Point of Sale
Unify online and in-person sales with Shopify POS.
Rating
3.0
feedback
384
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#1,225
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Reviews Summary
The reviews for this Shopify POS app are overwhelmingly negative, highlighting various issues and limitations. Users have complained about slow processing times, connectivity problems with peripherals, lack of flexibility for small businesses, high costs for limited features, and unreliable hardware. Many users have expressed frustration with the lack of customer support and the app's overall functionality. Common themes in the reviews include slow performance, connectivity issues, lack of essential features, high costs, and poor customer service.
Highlights
All reviews
Nov. 9, 2025
The update that happened in Spring 2024 made it so slow to process orders. You have to click 9-10 times to get the most basic sale done. Im looking for a better option now
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share your review with us! I understand your concern about slowness with processing orders - the update included many improvements to the POS app, so I suspect the slowness is due to your device storage or operating software being out of date - our team can certainly assist you further with this! Please get in contact with us through help.shopify.com for a chat, or call us by reaching the number inside the POS app under More > Support > Contact Support and we'll be able to look into this for you! - Rick, Shopify Support
Oct. 15, 2025
You can have over Millions in sales and over 5 Years.But they can suddenly hold your entire companies payments. Without a good reason. im absolutely shocked they think that any small to medium business would stand for such practice. I immediately switched back to my old POS Also doesn't work on Desktop/Laptop needs to be NEW apple Ipad ( old ones will lag ) . And of course you need to buy theirs ecosystem products otherwise all other products have compatibility issues... shop is great for your website but they CLEARLY missed the mark here.
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I understand our payments team does hold payments only to check your business information and make sure the payments are being deposited correctly and securely. I know it can be frustrating to see this hold, and we appreciate your patience as it is an important process for you to be able to be paid. If you need immediate support with this, I encourage you to contact our support team through chat at https://shopify.link/vRnL and we’ll help to get it processed as soon as possible! As for the POS device compatibility, I totally hear you there! The ability to use the POS app on desktop and laptop is a popular request, so I’ve added your feedback for our POS developers to potentially make it supported for those devices, as well as other currently un-supported retail hardware. Thanks so much! - Rick, Shopify Support
Sept. 3, 2025
I came here to read recent reviews because we are still struggling with syncing between our in-store square system and our Shopify website and I keep HOPING Shopify POS systems have improved. By the reviews I read, obviously not. We've tried Shopify POS TWICE and both times it was unreliable. No peripherals - barcode scanner, credit card machine - would remain connected to the iPad so we would have to jump through hoops, WITH CUSTOMERS WAITING IN LINE to reconnect them. Customer support sent us 3 pages of instructions which were insane & STILL didn't fix the problem. HOW CAN SHOPIFY INVENT THE BEST RETAIL SOFTWARE SYSTEM/WEBSITE BUT CAN'T DO POS WORTH A DAMN? So incredibly frustrating.
Hi there, we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us! It's unfortunate to hear of the disconnection issues and understand that the emailed instructions can be overwhelming as there's many steps we need to check. For cases like this, our support team is available 24/7 for live troubleshooting, where we have much more success guiding you 1-on-1 with all the steps to ensure they stay connected. You can start a live chat with our team at help.shopify.com, or call us through the POS app by going to ... > Support > Contact support and call the number you see there. Our team will guide you check your app settings and ensure your devices stay connected! - Rick, Shopify Support
Aug. 10, 2025
Disappointing Support & Lack of Flexibility for Small Businesses We purchased the Shopify POS system and hardware solely for a single annual pop-up event, which typically brings in around $900 in sales. Unfortunately, due to a minor oversight when managing multiple new subscriptions for our website, we didn’t realize the POS subscription was still active. The system was used 1 day out of the 365, with the last sale being almost a year ago, yet we were charged over $1,000 during this period of inactivity. When I contacted Shopify to explain the situation and request even a partial refund or credit, I was met with a strict “no refunds” policy, despite their acknowledgment of the minimal usage and the nature of the oversight. Many companies offer goodwill adjustments in such cases to support small businesses — sadly, Shopify did not. While the POS itself works fine for basic transactions, this experience left me feeling that the service is not flexible, empathetic, or supportive when small merchants make an honest mistake. If you’re a seasonal or occasional seller, be very cautious — you won’t find much understanding here if you forget to cancel. looking for a different system for my once a year pop up events
Hi there, thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. Our refund policy mentions that we can only look into refunds for charges on your most recent bill within the first 7 days, making sure you are keeping up with your billing and checking your charges regularly. However, we do know mistakes can happen and can always looks into extenuating circumstances. Please feel free to contact us again through your POS app by going to ... > Support > Contact support and our team will be happy to provide more support for this! - Rick, Shopify
June 30, 2025
Running a small retail bakery, switched from Square because of their sub-par online product. However, Shopify's POS is really behind. To start, very slow to respond - adding items or discounts to the cart takes forever. With a line of customers waiting, that's no good. Secondly, no modifiers/options (!!!). Customer wants to add toppings to their pizza? forget about it. Third party app for this on the POS are very limited and so slow that it's easier to take order by hand. Also, there are no real tickets. There are drafts, but you cannot print them to attached to orders. No scheduling for order without clunky third party apps, that are even slower. Text and icons are all tiny, especially when adding multiple of the same item there's a little bubble with the number that you can barely see. The "smart grid" presents only 10 tiles at a time (Square fit 25 on the same screen). We keep scrolling up an down as the customers give their orders. For a product that charges $89 a month, this is just embarrassing.
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us! I appreciate your concerns and agree we can improve the cart modifiers, app tiles and ability to schedule orders. Currently, the POS app is designed to sell finished products. Food service is something I know the team is working on, so I’ll be sure to provide your feedback there! The speed of your app also depends on your software being up to date, as well as how many other apps your store is running. I would encourage you to contact us through the POS app by going to … > Support > Contact Support and call the number you see there so we can guide you with other solutions! - Rick, Shopify Support
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