Comparison

ST POS vs MTUSDK Omni

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

Head to head
About

ST POS

This app serves as a dual-purpose tool for businesses, functioning as a point-of-sale system for restaurants and bars, and as an age-verification and admission management system for venues. It allows for order placement, payment processing, and customer tracking.

Highlights
  • Table-side order and payment processing
  • ID and age verification for admissions
  • Customer and VIP tracking
  • Accepts various payment methods
  • Employee scheduling and management
  • Inventory and product customization
  • Tab management and split payments
Features
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SmartTab POS & ADMISSION app is both a restaurant/bar/nightclub point-of-sale (POS) app and an age-verification/admission app for bouncers and doormen. The SmartTab POS app is optimized for tablet POS (iPad) and handheld table-side service POS (iPod) and gives you everything you need to place orders and accept payments from a mobile device. The SmartTab ADMISSION feature (iPod) provides ID and Age Verification while keeping track of customer admission, VIPs, bottle service guests, and 86’d guests. Accept cash, debit, credit card and SmartTab payments (see companion SmartTab CUSTOMER app). Funds are deposited fast—see money in your bank account in one to two business days. Use SmartTab POS to keep track of all your customers, tabs, tables, admissions, products, modifiers, tenders, inventory, courses, gratuity, taxes, surcharge, employees, schedule and timesheets. All this with no long term obligation and simple month-to-month contracts. FEATURES SmartTab POS & ADMISSION can operate independently through the cloud, or connect locally as part of a broader POS configuration that works in tandem with resistive-touch POS stations. Get the latest features and enhanced functionality with regular app updates. - Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX (optBlue), cash, gift cards, and other forms of tender - Customers can pay, tip, and sign right on your device - Integrated for SmartTab payments where customers can open their tab with their ID or through the SmartTab CUSTOMER app - Full-featured POS functionality with transfers, merges, coursing, covers, itemized or entire check discounts, repeat order, drag select, remaining counts, 86’d items, mods, gratuity, surcharge, tax, and more... - Employee scheduling along with staff management tools and reports - Customize your products with names, prices, tax rules, recipes, mods, and ingredient tracking - Construct a venue customer and product social graph - 1-click tab lookup with robust tab management and filtering - Dynamic split check / split payment for quick and flexible customer split management - Connects to a receipt printer, kitchen / bar remote ticket printer, barcode scanner, and cash drawer ----------------------------- NEXT-DAY DEPOSITS Get your money fast. SmartTab deposits payments into your bank account in one to two business days. SECURE MOBILE CREDIT CARD READER Credit card information is encrypted from start to finish.

About

MTUSDK Omni

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MTUSDK Omni is a sample application designed and developed to work with MagTek iOS MTUSDK and delivers the ability to communicate with MagTek's newest card readers. The application works with MagTek MMS Dyna Devices (e.g. DynaFlex II PED WLAN, DynaFlex II Go, DynaProx) to provide a powerful user experience that simulates a transaction process. MTUSDK Omni is an example app for developers to integrate into their own products and services. Main features: 1. Support different connection interfaces, such as USB-C/iAP2, Bluetooth LE, and WebSocket via WLAN 2. See transaction process simulation: `Trans` tab, for MSR, Contact (ICC), Contactless (PICC) 3. Send commands to the device: scan a barcode, update firmware, etc. (See the 'Device' tab) 4. Input and check the TLV data objects (See the `Parser` tab) 5. Send a local or remote Excel configure file to the device under (See the `SendExcelFile` tab)

Screenshots

ST POS4 screens
MTUSDK Omni4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ST POS at every 5 days against MTUSDK Omni's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ST POS ships an update every 5 days, MTUSDK Omni every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ST POS versus MTUSDK Omni: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterST POSMTUSDK Omni
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSmarttab CorpMagTek, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

ST POS

No in-app purchases

None

MTUSDK Omni

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ST POS free?
ST POS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MTUSDK Omni free?
MTUSDK Omni is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ST POS or MTUSDK Omni have ads?
Neither ST POS nor MTUSDK Omni shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ST POS or MTUSDK Omni?
ST POS ships an update every 5 days, and MTUSDK Omni every 3 months. Most recently, ST POS was updated on October 12, 2026 and MTUSDK Omni on October 6, 2026.

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