Square for repair shops: a great register, but where do the repairs go?

Square for repair shops: what Square covers

Square is a well known general point of sale with inventory, loyalty, gift cards, an online store and team tools, as listed on its Square for Retail page. What its Retail and Home and Repair pages do not mention is a repair ticket: no device check-in, no work orders and no repair status tracking.

Square vs SpotsPOS: plans and prices

Square prices are as listed on the Square for Retail pricing page on October 10, 2026. SpotsPOS prices are on our pricing page.

On subscription cost alone, Square Free costs less than any SpotsPOS plan. What the SpotsPOS price buys you is the whole repair workflow.

You do not have to choose: use Square with SpotsPOS

If you already have Square hardware you like, keep it. With the Square integration turned on, you create the sale in SpotsPOS, with the repair's parts and labor already on it, and take the card payment through Square, including on Square Terminals. The Square app needs to be installed and signed in on the same device. Integrations are included from the Essential plan.

Where SpotsPOS shines

Simple from day one

A lot of shop software is overcomplicated and takes weeks of training before your team is comfortable. SpotsPOS is built to be simple. A setup checklist on the Home screen walks you through getting started, the guided flows need no training, and a new hire can check in a repair on their first day.

Built for iPhone and iPad

SpotsPOS Repair was built as a native iPhone and iPad app from day one, with a web portal for the office. Your whole shop fits in your hand: scan an IMEI or serial with the camera, have the customer sign on the screen, start your everyday jobs from Quick Repairs, and use Siri Shortcuts. On iPad, Repair Board shows every open repair as a card you drag from status to status. If the internet drops, your repairs, customers, sales and inventory stay on screen, so the counter keeps moving (offline mode).

Spots Intelligence in every screen

Describe a repair in one sentence, out loud or typed, in English or Spanish, and SpotsPOS fills in the device, the problem and the priority. Pick a model and a repair and it suggests the parts that job usually needs. At checkout it recommends in-stock products that sell well with what is in the cart. And you can ask your shop a question, like "How's today going?", and get the answer. Read more about Spots Intelligence.

Automations that work while you fix

Webhooks send each new repair, each new sale and your end of day summary to Zapier, Make or your own server the moment they happen. New customers can go straight to your Mailchimp or Constant Contact list, new appointments land on Google Calendar, and with Twilio connected, one tap on Notify Customer texts them that the device is ready. See all integrations.

Used devices are part of the business

Buybacks and device management are built into the repair app, so a trade in becomes stock you can sell, tracked by IMEI with its grade, cost and warranty.

Spanish all the way through

For shops in Puerto Rico, Latin America and bilingual neighborhoods in the US, your technicians and front desk can work in English or Spanish.

Spots Intelligence and integrations are included from the Essential plan, webhooks and Employee Manager with Pro. See pricing.