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About Shopify Point of Sale (POS)

Shopify POS unifies your online and retail stores to strengthen sales conversions everywhere you sell, streamline store management, and help you build stronger relationships with your customers. It has all the essential features you need to make sales, track performance, and manage customers, orders, and inventory. With local pickup and delivery — and the ability to sell from other locations — you can reach more customers and give them seamless shopping experiences. Learn why retailers using Shopify grow revenue by 30% year over year by unifying online and in-store sales. CHECKOUT’S BEST FRIEND • Take your smartphone or tablet to your customer—and sell anywhere in-store. • Securely accept all major credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Shop Pay, and cash. • Process all credit cards at the same low rate with no hidden fees with Shopify Payments. • Automatically apply the correct sales tax at checkout based on your store’s location. • Collect customer contacts with SMS and email receipts. • Customize printed receipts with your website URL, store hours, promotions, or store policies. • Save carts and retrieve them later to continue serving other customers quickly. • Create discounts and promo codes that span your ecommerce and retail business. • Scan product barcode labels with the camera on your phone or tablet. • Identify store staff that helped with a sale to keep track of performance. • Integrate barcode scanners, cash drawers, receipt printers, and more. MAKE THE SALE EVERY TIME—FROM ONLINE TO CHECKOUT LINE • Email carts to customers to remind them of their in-store favorites so they can buy online. • Track all pickup orders from your online store and notify customers when they’re ready. • Sell inventory available at other locations and automatically calculate the right shipping rates at checkout. TURN ONE-TIME CUSTOMERS INTO LIFETIME FANS • Easily exchange and return items purchased online or at other locations. • Create fully-synced customer profiles so staff can give every customer a personal shopping experience with quick access to notes, lifetime spend, and order history. • Add loyalty apps to your POS to reward customers for shopping with you, both in-store and online. • Create personalized marketing campaigns via email and social media in your Shopify admin. STREAMLINE OPERATIONS • Manage one product catalogue and sync inventory so it’s available for online and in-person selling. • Create staff login PINs to secure access and track activity. • Use customizable role-based permissions to give staff the right level of access. • Make informed decisions with insights on your store’s daily sales performance. • Track payments to hold staff accountable for transactions by payment types and cash handled. • Adapt to growing trends in your business with unified analytics that blend in-store and online sales in your Shopify admin • Generate purchase orders and transfer stock based on inventory forecasts and performance. "It’s impossible to think of retail as separate. You have to be able to bring the physical into the digital, and the digital into the physical...this idea of unified retail is the future.” Juliana Di Simone, Tokyobike Questions? We'd love to learn more about your business and how we can help. https://help.shopify.com/

Shopify Point of Sale (POS) details

Shopify Point of Sale (POS) is a free Business app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Shopify Inc. It is rated 4.5 out of 5 from 7,466 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 15.1 or later, is 247 MB to download and is available in 18 languages. It was first released on August 28, 2013 and last updated on September 14, 2026.

Category
Business
Rating
4.5 / 5 (7,466 ratings)
Price
Free
Current version
11.15.0
Size
247 MB
Requires
iOS 15.1 or later
Compatibility
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Languages
English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian and 10 more
Age rating
4+
Released
August 28, 2013
Last updated
September 14, 2026
Developer
Shopify Inc.

Ratings breakdown

5 stars 80% (5,991) 4 stars 5% (398) 3 stars 3% (219) 2 stars 2% (165) 1 star 9% (693)

What’s new in Shopify Point of Sale (POS)

- Cart contents and totals are visible with a persistent cart bar and expandable cart drawer on mobile. - We improved how POS saves and sends diagnostic data when devices are offline, helping preserve information after connection loss, crashes, or app restarts.

Version 11.15.0 · Updated September 14, 2026

Shopify Point of Sale (POS) app privacy

The developer, Shopify Inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • User Content: Customer Support, Other User Content
  • Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
  • Usage Data: Product Interaction
  • Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
  • Location: Coarse Location
  • Contact Info: Email Address, Name, Phone Number
  • Search History: Search History

Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • User Content: Photos or Videos

Used for: App Functionality

Alternatives to Shopify Point of Sale (POS)

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Shopify Point of Sale (POS) vs. alternatives
App Rating Price Last updated
Shopify Point of Sale (POS) 4.5 / 5 (7,466 ratings) Free September 14, 2026
Square: Retail Point of Sale 4.7 / 5 (14,380) Free Sep 23, 2026
Printful App 4.6 / 5 (7,379) Free Aug 31, 2026
Zeely: AI Marketing Platform 4.6 / 5 (22,390) Free Sep 21, 2026
GoDaddy Commerce: POS Payments 4.7 / 5 (15,964) Free Sep 10, 2026
Amazon Seller 4.6 / 5 (107,838) Free Sep 1, 2026
Dropshipping+ Winning Products 4.7 / 5 (905) Free Aug 24, 2026