MinimalPOS is a free POS for quick-service restaurants. It is built around counter-speed entry with add-ons, routes tickets to a kitchen display, handles dine-in, takeaway and delivery as separate service types, and reports peak hours. Free as a limited-time launch offer.
Free — limited-time launch offer · Last reviewed
Generic POS marketing treats every venue the same. These are the things that are genuinely different here — and what they mean for the system you pick.
In QSR the queue is the constraint. Time per order compounds directly into how many people you can serve in a lunch hour, and therefore into revenue. Menu depth and table features are irrelevant next to entry speed.
Dine-in, takeaway and delivery all come through the same till but behave differently — different packaging, different tax treatment in some markets, different reporting. Conflating them makes the numbers useless.
A QSR does most of its trade in two narrow windows. Knowing the exact shape of those windows is what rostering and prep are built on — a daily average tells you nothing useful.
The upsell — the side, the upgrade, the extra — is a meaningful share of profit. If adding one is slower than not adding one, staff will stop doing it under pressure.
Counter entry with add-ons and variants available without leaving the order screen.
Dine-in, takeaway or delivery set on the order, so reporting and packaging follow correctly.
Tickets reach the kitchen display live, and items move through preparing and completed states.
Peak-hour and item reports show the shape of each rush, which is what rosters and prep pars should follow.
A feature list means nothing without the reason your venue type needs it.
| Feature | Why it matters for quick-service restaurants |
|---|---|
| Fast counter entry | Time per order is the constraint on revenue during a rush. |
| Item add-ons | The upsell has to be one tap or it stops happening when it is busy. |
| Service types | Dine-in, takeaway and delivery reported separately rather than merged into one number. |
| Kitchen display | Keeps the line working a queue instead of a stack of paper. |
| Peak-hour reports | The two windows that matter, shown as they actually are. |
What it does not do
Yes. MinimalPOS is free during its launch offer, including the kitchen display, staff roles and full report history. There is no per-terminal charge, so a second till at the counter costs nothing extra.
Items support variants and add-ons, which covers upgrades, sides and extras. A fixed combo is built as an item with its components as options rather than as a separate combo engine.
Yes. Service type is set on the order and carried through to reporting, which matters both operationally and in markets where takeaway is taxed differently from dine-in.
Not as a dedicated kiosk mode. Guests can order from a QR menu at a table, but there is no unattended kiosk product — worth knowing if that is central to your plan.
No credit card required. Add your menu and team, then take your first order.