AlfaPOS: Payments for Stripe
Small Business Point of Sale
Free
AlfaPOS, powered by Stripe, is an all-in-one payment app designed to help modern businesses accept in-person payments – by card or in cash. Whether you're running a retail store, an event space, a food stand, or offering professional services, AlfaPOS makes it easy to accept payments, manage your product and subscription catalog, track transactions, and more – all while keeping costs low.
FOR EXISTING STRIPE USERS
Already running your business on Stripe? AlfaPOS extends your existing Stripe account to in-person payments – no new platform to learn, no separate reconciliation. Your online and in-person sales flow through the same Stripe Dashboard you already use.
FOR NEW BUSINESSES
New to payments? AlfaPOS gives you instant access to Stripe's world-class payment infrastructure. Accept payments globally, access detailed analytics, and tap into Stripe's full ecosystem of business tools – invoicing, subscriptions, financial reporting, and more – all through one simple app.
Join a growing community of businesses using AlfaPOS.
ACCEPT PAYMENTS ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
• Accept all major credit and debit cards
• Take cash payments – AlfaPOS calculates the change and tracks cash and card together
• Go hardware-free with Apple Tap to Pay, or use any Stripe-supported card reader
• Send invoices with a secure payment link for easy online payment
• Sell products and subscriptions
• Accept payments offline – never miss a sale, even without an Internet connection
• Pre-authorize cards for future final transactions
• Use Kiosk mode to turn your iPad or iPhone into a secure self-service checkout
INVITE AND MANAGE YOUR TEAM
• Invite your team members without sharing Stripe credentials
• Build custom roles with granular permissions – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict access to specific events
• Owners keep full access; everyone else gets exactly what they need
• Organize members into groups and assign them to events in one tap
RUN SALES EVENTS
• Set up an event for a market day, festival booth, donation campaign, or weekend promo
• Give each event its own curated catalog of products, subscriptions, and coupons
• Staff working the event only see what's relevant while it's live
• Sales are automatically attributed to the event – filter reports by it
POWER YOUR BUSINESS WITH SMART TOOLS
• Keep more of every sale with Fee Saver – let customers cover the processing fee
• Manage your product and subscription catalog and customer information in one place
• View detailed transaction history and issue full or partial refunds
• Collect tips with smart percentage suggestions
• View and export Sales reports with breakdowns by payment method and by product sold
GET STARTED IN MINUTES
• Low fees – just 1% on top of Stripe’s processing fee
• No monthly fees – pay only when you sell
• No hardware required – start accepting payments today
• Simple setup – create your account and take your first payment in minutes
more Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.11 Sep 10
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.10 Sep 9
Fee Saver now supports fixed fees. Alongside the existing percentage option, you can set a flat amount that's added to every sale.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.9 Aug 10
- Subscription checkout now handles bank authentication. When a customer's bank asks them to approve the first subscription payment (3-D Secure / SCA), the approval step appears on your device for both card reader taps and manual entry. If the customer doesn't finish approving, the subscription is cancelled and nothing is charged.
- Fixed a rare freeze on the card reader screen when saving a card that needed extra confirmation.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.7 Jul 28
You can now record how many packages go into each weighed sale. Set the count when you enter the weight, and it carries through to the cart, sale details, and receipts. The Products sold report and CSV export now show packages sold alongside total weight.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.6 Jul 25
Introducing Sales Events, Member Roles with Granular Permissions, and Member Groups.
Sales Events
Running a donation campaign, sporting event, festival booth, or a weekend promo? Give your staff a purpose-built checkout for a single event. Each event gets its own curated catalog – pick which products, subscriptions, and coupons are available, then add the members who'll work the event so they only see what's relevant while it's live. Sales are automatically attributed to the event, and reports can be filtered by it.
Member Roles with Granular Permissions
Build custom roles that fit how your business actually works. Grant precise access – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict a role to specific events – without handing over the keys to everything.
Member Groups
Organize your team into groups and attach them to events in one tap. Set up your market-day crew or weekend staff once and reuse them anytime.
Performance Improvements and Bug Fixes
Fixed the card reader battery indicator on the Checkout screen not refreshing while a reader was connected. Improved card reader connection reliability for long-running setups – the app now detects and recovers from silent reader disconnects automatically.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.5 Jul 21
Introducing Sales Events, Member Roles with Granular Permissions, and Member Groups.
Sales Events
Running a donation campaign, sporting event, festival booth, or a weekend promo? Give your staff a purpose-built checkout for a single event. Each event gets its own curated catalog – pick which products, subscriptions, and coupons are available, then add the members who'll work the event so they only see what's relevant while it's live. Sales are automatically attributed to the event, and reports can be filtered by it.
Member Roles with Granular Permissions
Build custom roles that fit how your business actually works. Grant precise access – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict a role to specific events – without handing over the keys to everything.
Member Groups
Organize your team into groups and attach them to events in one tap. Set up your market-day crew or weekend staff once and reuse them anytime.
Performance Improvements and Bug Fixes
Fixed the card reader battery indicator on the Checkout screen not refreshing while a reader was connected. Improved card reader connection reliability for long-running setups – the app now detects and recovers from silent reader disconnects automatically.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.4 Jul 20
Introducing Sales Events, Member Roles with Granular Permissions, and Member Groups.
Sales Events
Running a donation campaign, sporting event, festival booth, or a weekend promo? Give your staff a purpose-built checkout for a single event. Each event gets its own curated catalog – pick which products, subscriptions, and coupons are available, then add the members who'll work the event so they only see what's relevant while it's live. Sales are automatically attributed to the event, and reports can be filtered by it.
Member Roles with Granular Permissions
Build custom roles that fit how your business actually works. Grant precise access – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict a role to specific events – without handing over the keys to everything.
Member Groups
Organize your team into groups and attach them to events in one tap. Set up your market-day crew or weekend staff once and reuse them anytime.
Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.3 Jul 19
Introducing Sales Events, Member Roles with Granular Permissions, and Member Groups.
Sales Events
Running a donation campaign, sporting event, festival booth, or a weekend promo? Give your staff a purpose-built checkout for a single event. Each event gets its own curated catalog – pick which products, subscriptions, and coupons are available, then add the members who'll work the event so they only see what's relevant while it's live. Sales are automatically attributed to the event, and reports can be filtered by it.
Member Roles with Granular Permissions
Build custom roles that fit how your business actually works. Grant precise access – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict a role to specific events – without handing over the keys to everything.
Member Groups
Organize your team into groups and attach them to events in one tap. Set up your market-day crew or weekend staff once and reuse them anytime.
Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.2 Jul 17
Introducing Sales Events, Member Roles with Granular Permissions, and Member Groups.
Sales Events
Running a donation campaign, sporting event, festival booth, or a weekend promo? Give your staff a purpose-built checkout for a single event. Each event gets its own curated catalog – pick which products, subscriptions, and coupons are available, then add the members who'll work the event so they only see what's relevant while it's live. Sales are automatically attributed to the event, and reports can be filtered by it.
Member Roles with Granular Permissions
Build custom roles that fit how your business actually works. Grant precise access – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict a role to specific events – without handing over the keys to everything.
Member Groups
Organize your team into groups and attach them to events in one tap. Set up your market-day crew or weekend staff once and reuse them anytime.
Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2.1 Jul 15
Introducing Sales Events, Member Roles with Granular Permissions, and Member Groups.
Sales Events
Running a donation campaign, sporting event, festival booth, or a weekend promo? Give your staff a purpose-built checkout for a single event. Each event gets its own curated catalog – pick which products, subscriptions, and coupons are available, then add the members who'll work the event so they only see what's relevant while it's live. Sales are automatically attributed to the event, and reports can be filtered by it.
Member Roles with Granular Permissions
Build custom roles that fit how your business actually works. Grant precise access – allow refunds, view all sales, or restrict a role to specific events – without handing over the keys to everything.
Member Groups
Organize your team into groups and attach them to events in one tap. Set up your market-day crew or weekend staff once and reuse them anytime.
Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.2 Jul 14
Cash payments are here!
• Take cash payments – ring up a sale, enter the cash received, and AlfaPOS works out the change. No card reader or Stripe account needed, and it works offline.
• Cash receipts – email one on the spot, or send it later from the sale details.
• Cash refunds – refund any cash sale in a tap.
• Sales Report – see cash and card totals side by side, or filter by payment type.
• Cash receipt language – set the language for printed and emailed receipts.
• Attach a customer to any cash sale, and see their full purchase history – cash included.
• Invoices have moved into Sales to keep the main navigation focused.
• Updated French and Italian translations.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.1.1 Jun 24
Cash payments are here!
• Take cash payments – ring up a sale, enter the cash received, and AlfaPOS works out the change. No card reader or Stripe account needed, and it works offline.
• Cash receipts – email one on the spot, or send it later from the sale details.
• Cash refunds – refund any cash sale in a tap.
• Sales Report – see cash and card totals side by side, or filter by payment type.
• Cash receipt language – set the language for printed and emailed receipts.
• Attach a customer to any cash sale, and see their full purchase history – cash included.
• Invoices have moved into Sales to keep the main navigation focused.
• Updated French and Italian translations.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.1 Jun 13
Resolved an issue where the checkout area could become unresponsive to touch on devices running iOS 17.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.0.2 Jun 1
– Introducing Sales Reports. Get a quick overview of how your business is performing with breakdowns by payment method and products sold.
– You can now set a default sales description that automatically applies to every sale. This speeds up checkout and can be especially useful in Kiosk mode.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
4.0.1 May 17
Introducing Sales reports. See how your business is doing at a glance with breakdowns by payment method and by product sold. CSV export included.
4.0 May 12
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.7.1 Apr 6
Introducing invoice payments. You can now accept payments via invoices when selling products and subscriptions. Invoices are created through Stripe and will appear in your Stripe account. When an invoice is sent, your customer receives it by email and can pay it online by following the payment link.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.7 Mar 28
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.6.4 Feb 23
New in Kiosk Mode: Added auto-clear for abandoned sales. The checkout automatically resets after a period of inactivity, keeping your kiosk ready for the next customer.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.6.3 Jan 26
New in Kiosk Mode: Added auto-clear for abandoned sales. The checkout automatically resets after inactivity, keeping your kiosk ready for the next customer.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.6.2 Jan 26
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.6.1 Jan 19
• You can now reorder products and subscriptions on the Checkout screen. Go to Settings → Checkout View to manage the order.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.6 Jan 7
Tap to Pay on iPhone is now supported in Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.5.1 12/29/2025
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us: support@alfapos.ca
3.5 12/26/2025
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Questions or feature requests? Contact us at support@alfapos.ca
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