Lightspeed Display (X) vs IRIS CRM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightspeed Display (X)
This app provides a customer-facing display for your retail point-of-sale system, allowing customers to view transaction details and provide their contact information. It streamlines the checkout process and enhances customer engagement.
- Customer-facing transaction display
- View line items, tax, and discounts
- Collect customer contact details
- Enable email receipts and marketing sign-ups
- Eliminate data entry errors
- Free onboarding and 24/7 support
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Lightspeed Display is the perfect companion for Lightspeed Retail POS (X-series), offering retailers a customer-facing display using a secondary iPad. To pair, simply enable Lightspeed Display from the Hardware tab in the Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series) app settings and enter the four-digit Lightspeed Display code into the app. Let customers view key transaction details • Give your customers an overview of the sale as you’re checking out • Use the customer facing sale display to show all line items, sales tax, discounts and more Enable customers to provide their details • Encourage customers to enter their contact details for email receipts, personalized marketing or even to sign-up to your email email list • Eliminate typos or misheard email addresses Lightspeed Display requires iOS 12 and the latest version of Lightspeed Retail POS (X-Series), also available on the App Store. Free onboarding & 24/7 support • Enjoy award-winning and in-house customer support team that’s available 24/7 • Get free step-by-step articles and resources in our comprehensive Help Center • Watch step-by-step video tutorials to help you navigate and get the most out of your POS
IRIS CRM
Streamline your merchant services business with this mobile CRM. Features include a power dialer for efficient client outreach, contact management, and tools to board accounts, calculate residuals, and monitor your portfolio.
- Power dialer for efficient client calls
- Contact database accessible anywhere
- Update client notes and deals on the go
- Direct calling, texting, and emailing
- Board accounts and monitor portfolios
- Calculate residuals and track transactions
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Ready to run a leaner, more efficient payments business? Discover how NMI Merchant Central helps your team move faster, stay connected and manage merchants from anywhere. CALL CLIENTS WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN Burn through call lists without dialing a single number by hand Move seamlessly from one prospect to the next with Power Dialer Stay on top of follow-ups with built-in reminders BUILT FOR SALES REPS & MERCHANT MANAGEMENT Access your contact database from anywhere Update notes and track deals while on the go Call, text and email contacts directly from the platform MERCHANT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Board accounts, calculate residuals and monitor your portfolio in one place Track deposits, transactions, batches, retrievals and chargebacks Support merchants throughout the entire life cycle with a unified experience
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IRIS CRM at 3.4 against Lightspeed Display (X)'s 1.4. IRIS CRM also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 9%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IRIS CRM holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Lightspeed Display (X)'s written reviews are positive against 36% of IRIS CRM's.
Lightspeed Display (X) ships an update every 3 months, IRIS CRM every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightspeed Display (X) | IRIS CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (21 ratings) | 3.4 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lightspeed Commerce Inc. | IRIS CRM |
Customer experience
Lightspeed Display (X)
IRIS CRM
In-app purchases
Lightspeed Display (X)
No in-app purchases
IRIS CRM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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