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iPad vs Android for restaurant POS

🔧 Setup & Installation 👁️ 4,346 views 💬 23 replies 📅 Sep 16, 2025
Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles bar operations well

Budget is around $53/month. What would you suggest?
Marcus Powell 👑 Master
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Jennifer Young
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218 posts
Sep 16, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Lightspeed Retail, it has been working well for us
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Nathan Foster
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212 posts
Sep 22, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Steve Hall
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191 posts
Sep 24, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Lauren Rogers
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229 posts
Sep 28, 2025
I've been using ChowNow for 23 months and it has been working well for us
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Marcus Powell
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196 posts
Oct 3, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Susan Wallace
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215 posts
Oct 3, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Emily Foster
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221 posts
Oct 9, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app
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Jack Henderson
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224 posts
Oct 10, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Nancy Sanders
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217 posts
Oct 10, 2025
Check out the tab management setting, that might help.
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Kenneth Ramos
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200 posts
Oct 11, 2025
This is why we switched to Clover. No regrets.
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Raymond Harris
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198 posts
Oct 12, 2025
The inventory by pour is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Frank Walker
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198 posts
Oct 15, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Michelle Reed
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251 posts
Oct 24, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Susan Taylor
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208 posts
Oct 28, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections
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Joyce Chen
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204 posts
Oct 30, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Juan Rivera
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210 posts
Nov 5, 2025
Had the same problem, support was very helpful when I contacted them.
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Susan Johnson
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225 posts
Nov 8, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Stephanie Hill
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189 posts
Nov 11, 2025
This is why we switched to Infor HMS. No regrets.
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Diana Brooks
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206 posts
Nov 12, 2025
I've been using Square for Food Trucks for 6 months and it has been working well for us
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Karen Lewis
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213 posts
Nov 15, 2025
Training took about 4 days for our staff.
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