MartPOS vs Oscar POS: which is better for a kiryana or general store in 2026?

MartPOS vs Oscar POS is a fair comparison for a grocery or general store owner in Pakistan in 2026: both are Pakistani point-of-sale software, and both are offered to grocery stores. They are built for different jobs. Oscar is one system for restaurants, retailers, clothing stores, salons, clinics and many other businesses, with payments, an online store and loyalty around it. MartPOS, made by Innobrains Technologies in Jhang, is built only for kiryana stores, general stores and mini marts, and runs on the shop's own Windows PC. The biggest practical difference is one you can check before you call anyone: MartPOS publishes its prices, and Oscar's website does not.

This comparison takes Oscar's features from its own website, oscar.pk, its grocery page, its retail page and its accounting page, checked on 7 October 2026. MartPOS's prices are from our pricing page.

MartPOS vs Oscar POS: the short answer

• Price you can see: MartPOS Desktop Shop is Rs 29,900 once, for life, for two counters, and Cloud Shop is Rs 1,990 a month. Oscar publishes no price: its pricing address returned "not found" when we checked, and its site offers a free demo and "Start free".
• Built for: Oscar covers many kinds of business; its grocery page speaks to chain stores and franchises as well as local stores. MartPOS is built for the kiryana and general store counter: loose goods by weight or by rupees, packs and cartons, Urdu item names, retail and wholesale prices and udhaar khata.
• Without internet: Oscar's grocery page says it is "cloud-based with offline POS capability" and syncs when the internet returns. MartPOS runs on a Windows store PC with its own database, and its tills work through it over the shop network.
• Where Oscar is ahead: payments (QR codes, JazzCash and Easypaisa, cards), an online store, loyalty rewards, a mobile POS and app, and many locations from one dashboard.
• Trying it first: MartPOS can be tried for 14 days from when its first PC is set up. Oscar offers a free demo; a trial length is not stated on its website.

Price: published, or on request

MartPOS publishes every plan. Desktop runs one shop on its own Windows PC and is paid once, for life:

• Desktop Shop: Rs 29,900 once, for one branch, two counters and five staff logins besides the owner's own. It can also be paid as Rs 15,000 now and Rs 14,900 after 30 days.
• Desktop Business: Rs 39,900 once, for four counters and ten staff logins besides the owner's own.

Both include 12 months of support and new feature updates; after that, Care at Rs 5,500 a year is optional, and MartPOS keeps working whether or not you renew it. Cloud adds the owner portal and backups kept on MartPOS Cloud, paid monthly or yearly (a year is ten months' price):

• Cloud Shop: Rs 1,990 a month or Rs 19,900 a year, two counters.
• Cloud Business: Rs 3,490 a month or Rs 34,900 a year, four counters.
• Cloud Chain: Rs 5,990 a month or Rs 59,900 a year, up to three branches with two counters each and 15 staff logins.

There is no setup fee, and FBR POS integration is in every plan.

Oscar's website does not publish a price for any plan. Its home page says you "request a free demo", and that its team sets up the account and activates Oscar POS "once your business details are verified". It offers free onboarding support, with "ongoing support plans" also available. Before you decide, ask Oscar for a written quote that covers the monthly or yearly fee, any setup or hardware cost, the number of counters and branches, FBR, the mobile app, and the support plan, then add it up over three years and set it beside the table above.

Built for a kiryana counter, or for every business

Oscar's grocery page lists fast checkout with barcode scanning, weight-based billing, a touchscreen POS, live stock with alerts and reorder control, expiry date tracking, SKU and batch records, promotions, discounts, loyalty rewards and customer purchase history. Its retail page describes a system "tailored for retailers, from corner shops to superstores", with reorder triggers, product-wise profitability and stock valuation reports.

MartPOS starts from the counter of a neighbourhood shop:

• Loose goods by weight or by rupees. Stock is kept in kg or litres with parts, such as 0.625 kg. Type the weight, press a quick weight, or press F6 for "Rs 100 of sugar": Rs 50 at Rs 160 a kg is 0.313 kg, billed Rs 50.08. Selling by amount is not stated on Oscar's website.
• Packs and cartons. A packet, a carton or a bag, each with its own price and barcode, all from one stock figure, and several barcodes for one item. See selling loose and packed goods.
• Urdu item names. Shown beside the English name, searchable, and printed on receipts in English, Urdu or both. Urdu is not stated on Oscar's website.
• Retail and wholesale prices. Each unit has both; a bill can switch with permission, and price lists cover the shopkeepers who buy from you. Wholesale prices are not stated on Oscar's website.
• A business type. Kiryana, General store or Mini mart, chosen at setup, so the menus show what such a shop needs.

Udhaar khata and the books

Oscar's accounting page lists daily journal entries, a general ledger, accounts receivable and payable, cash flow tracking, and tracking unpaid bills with reminders. It does not use the words khata or udhaar, and credit limits are not stated.

MartPOS keeps udhaar khata for customers with a credit limit for each customer, statements and ageing. A bill that would go over the limit is refused, needs the cashier to confirm, or needs a manager's PIN, as the shop chooses, and each bill keeps who let it through. Advances are kept apart from khata, and suppliers have their own accounts. Every posting is double entry, so the day book (roznamcha), cash book, trial balance and profit and loss agree. Freight and loading on a purchase go into the cost of goods, so profit is real. See keeping a kiryana store's accounts.

Offline, counters and the owner's view

Oscar's grocery page promises "full offline POS capability", "automatic data sync when internet returns", a secure cloud backup and "remote access from web or mobile app". Its licence agreement says Oscar POS can be loaded on a PC, laptop, mobile or tablet.

MartPOS works the other way round: the shop's records live on its own Windows PC, the store server, and other PCs join as tills over the shop network, all selling from one stock. Selling, returns, purchases and closing the day need no internet. The licence is checked on the PC itself and renewed when it is online, 30 days at a time with 14 days' grace. On the Cloud plans, the store PC syncs to MartPOS Cloud and the owner portal shows each branch's sales, stock and khata, with the time each one last reported, in any browser, including a phone's. More in offline and cloud.

If your internet drops often, ask Oscar to bill, return and print with the cable unplugged, then plug it back in and check that nothing is lost. Do the same with MartPOS.

FBR

Oscar's grocery page lists FBR invoicing, SRB POS integration and tax reporting as you sell, and its accounting page says it automates FBR and SRB tax calculations and helps prepare sales tax returns. MartPOS has optional FBR POS integration in every plan, off until you switch it on in Settings; then every sale and return is reported to FBR right after the bill is saved, through FBR's online API or its Fiscal Component, and the receipt carries FBR's invoice number and QR code. Bills made while FBR cannot be reached are sent automatically later. See FBR POS reporting for retailers, and ask your tax adviser whether your shop must report.

Where Oscar is ahead

A fair comparison says where the other product does more:

• Payments: Oscar lists contactless and QR code payments, JazzCash and Easypaisa payments, and cards, with its own Oscar Payments. MartPOS records cash, card, bank transfer, EasyPaisa and JazzCash on a bill, but does not process the payment itself.
• Selling online: Oscar offers an online store where customers order directly. MartPOS has none.
• Loyalty: Oscar lists loyalty rewards and customer purchase history. MartPOS has dated promotions, quantity breaks and price lists, but no loyalty points.
• A mobile app and mobile POS: Oscar's website links to its app and describes selling from a mobile device. MartPOS bills on Windows PCs and has no phone app.
• Many locations and many kinds of business: Oscar covers restaurants, salons, petrol pumps and more, and multi-location chains. MartPOS Cloud Chain covers up to three branches, for grocery and general stores only.
• Sindh's SRB: Oscar names SRB POS integration as well as FBR. MartPOS's integration is with FBR's POS system.

MartPOS vs Oscar POS side by side

Oscar's features are as published on oscar.pk, its grocery, retail and accounting pages and its licence agreement on 7 October 2026; oscar.pk/pricing returned "not found". "Not stated" means we did not find it on its website. MartPOS's prices are from its live pricing page. Oscar is a trademark of its owner; MartPOS is not connected with it.

Which should you choose?

Choose Oscar if you want payments, an online store and loyalty in one system, run a restaurant or another kind of business beside your shop, or have more than three branches.

Choose MartPOS if you run a kiryana store, general store or mini mart and want a price you can see before you call, a licence you pay once, billing on your own PC whatever the internet does, loose goods by weight or by rupees, Urdu names, wholesale prices and udhaar khata with limits. See all MartPOS features and the kiryana store software page, or compare more products in best kiryana store software in Pakistan, MartPOS vs Mint POS and MartPOS vs HysabOne.

Common questions

How much does Oscar POS cost compared with MartPOS?

Oscar does not publish a price; ask it for a written quote. MartPOS Desktop Shop is Rs 29,900 once, for life, for two counters, and Desktop Business is Rs 39,900 once for four. Cloud Shop is Rs 1,990 a month or Rs 19,900 a year.

Does Oscar POS work without internet?

Oscar's grocery page says it is cloud-based with "full offline POS capability" and syncs when the internet returns. MartPOS keeps the shop's records on its own Windows PC, so billing, returns, purchases and khata need no internet.

MartPOS vs Oscar POS: which is better for a kiryana store?

For a kiryana store, general store or mini mart, MartPOS: it is built for that counter, with loose goods by weight or by rupees, packs and cartons, Urdu names, wholesale prices and udhaar khata, at a published price paid once on Desktop. For payments, an online store, loyalty or many branches, Oscar does more.

Does MartPOS have a mobile app like Oscar?

No. On the Cloud plans, the MartPOS owner portal works in a phone's browser and shows each branch's sales, stock and khata with when it last reported.

Can I move from Oscar to MartPOS?

Yes. Export your items, customers and suppliers to Excel, save them as CSV and import them into MartPOS, which checks every row before anything is saved. See importing from CSV.