The till that keeps selling even when the internet doesn't
SmarterPOS is a point-of-sale system built for Ugandan shops, pharmacies and hardware stores — offline-first checkout, MTN MoMo & Airtel Money built in, and every branch synced to one dashboard.
Built for how business actually happens in Uganda
Not a generic POS with translations bolted on — every core decision starts from unreliable connectivity, mobile money, and businesses that wear more than one hat.
Works with no internet at all
Every terminal runs on a local database, so scanning, checkout, and stock intake never wait on a connection. Sales queue up and push to the cloud automatically the moment you're back online — nothing is ever lost.
Built around mobile money
MTN MoMo and Airtel Money sit right next to Cash as full-width checkout buttons, not buried in a menu — because in Uganda, mobile money isn't an edge case, it's how most people pay.
One owner, every branch, every business
Run a grocery and a pharmacy under the same account, each with its own catalog. Every branch, terminal, and cashier rolls up into one dashboard, with stock transfers kept honest between branches.
Uganda's numbers, out of the box
UGX formatting, 18% VAT, and receipts are the defaults, not an add-on configuration. Expiry tracking and prescription flags come standard for pharmacies; reorder levels and low-stock alerts for everyone else.
Scan, tap, done — even on a bad network day
Cashiers scan barcodes or search by name, and every payment method a Ugandan customer actually uses is one tap away: Cash, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, or Credit. A live online/offline badge and sync status are always visible in the header.
- Barcode scanning with instant cart updates
- Cash, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money and Credit built in
- Category pills and low-stock badges right on the till
A pharmacy till knows it's a pharmacy
Switch business type and the catalog adapts: prescription flags, expiry dates, and near-expiry warnings appear automatically on pharmacy products, alongside the same fast checkout every other business gets.
- Rx and expiry badges shown directly on product rows
- Low-stock and expiring-soon alerts surfaced up front
- Separate catalogs per business type under one account
MoMo payments customers already understand
Tap MTN MoMo or Airtel Money, confirm the customer's number, and SmarterPOS shows a live "waiting for customer" state with the transaction reference — the same flow cashiers already use every day, just faster.
- One tap to request payment on the customer's phone
- Live status while the customer approves on their end
- Reference numbers captured automatically for reconciliation
"You're offline" is a status, not a stop sign
When the connection drops, a clear banner says so — and selling continues exactly as before. Pending sales and stock changes are counted on screen, and a single tap retries the sync the moment signal returns.
- Sales and stock changes save locally, first
- Pending counts and last-synced time always visible
- Automatic background sync roughly every minute once online
Every shift closes with a number that matches
End-of-shift walks cashiers through counting the drawer, breaks down sales by payment method, and flags discrepancies immediately — so cash handling issues surface the same day, not at month end.
- Automatic payment-method breakdown per shift
- Expected vs. actual cash counted, with discrepancy flagged
- Direct hand-over to the next cashier coming on shift
Local-first at the till, connected everywhere else
One architecture, three moving parts: a terminal that never stops, a sync engine that catches up quietly, and a portal that shows the whole business.
Sell from any terminal, online or not
Each till runs its own local database. Cashiers sign in with a 4-digit PIN, scan products, and take payment — full speed, whether or not the shop's internet is working that day.
Everything syncs the moment you're connected
In the background, a sync engine quietly pushes completed sales and stock movements to the cloud and pulls down the latest catalog, prices, and staff list — automatically, roughly every minute.
See your whole business from one dashboard
Owners and managers open the web portal from anywhere to see live sales trends, payment-method splits, low-stock alerts, and per-cashier performance across every branch and business — with exportable reports whenever they need the numbers offline.
One dashboard for every branch, business, and till
The SmarterPOS web portal is where owners and managers run the business from the outside in — live sales, reports, stock, and a full browser checkout, across every branch and every business type, without a single store visit.
- Live sales, revenue, and payment-method breakdowns, filterable by branch
- Low-stock alerts across every branch, in one place
- Exportable sales and stock reports — PDF or Excel, any date range
- A full checkout you can run right in the browser, not just the till
Runs the back office, not just checkout
Sales orders, expenses, suppliers, stock transfers, and staff — the parts of running a shop that happen away from the counter, all in one account.
Sales orders
A clerk can park a customer's basket and print a slip — any till in the business can look it up and take payment the moment the customer reaches the counter.
Expense tracking
Log cash payouts — rent, transport, supplies — straight from the till with a manager PIN and an optional receipt photo, feeding directly into end-of-shift cash reconciliation.
Suppliers
Keep a directory of who you buy stock from, link products to their usual supplier, and record which delivery a stock intake came from.
Stock transfers
Move stock between branches with a proper dispatch-and-receive workflow, so nothing goes unaccounted for between two locations on the same account.
Reports & analytics
Sales trends, payment-method splits, top products, and per-cashier performance — filterable by branch or business, and exportable to PDF or Excel.
Terminals & staff
Pair a new till with a one-time code, manage owner, manager, and cashier roles from the portal, and reset a forgotten PIN without a store visit.
One account, every business type you run
Own a grocery and a pharmacy? Run both under one SmarterPOS account, each with its own catalog and settings, and roll everything up into a single view.
General Retail
Fast barcode checkout for shops selling a broad, everyday mix of goods.
Grocery
High-volume scanning with category browsing for supermarkets and general stores.
Pharmacy
Prescription flags, expiry tracking, and near-expiry alerts on every product.
Hardware
Unit-of-measure aware pricing for goods sold by piece, length, or bulk.
Boutique
Clean catalog browsing for fashion and lifestyle retail.
Restaurant
Fast order entry built for food and beverage service.
A plan for every stage of growth
Simple, per-till pricing that scales with your business. Every plan includes offline-first checkout and mobile money out of the box.
Starter
For a single shop finding its feet
- One branch, one till
- Offline-first checkout
- Cash, MTN MoMo & Airtel Money
- Core product catalog & stock
- Low-stock alerts
- Standard update channel
Pro
For growing, multi-branch businesses
- Multiple branches & terminals
- Multiple business types, one account
- Sales orders, expenses & suppliers
- Stock transfers between branches
- Credit sales & manager overrides
- Web-based checkout, not just the till
- Exportable sales & stock reports
- Role-based staff accounts
Enterprise
For larger operations with dedicated needs
- Unlimited branches & terminals
- Priority update & support channel
- Custom offline-limit policies per branch
- Organisation-wide role & permission management
- Dedicated onboarding support
Questions you might have
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