Square: Retail Point of Sale

Name: Square: Retail Point of Sale
Rating: 4.7 (14006 reviews)
Author: Block, Inc.

Payment, Inventory Management

Free

14K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Business
Developer

Block, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 4 More
Size

987.8
MB

Accept payments, manage inventory, and track the performance of your retail business -- all in one place -- with Square for Retail! Square for Retail is a point-of-sale app that uses Square’s payment technology with a brand-new set of intelligent, intuitive, and integrated tools purpose-built for retail businesses. Whether you are a small business or a big brand, the Square for Retail POS is flexible for how you want to run, sell, and grow. A POINT OF SALE DESIGNED FOR RETAIL ► Sell faster and smarter with a retail point of sale designed for the unique needs of retail businesses. ► Upload thousands of items to your register and ring up sales in seconds with a keyword search or bar code scanner. ► Process exchanges and returns with just a few taps. INTEGRATED PAYMENTS ► Accept every major payment type, including Afterpay, in-store, and online. Plus, take payments with Tap to Pay on your iPhone. All of your sales are automatically tracked in one place. ► Get deposits directly to your bank account as fast as the next business day. MULTI-LOCATION INVENTORY ► Track your cost of goods sold to understand your profit margins. ► Easily track, adjust, or transfer inventory across all your locations—set automatic alerts when stock is low so you never run out. ► Keep in touch with vendors and send purchase orders in minutes with easy-to-use templates. CONNECT WITH MORE CUSTOMERS ► Automatically create customer profiles with every transaction at your retail POS and view purchase history to offer every customer a more personalized experience. ► See your customer profiles automatically sorted into groups based on how often they visit your business, and create groups of yours. EMPLOYEE TOOLS FOR EVERY BUSINESS SIZE ► Set up all your employees with individual permissions and accounts so they can access registers and take payments. ► Employees can clock in and out at your point of sale. Track and edit their timecards from the point-of-sale system directly. SELL IN-STORE AND ONLINE SEAMLESSLY. ► Manage your online orders directly from your POS with Square for Retail’s integration with the new Square Online Store.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

14K Ratings

So excited! Amazing Everything!
09/25/2020

JAC Designs
Square has helped me grow my business from the ground up! This company is amazing! It really has helped me take everything to the next level! So excited about this app! It’s going to make things even better! Btw... you may have a wait time when calling in for help but when you get in they bend over backwards to help you! Thank you square!!! I also want to thank you for helping keeping my business alive during covid! I really don’t think I would be here if it wasn’t for you! Square is 5 stars all the way!!

Developer Response
Hi there! Thanks so much for leaving this positive review. We really appreciate the insight and will pass it along to the appropriate team.
So excited! Amazing Everything!
09/25/2020

JAC Designs

Square has helped me grow my business from the ground up! This company is amazing! It really has helped me take everything to the next level! So excited about this app! It’s going to make things even better! Btw... you may have a wait time when calling in for help but when you get in they bend over backwards to help you! Thank you square!!! I also want to thank you for helping keeping my business alive during covid! I really don’t think I would be here if it wasn’t for you! Square is 5 stars all the way!!
Developer Response 09/28/2020
Hi there! Thanks so much for leaving this positive review. We really appreciate the insight and will pass it along to the appropriate team.
OK, With Voiceover Annoyances
03/19/2025

Teacup-Tempest
I use Retail for iPad with voiceover active. Square works well enough for me to run my store, but it has some problems, and those combined with Square's not so great accessibility policy irritate me greatly. Elements formatted as lists won't read aloud with voiceover. A good example of where to find some of these are on the pages listing hardware for sale. Items with multiple options aren't sellable with voiceover, if items are sold manually rather than scanned at the register. The screen to select which option to sell won't come up at all. Square's policy on accessibility bugs wastes hours of time, each time a new issue comes up. They will not look into it until the app user, in this case myself, contacts Apple and has them confirm that the problem isn't an issue with the screen reader itself. They require a chat transcript and ticket number in order to consider looking into accessibility bugs within their apps.

Developer Response
We apologize for the inconvenience you have experienced with our Square: Retail Point of Sale app. We understand the frustration caused by the accessibility issues you mentioned. If the issue persists, please give us a call squ.re/contactsqsupport. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
OK, With Voiceover Annoyances
03/19/2025

Teacup-Tempest

I use Retail for iPad with voiceover active. Square works well enough for me to run my store, but it has some problems, and those combined with Square's not so great accessibility policy irritate me greatly. Elements formatted as lists won't read aloud with voiceover. A good example of where to find some of these are on the pages listing hardware for sale. Items with multiple options aren't sellable with voiceover, if items are sold manually rather than scanned at the register. The screen to select which option to sell won't come up at all. Square's policy on accessibility bugs wastes hours of time, each time a new issue comes up. They will not look into it until the app user, in this case myself, contacts Apple and has them confirm that the problem isn't an issue with the screen reader itself. They require a chat transcript and ticket number in order to consider looking into accessibility bugs within their apps.
Developer Response 02/16/2024
We apologize for the inconvenience you have experienced with our Square: Retail Point of Sale app. We understand the frustration caused by the accessibility issues you mentioned. If the issue persists, please give us a call squ.re/contactsqsupport. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Nonexistent customer service
11/15/2025

Biddy Bangs
Skim my transactions, block vendor/supplier payments because they are sure why and can’t fix it. Damage my business credit. Damage supplier relationship. Destroy sections of customer base through unfulfilled orders they blocked for no reason. They don’t know why they don’t care they can’t fix it and they won’t even try. Paid for 18 months for a website that didn’t work then I lost my wallet one day. My SQUARE DEBIT card was in it. The one I have automatic payments TO SQUARE coming from. Notified SQUARE that I need a new debit card. They allegedly send me a new one and issue a digital form. A couple days go by and they run the old card TWO DAYS before payment is due and shockingly it doesn’t go through. So, since SQUARE couldn’t charge me early for SQUARE on my SQUARE card that SQUARE cancelled and SQUARE reissued - they shut my system down at 2 in the afternoon with no communication whatsoever. Steer clear. I’m getting my inventory straightened up and bouncing the second I get a clean export.
Nonexistent customer service
11/15/2025

Biddy Bangs

Skim my transactions, block vendor/supplier payments because they are sure why and can’t fix it. Damage my business credit. Damage supplier relationship. Destroy sections of customer base through unfulfilled orders they blocked for no reason. They don’t know why they don’t care they can’t fix it and they won’t even try. Paid for 18 months for a website that didn’t work then I lost my wallet one day. My SQUARE DEBIT card was in it. The one I have automatic payments TO SQUARE coming from. Notified SQUARE that I need a new debit card. They allegedly send me a new one and issue a digital form. A couple days go by and they run the old card TWO DAYS before payment is due and shockingly it doesn’t go through. So, since SQUARE couldn’t charge me early for SQUARE on my SQUARE card that SQUARE cancelled and SQUARE reissued - they shut my system down at 2 in the afternoon with no communication whatsoever. Steer clear. I’m getting my inventory straightened up and bouncing the second I get a clean export.
6.35.2 major step backwards in useability
02/02/2024

Freshwater farms
Overall the square for retail app has functioned well for us. However, this latest update just made applying a discount a lot more cumbersome. Previously, to apply a discount meant swiping the item name listed in the cart part way across the screen to reach the “apply discount” menu. Choose the discount to apply, hit save and move on. This new version requires us to tap on the name; tap on discounts (from a list of 4 or 5 other choices); tap on the discount; tap on save; tap on save again; and finally move. A lot of extra tapping to get the same results. It has lengthened the checkout process considerably and having extra choices in the mixes has caused some confusion. I’d like to see a change log with reasoning behind such changes

Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback on the Square: Retail Point of Sale app. We appreciate your positive overall experience. We understand your concern regarding the recent update and the added steps for applying discounts. We will take your feedback into consideration for future improvements.
6.35.2 major step backwards in useability
02/02/2024

Freshwater farms

Overall the square for retail app has functioned well for us. However, this latest update just made applying a discount a lot more cumbersome. Previously, to apply a discount meant swiping the item name listed in the cart part way across the screen to reach the “apply discount” menu. Choose the discount to apply, hit save and move on. This new version requires us to tap on the name; tap on discounts (from a list of 4 or 5 other choices); tap on the discount; tap on save; tap on save again; and finally move. A lot of extra tapping to get the same results. It has lengthened the checkout process considerably and having extra choices in the mixes has caused some confusion. I’d like to see a change log with reasoning behind such changes
Developer Response 02/07/2024
Thank you for your feedback on the Square: Retail Point of Sale app. We appreciate your positive overall experience. We understand your concern regarding the recent update and the added steps for applying discounts. We will take your feedback into consideration for future improvements.

This update includes minor bug fixes and performance improvements. We update our apps regularly to make sure they're at 100%, so we suggest turning on automatic updates on devices running Square Retail Point of Sale. Thanks for selling with Square. Questions? We're here to help: square.com/help.

Version 6.86.4

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