Shop Books Guide

Shop record apps compared, side by side

Updated 7 October 2026

Shop Books Guide is run by people connected to the team that makes Sellka, one of the apps compared here. How we keep this fair.

Compared from each app's Google Play listing, its Data safety section and its own website, read on 7 October 2026 from Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. We have not yet tested these apps on a phone.

What each app says it does

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App
Works with no internet
Customers who owe you
What you owe suppliers
Stock count
Low stock warning
Daily report
Longer reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, paid plan
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Yes
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated

"Not stated" means the app's Play listing and website do not say it. The app may still do it. If you use one of these apps and know better, tell us and we will check and correct the table.

What Google Play shows

App
Downloads
Rating in Nigeria
Last updated
Ads
In-app purchases
Data shared with other companies
1,000+
Too few ratings to show
3 October 2026
Yes
Yes
Yes, declared
50,000+
3.8
3 October 2026
No
Yes
None declared
500,000+
4.8 (4,260 reviews)
16 September 2026
No
Yes
None declared
50,000+
4.7 (239 reviews)
10 August 2026
No
No
None declared
100,000+
4.4 (1,530 reviews)
4 October 2026
Yes
Yes
None declared
1,000,000+
4.6 (28,700 reviews)
24 September 2026
No
Yes
Yes, declared
1,000,000+
4.1 (8,020 reviews)
28 September 2026
No
No
None declared

Ratings differ by country. On the same day Offline Shop showed 3.8 in Nigeria and 4.8 in Kenya. Google Play shows each app's prices in your own currency, so we do not list prices.

The scores

What we score (points)
Sellka
Offline Shop
Daily Sales Record
SokoBook
POS App Offline
Zobaze POS
RecordBook
Works with no internet (20)
20
20
20
20
20
20
0
Credit (15)
15
0
10
15
10
10
0
Stock (15)
15
15
0
15
8
15
8
Reports (10)
10
10
10
5
10
10
0
Easy start (10)
10
10
10
0
5
0
0
Other languages (5)
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
Price, as Play shows it (10)
5
5
10
10
5
10
10
Updated recently (5)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Privacy, as declared (10)
0
10
10
5
10
0
10
Total (100)
85
80
75
75
73
70
33

How to read this

A higher score means the app's own listing says it does more of what a one-counter shop needs. It does not mean the app is better for every shop. If you run a restaurant, a pharmacy with staff, or several branches, Zobaze POS and POS App Offline were built with you in mind, and this table under-rates them. If you want an app that asks nothing about you, Daily Sales Record and Offline Shop declare the least.

Sellka scores highest partly because the criteria are the needs of a very small shop, which is also what Sellka was made for. It also scores zero for privacy and loses points for showing ads. Weigh that, and read How we review.

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