About TinyPOS
TinyPOS turns a phone or tablet into a simple point of sale for kiosks, market stalls, pop-up shops, coffee carts and independent retailers. It runs its core selling, inventory, checkout, receipt and reporting features on the device without a required account or a constant internet connection, and it is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Products can be added manually or scanned with the phone camera, which reads barcodes and QR codes to put items in the cart quickly. Inventory management covers prices, photos, product codes, quantities in stock and items running low. At checkout you record a cash, card or transfer payment, then print or share a receipt. Sales history can be browsed by date, and an end-of-day report summarizes totals, payment methods and top-selling products.
Data is stored locally and can be exported when you choose, and the app is described as privacy-first with no unnecessary accounts. It is published by the Buddy Apps mobile studio as a simpler alternative to complex retail systems.
Key features
- Camera barcode and QR scanning at checkout
- Inventory with stock levels and low-stock alerts
- Cash, card or transfer payment recording
- Printable and shareable receipts
- Sales history browsable by date
- Daily sales reports by payment method
- Works offline with no required account
Good fit for
- Market stalls and pop-up shops
- Coffee carts and small kiosks
- Solo sellers tracking daily stock and sales
TinyPOS: questions and answers
- What is TinyPOS used for?
- TinyPOS is an offline-first point of sale app for iPhone, iPad and Android that scans barcodes, tracks inventory, prints receipts and reports daily sales for small shops. It is a good fit for market stalls and pop-up shops, coffee carts and small kiosks, and solo sellers tracking daily stock and sales.
- Is TinyPOS free?
- Yes. TinyPOS has a free plan.
- Is TinyPOS open source?
- No. TinyPOS is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the E-commerce category, open-source options include Open Source POS, Magento Open Source and TastyIgniter.
- What are some alternatives to TinyPOS?
- TinyPOS competes with Square Point of Sale, Zettle and SumUp.
Open-source alternatives to TinyPOS
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Open Source POS
E-commerce
Open Source Point of Sale is a web based point of sale application written in PHP using Co
OSSvs Square★ 4.4k
Magento Open Source
E-commerce
Prior to making any Submission(s), you must sign an Adobe Contributor License Agreement, a
OSL-3.0vs BigCommerce★ 12k
TastyIgniter
E-commerce
:fire: Powerful, yet easy to use, open-source online ordering, table reservation and manag
MITvs Toast★ 3.8k
Pretix
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Ticket shop application for conferences, festivals, concerts, tech events, shows, exhibiti
OSSvs Eventbrite★ 2.5k
Paymenter
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Free and open-source webshop solution for hostings
MIT★ 2.4k
Svelte Commerce
E-commerce
Open-source headless SvelteKit storefront for 26 commerce backends — Medusa, Shopify, Sale
MIT★ 1.8k
SaaS alternatives to TinyPOS
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Square Point of Sale
E-commerce
Point-of-sale software and payment hardware for retail shops and restaurants
SaaS
Zettle
E-commerce
Point-of-sale and card reader system from PayPal for small businesses
SaaS
SumUp
E-commerce
Card readers and point-of-sale tools for small merchants
SaaS
Clover
E-commerce
Point-of-sale and payments platform for small businesses
SaaS
Lightspeed
E-commerce
Retail, restaurant and ecommerce point-of-sale and commerce software
SaaS
Franchisetech
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Point-of-sale system for cafes, restaurants, retail and local businesses
SaaS

