PeppyBooks POS is the software your staff use to bill customers at the counter. Scan the item, take the money, print the receipt — and your stock and your accounts update themselves. From $17 per user per month.
POS stands for point of sale — the counter where you bill your customer. POS billing software is simply the program your staff use to make that bill: scan the item, it picks up the price and tax, take cash or card, print the receipt.
The difference with PeppyBooks is what happens after the bill. In most shops the billing machine is one thing and the accounts are another, so somebody adds it all up again at night or hands a pile of bills to an accountant. With PeppyBooks, the bill IS the accounting entry. Your stock drops, your tax is recorded, and your day's sales reach your books — with nobody typing it twice.
The same software, doing a different job depending on what you sell.
Today: Queues build up at busy hours, and at night someone adds up the day by hand.
With PeppyBooks: Scan and bill in seconds. The day's sales, tax and profit are ready before you lock up — no adding up.
Today: Thousands of items, several counters, and stock that nobody can count.
With PeppyBooks: Every counter shares one live stock list. Weighed items, offers and multiple tills all bill correctly.
Today: Different customers pay different rates, and staff have to remember who gets what.
With PeppyBooks: Each customer's own price applies by itself, and credit limits are checked before the goods go out.
Today: An expired batch reaching the counter is a serious problem, and expiry money is lost.
With PeppyBooks: Batch and expiry are tracked. The oldest batch bills first, expired stock is blocked, and returns are claimed in time.
Today: "Which piece did this customer buy?" turns every warranty claim into an argument.
With PeppyBooks: The serial number is recorded against the bill. Search it once and the whole history is on screen.
Today: Orders get lost between the table and the kitchen, and nobody knows what a dish costs.
With PeppyBooks: The order reaches the kitchen instantly, and each dish is costed from its recipe as material rates change.
Barcode-fast counter sales — online or offline.
Where your country requires it, the receipt is sent to the tax department as it prints.
Stock, taxes and takings land in the books at close.
At a busy hour your staff have no time to think about software. Scan, take the money, print, next customer. That is the whole job.
Scan the barcode, or search the item by name
Keep a bill aside and come back to it when a customer forgets something
Take part cash and part card on the same bill
Count the drawer at the end of each shift, on screen
An internet problem should not stop your shop. Billing carries on as normal, and everything catches up by itself once you are back online — including anything the tax department needs.
Bills carry on when the connection drops
Everything sends itself once you are back online
Runs on an ordinary Android tablet
As many counters as your shop needs
Every sale takes the item off your stock straight away. And because PeppyBooks knows what you actually paid for the goods — including freight and duty — the profit it shows you is the real one, not a guess.
Stock goes down as you sell
Told when an item is running low
Profit by item, by category and by shop
Move stock to your other shop and see it both sides
Where your country requires it, the receipt is sent to the tax department as you print it — no separate machine, no typing into a portal. And each day's sales reach your accounts on their own.
Receipts carry whatever your country requires, automatically
The day's takings reach your accounts with nothing to send
Correct tax on every line
Returns and exchanges keep a proper record
Three real screens from PeppyBooks — and what each one is for.
This is the counter screen your staff use all day. They scan an item or tap it from the tiles — the price and tax come in by themselves. The right side adds up as they go, so the customer is told the correct total. One button takes the money and prints the receipt.
Notice Look at the right-hand column: discount and VAT are worked out as each item goes in. Nobody is doing this on a calculator.
This is what you check before you lock up. The day's total sales, how many bills, and how much came in by cash, card and mobile money — so the money in the drawer can be checked against the screen in a minute.
Notice This is the screen that replaces adding up the day by hand. It is ready the moment the last customer leaves.
Every bill your shop has made, in one list. Search any bill by number or customer when someone comes back to return something or asks for a copy. Each line shows how the customer paid — cash, card or mobile money.
Notice Because this list is the same record as your accounts, you never have to match your bill book against your books at month-end.
No adding up the day, no pile of bills for the accountant. It's done when the shop closes.
Real profit per item — so you can see what earns and what just fills the shelf.
Billing, stock and accounts stop being separate work done by separate people.
An honest look. Each of these is good at what it was built for — the question is whether billing and your accounts end up as one thing or two.
| What matters | PeppyBooks | Tally | Zoho Books | QuickBooks | A billing machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counter billing built in | Yes | Yes — POS invoicing is included | Depends on plan; POS may require another application | Depends on plan; POS may require another application | Yes — this is what it does |
| Keeps billing with no internet | Yes — sends everything later | Yes — a genuine strength, it runs on your own computer | Best suited for working online | Best suited for working online | Yes — usually offline by design |
| Accounts update from the bill | Yes — the bill is the entry | Yes — a genuine strength, accounting is its core | Yes — accounting is its core | Yes — accounting is its core | No — added up separately |
| Stock, customers, purchases & staff pay together | Included by plan | Stock included; CRM and payroll may require another application | May require other Zoho applications | May require another application | Not its purpose |
| Use it from anywhere, on a phone | Yes — built for the web | Best suited for a computer in the shop; remote access is available | Yes — built for the web | Yes — built for the web | No — tied to the counter |
| Several shops on one login | Yes, on every plan | Depends on how your companies are set up | Depends on plan | Often a subscription per company | Each machine is its own island |
| Country e-invoicing (India, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, UAE & more) | 9 countries built in | Strong in India (GST & e-invoicing) | Depends on the country edition | Not available in India since 2023 | Depends on the machine |
| How it's priced | From $17 per user per month | Mainly a one-time licence, plus yearly support | Monthly subscription, by plan | Monthly subscription, by plan | One-off cost, plus someone to add up the day |
Where each is strong: Tally is a genuine strength if you want your books on your own computer and your accountant already knows it. Zoho Books and QuickBooks are strong cloud accounting products, especially for service businesses. A billing machine is fine if you only need to print bills. PeppyBooks is best suited for shops that want the bill, the stock and the accounts to be one thing, across more than one location. Compiled from each vendor's published information — last verified 11 July 2026. Features and pricing change and vary by country and plan; please check the vendor's current terms before deciding.
Most shops we talk to are on a billing machine, a notebook, or Tally with a separate bill book. You don't have to stop selling to change.
Nothing switches off. Set PeppyBooks up on one counter while the shop runs as normal.
Send us your item list in a spreadsheet — name, rate, tax, barcode. We load it for you.
Bill a real day on one till. Compare the day summary with your own count.
Only when that day matches do you move the other counters.
Your item list, customers and opening stock come across. Old bills stay where they are — you keep them for your records; you don't need them to start.
The counter screen is one page: scan, take money, print. Staff who use a phone can use it. Train them on a quiet afternoon, not a Saturday.
Usually not. It runs on an ordinary Android tablet or computer and works with most receipt printers and barcode scanners you already own.
The trial is 14 days and takes no card. If you stop, your data is still yours and you can export it.
Native to the PeppyBooks platform, open where it counts.
Last updated 3 July 2026 · Reviewed by the PeppyBooks product & compliance team
Point-of-sale (POS) software is what your staff use at the counter: scanning items, taking payment, printing the receipt and taking the item off your stock — fast enough for a queue. It used to mean an expensive till machine; today it is software that runs on an ordinary tablet or computer. In many countries the receipt must also be sent to the tax department as it is printed. The best systems also put the day's sales straight into your accounts, so what happened in the shop and what your books say are never two different stories.
Yes. Your staff keep billing exactly as normal — the screen tells them it will send later. When the connection comes back, everything goes across by itself, including anything the tax department needs. You do nothing.
Usually nothing new. PeppyBooks POS runs on an ordinary Android tablet, phone or computer, and works with most receipt printers and barcode scanners shops already own. Show us what you have and we'll tell you before you spend anything.
Most businesses keep their accountant — but they stop paying them to type. Because every bill is already an accounting entry, your accountant reviews and files instead of re-entering your bill book. You can give them their own login.
The counter screen is one page: scan, take money, print. Staff who can use a phone can use it. Train on a quiet afternoon and bill a real day on one counter before you move the rest.
Yes, on every plan. Each shop bills on its own, you see them separately or together from one login, and you can move stock between them.
Your item list, customers and opening stock come across. Old bills stay where they are for your records — you don't need them to start billing. Whatever you put into PeppyBooks stays yours and can be exported at any time.
In most cases yes — PeppyBooks POS works with standard USB/Bluetooth scanners and common receipt printers on Android devices.