim, Xprinter, Gprinter, etc. (We support almost all the thermal receipt printer, if the printer has a LAN or Bluetooth interface.) ※ Supported barcode scanner manufacturers Socket Mobile, Symcode, HPRT, etc. ※ Supported keypad manufacturers Satechi, etc. ※ About In-app subscriptions The App Store charges your specified payment method automatically on the same date each billing period. It requires you to cancel at least 24 hours before your subscription/trial period ends. Deleting the app from your device won’t cancel your subscription. To change or cancel subscriptions please go to the Settings app on your iOS device. ※ Terms of use and privacy policy https://posking.app/page/term Note: We stand with Ukraine and do not support the commodity barcodes from 4600000000008 to 4699999999998 which are used by Russia.

Screenshots

Poster3 screens
PosKing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Poster at none against PosKing's 6. Poster also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and rating (3.3 vs 3.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. PosKing sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Poster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poster holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Poster's written reviews are positive against 56% of PosKing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poster ships an update every 4 days, PosKing monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Poster versus PosKing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPosterPosKing
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (7 ratings) — better3.1 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews67.2% of reviews — better56.5% of reviews
Number of ratings713 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPoster POS IncSoftAsia

Customer experience

Poster

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative26.9%

PosKing

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive56.5%
Neutral14.1%
Negative29.4%

In-app purchases

None

Poster

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

PosKing

Subscriptions6
  • Basic Edition$20.001 Month
  • Standard Edition$45.001 Month
  • Premium Edition$90.001 Month
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  • Basic Edition (Yearly)$200.001 Year
  • Standard Edition (Yearly)$450.001 Year
  • Premium Edition (Yearly)$900.001 Year

Questions

Is Poster free?
Poster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PosKing free?
PosKing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Poster or PosKing?
Poster is rated higher. Poster averages 3.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while PosKing averages 3.1 from 13 ratings.
Do Poster or PosKing have ads?
Neither Poster nor PosKing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poster or PosKing?
Poster ships an update every 4 days, and PosKing monthly. Most recently, Poster was updated on October 23, 2026 and PosKing on October 21, 2026.

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