iPad vs Android for restaurant POS

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles healthcare operations well

Budget is around $259/month. What would you suggest?

Sarah Barnes 👑 Master

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Lauren Howard

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Aug 10, 2025

I've been using Hike POS for 19 months and it has been working well for us

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Jerry Green

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Aug 11, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Harbortouch, it has been working well for us

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Derek Park

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Aug 11, 2025

Training took about 5 days for our staff.

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Kimberly Anderson

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Aug 25, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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James Mitchell

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Aug 31, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Ann Zhang

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Sep 3, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Rebecca Powell

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Sep 4, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Heather Stewart

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Sep 15, 2025

Had the same problem, support was hit or miss when I contacted them.

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Sandra Flores

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Sep 30, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Homebase, it has been working well for us

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Rebecca Rogers

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Oct 17, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Vend POS, it has been working well for us

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Emily Foster

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Nov 3, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache

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Megan Clark

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Nov 18, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Joyce Ross

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Nov 23, 2025

This is why we switched to Clover Dining. No regrets.

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