RMS facts at a glance

What RMS is

• RMS — Retail Management System is offline point of sale (POS) and shop management software for independent shops anywhere in the world. It runs on the shop's own computer and works without internet.
• RMS sets itself up for 12 kinds of shop: oil change, tyre shop, auto workshop, car wash, spare parts, bike shop, general store (grocery), departmental store, clothing, mobile & electronics, hardware and other retail.
• The app's screens, bills and reports are in English, in plain words a counter cashier understands.

Where it runs

• RMS runs on Windows 10/11 (64-bit), Windows 10 (32-bit), macOS and Linux (Ubuntu/Debian .deb and AppImage). The Windows installer works without internet.
• Selling, printing, reports, backups and licence activation all work without internet. The shop's records stay on its own computer. Internet is needed once, at setup, to register the business.

Speed

• A returning customer's oil change bill takes under 30 seconds using only the keyboard, and a 10-item barcode sale under 20 seconds (both checked by automated tests).
• Searching stays under 200 milliseconds with 10,000 items and 50,000 customers.
• With five years of data (200,000 bills), everyday screens answer in milliseconds and a 12-month profit and loss report in well under a second.

Features in short

• RMS works in your own currency: choose the currency symbol, its position, 0 or 2 decimals, the number grouping (1,234.50 or 1.234,50), the date format and the time zone. Country presets fill these in at setup.
• Products can be stocked, bought and sold in different units — pieces, litres, millilitres, US or imperial gallons, kilograms, pounds, metres, feet, dozens, packs, cartons and more — with conversions such as 1 carton = 24 bottles. Quantities like 3.5 L or 1.25 kg are allowed where the unit permits.
• RMS prints A4, A5 and A6 invoices, 80 mm thermal receipts, a windscreen service sticker and 50 × 30 mm barcode labels. Every printout carries a QR code that shows whether the shop really issued it.
• RMS has 32 reports with totals, print, CSV and Excel export, plus an owner dashboard. Every total comes from one calculation, so it is the same on screen, in print and in Excel.
• RMS backs up automatically when it starts, every 2 hours and when it closes, can keep a second copy on a USB stick, and restores a chosen backup after showing a preview and asking you to confirm.
• Each user signs in with a PIN or password and has their own permissions; an audit trail detects changes made outside the app, and turning the PC clock back is blocked.

Price, trial and licence

• RMS Basic costs USD 39 a year or USD 99 once (lifetime), for 2 users. RMS Pro costs USD 79 a year or USD 199 once (lifetime), for unlimited users.
• Every installation starts with a free 14-day trial with all Pro features. No card is needed.
• A licence is for one computer and is activated offline by pasting a key. It can be yearly or lifetime, and moves to a new computer free once every 12 months.
• If the trial or a licence ends, RMS becomes read-only: the shop can still view, print, export and back up its records. Data is never locked away.

What RMS does not do

• RMS prints tax invoices with your own tax name (VAT, GST or sales tax), rate and registration numbers, but it is not connected to any government e-invoicing or fiscal reporting system. Businesses that must report each sale to a tax authority in real time need a certified system.
• RMS is not a cloud service: there is no web login, mobile app or live sync between branches, and the app does not send SMS or WhatsApp messages.

Prices

Shop types

Oil change, Tyre shop, Auto workshop, Car wash, Spare parts, Bike shop, General store, Departmental store, Clothing, Mobile & electronics, Hardware, Other retail.

Features

POS & billing, Inventory & purchasing, Customer credit, Reports & dashboard, Service reminders, Job cards, Printing & receipts, Works offline, Backups & security.

Basic and Pro