Retail Answer POS Lite

What are nowadays regarded as the replacements for the traditional cash registers, POS systems are very much apart of most businesses like restaurants, stores, and cafes. A properly set-up POS should undoubtedly help you speed up and simplify the process of recording transactions, but it should improve the accuracy of the procedure, as well.

Retail Answer POS Lite is an application that aims to put your computer at the core of your business POS system, hence, making it quite straightforward for you to track transactions and save time while doing so.

As expected, the utility requires a locally hosted database in order to be deployed. That said, before you can benefit from everything Retail Answer POS Lite has to offer, you need to make sure that SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is present on your computer's system.

We should also point out that the app provides you with the possibility to connect a cash drawer, receipt printer, as well as a customer price display. Concerning its looks, there's really not much to be said.

The interface, while fairly intuitive, is by no means modern and it is looks like it would be better suited for Windows iterations from more than a decade ago. We're not sure about the automatic screen scaling either, as it might turn out to be very annoying for users who might simply want to resize the main window.

Feature-wise, the application is by no means a benchmark. It does, however, pack all the typical features you would expect from such a utility. For example, you can allocate orders to various tables, you can modify orders to fit the customer needs, apply discounts as well as generate invoices based on various payment types (cash, card, cheque, and other).

Last but not least, Retail Answer POS Lite also allows you to generate accurate and visually-pleasing reports, that bundle all the relevant details about your invoices and sales.

Retail Answer POS Lite is not exactly the cutting edge of POS software, both regarding its looks and its features. Nevertheless, the application works as advertised and, since it packs a limited set of features, it is mostly aimed at small businesses that only require a static POS system.