Customer Display vs Colonial Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Customer Display
This app functions as a customer-facing display for point-of-sale systems. It shows scanned items, pricing, discounts, taxes, and change due. It also captures credit card signatures and can display advertisements.
- Displays scanned items
- Shows pricing, discount, and tax details
- Calculates total amount and change due
- Captures customer signatures
- Supports ad slide-shows
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Customer Display works with Rapid Rms (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rapid-rms/id942407690?mt=8). It works as Customer Display unit. It Displays following: - All the items as scanned at POS - All pricing, discount and tax information as it is displayed in POS - Total amount, total discount, total taxes - Change due amount - Captures customer signature in case of Credit Card transaction - Slide-show of Ads side-by-side
Colonial Connect
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ORDER ENTRY APP Connect lets you order products by simply scanning shelf tags or UPCs with your phone's camera. If you don't know the item # or UPC, you can easily search for items by description. As each item is added to your order, Connect shows helpful details about the item, including: Photo Item description Price Connect will notify you on the Home screen of the date of your upcoming delivery. The Cart allows you to go back and forth during the ordering process to see what already has been added. As you are building your order, you can easily see a running total dollar amount of your order in the cart as well. Contact Colonial Distributing for complete details on how to get Connect on your iPhone today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Colonial Connect at every 3 weeks against Customer Display's every 7 months. Colonial Connect also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Customer Display ships an update every 7 months, Colonial Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Customer Display | Colonial Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nirav Inc. | Colonial Wholesale Distributing Inc |
In-app purchases
Customer Display
No in-app purchases
Colonial Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Customer Display free?
Is Colonial Connect free?
Do Customer Display or Colonial Connect have ads?
Which is updated more often, Customer Display or Colonial Connect?
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