Shopify Point of Sale (POS)
69
Quality Score
Solid
Shopify Point of Sale (POS)
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Shopify Point of Sale (POS) is an iOS app from Shopify Inc. in the Business category, currently rated 4.5★ across 7,465 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 69: Solid (established niche player). For a Business app, that means established niche player. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.4M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.8M – $3.3M
per month
BIG tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$457/mo · 3K ratings · 3.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.2y at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (246 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$175K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $125K – $225K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~1.3× build cost (break-even+)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
485K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
105K
Daily active
31K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.4M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.4M – $1.9M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.3M
24 months
$1.8M – $3.3M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 51/100BIG TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)below benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.5
Product Quality
6.5
Revenue Strength
6.1
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
5.5
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $560K - $3080K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.45★ across 7,465 reviews — solid.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, bug mentions above category norm, rating drift -3.07 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $25.2M-$44.8M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (7,465 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (12y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (19 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Good rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v11.8.0
- Create pickup orders in POS that can be assigned at another location for pickup
- The Add Custom Sale screen in POS now uses an inline number pad, with the duplicated tax and quantity fields removed.… Full release notes →
- The Add Custom Sale screen in POS now uses an inline number pad, with the duplicated tax and quantity fields removed.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Shopify Point of Sale (POS)
- Developer
- Shopify Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.jadedpixel.pos
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Be the next AI all-star
- Description
- Try Shopify free. Build or grow your business fast with AI. Get more than ecommerce software with tools to manage every part of your business.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $9.3K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Business
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/shopify
- linkedin.com/company/shopify
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: LOW
Direct revenue figures for the iOS app "Shopify Point of Sale (POS)" are not publicly available from sources like Sensor Tower or Adapty, as the app itself is free to download and its monetization is integrated into Shopify's broader ecosystem. Revenue generated through the Shopify POS system primarily comes from monthly subscriptions for Shopify POS Pro ($89/month per location) and transaction fees (2.4% to 2.6% + $0.10 per in-person transaction) processed via Shopify Payments. These revenues are part of Shopify's overall 'Subscription Solutions' and 'Merchant Solutions' segments, rather than direct in-app purchases attributable solely to the iOS app.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Shopify, Vertex AI Search
📈Ratings growth7,465 ratings+24% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (45 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Version Release Timeline5 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
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.… View full description on the official store →
Learn why retailers using Shopify grow revenue by 30% year over year by unifying online and in-store sales.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 246 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.1+🔖 v11.8.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, DA, NL, EN, FI +14📂 Business💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
12 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v11.6.0 → v11.6.1
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.94 → 4.30 (improved 2.36★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2019-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2014-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.43 → 3.13 (dropped 0.30★)
2013-12
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.00 → 3.40 (improved 0.40★)
2013-11
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.50 → 3.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2013-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 3.50 (improved 1.50★)
2013-08
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 549 reviews across 8 markets● 41% positive · ● 12% neutral · ● 47% negative · Rating drift: -3.07★ (declining — recent 50: 1.38★ vs lifetime: 4.45★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇬🇧 GB
+0.13
🇺🇸 US
+0.04
🇦🇺 AU
+0.03
🇫🇷 FR
-0.05
🇯🇵 JP
-0.07
🇮🇳 IN
-0.07
🇨🇦 CA
-0.23
🇩🇪 DE
-0.53
Top praise themes
card reader ×7 online store ×3 customer service ×3 easy ×18 update ×14 now ×14 business ×11 email ×9
Top complaint themes
card reader ×39 new update ×33 please fix ×25 doesn work ×17 customer service ×14 barcode scanner ×13 latest update ×13 user friendly ×13
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.8% Bug mentions: 8% Fraud / scam mentions: 0.9%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.04112★ | 608 | 4.04112★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.7★ | 30 | 4.7★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.20371★ | 1,399 | 4.20371★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.28402★ | 169 | 4.28402★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.5473★ | 148 | 4.5473★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.21861★ | 741 | 4.21861★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.87755★ | 49 | 3.87755★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.29104★ | 134 | 4.29104★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.45085★ | 7,468 | 4.45085★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 7,465 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Shopify Point of Sale (POS) make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shopify Point of Sale (POS) earns approximately $9.3K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Shopify Point of Sale (POS)?▴
Shopify Point of Sale (POS) is published by Shopify Inc. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Shopify Point of Sale (POS)'s BU Score?▴
Shopify Point of Sale (POS) has a BU Score of 69/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.