If you’ve been out shopping lately you’ve likely gone into a store that is using an iPad for checkout.

While many developers target their Point of Sale (POS) apps to replace the cash register, Kounta has its sights set higher.  

The Kounta POS for iPad is an amazing next-generation Point of Sale system that sets a new high water mark for functionality and ease-of-use.

Developed with the hospitality industry in mind, Kounta will easily fit into any bar, restaurant, cafe, bakery, and so on. You get the idea.  The retailers of the world weren’t forgotten, though, and will also be impressed with how much functionality can fit inside this cloud-based app.

Features:

One of the first things you notice is that the POS screen is fully customizable to make taking orders or ringing up customers easy and intuitive for your staff.  It is easily tailored to your business so you make it what you need it to be. Plus, the Fast Cash button speeds up the line, as do integrated credit card and mobile payments.

Besides keeping track of your sales, you probably also want to keep track of your customers. POS makes it easy because you create profiles for them in your POS.  Knowing their buying habits makes it easier to create a personalized experience, stay in touch with them through social media and email with offers and rewards.

The app is cloud-based, but works offline, too, so you’re not stuck if your internet connection goes down.  Updates and backup are part of any of the premium packages so you’re free to run your business.

Layout and Design:

With a clean easy to understand design, training your staff won’t be difficult. You can even store menu items as recipes and have the right amount of each ingredient deducted from your stock each time it’s ordered. Any product bundles can work the same way.

It seems that quite a bit of thought has also gone into improving the flow of operations to reduce human error, resulting in happier customers.  Orders are automatically routed to any or all of your multiple printers, with locations defined at the item level (e.g. sandwich prints to kitchen, coffee prints to drink station).  

The ability to track and calculate consumption and waste arms owners to make smarter purchasing decisions.  Table layouts and advanced tipping features make Kounta ideally suited for any cafe or restaurant.

Kounta’s advanced reporting and analytics platform gives even the smallest of businesses access to the kind of sophisticated data analysis the largest companies have been using for years.

Overall Value:

We appreciate the fact that a free trial period is offered for this business app. If you decide this app is for you and will work in your business, the subscriptions range from $50/month to $150/month.

For all this app can do, from facilitating the shopping/buying/ordering experience to providing in-depth analytics and customer management and marketing, this seems like a pretty good deal to us. Oh, and by the way, it’s also available on the Android platform.

POS | Point of Sale by Kounta requires iOS 7.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. A small expedited fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.

from : Mid Atlantic Consulting, Inc.