Which is the best app to charge credit cards for Andriods or IPhones?
Long story short, I do part time per schedule work as a Firearms instructor and specialize teaching women how to defend themselves. I don't advertise that much as it is mostly weekend work which averages out to about 16 to 20 instructor hours I log each month depending on the time of year.
The issue is that half the time I go to a gun range to train a small group of clients, a few other ladies ask if they can join the class or if they can take a class right after I'm finished with my clients. Since I don't have a full flown business I work on a cash basis, but 90% of the time the would be 'new immediate clients' intend to pay with a credit card and don't have the cash on them, which means that many decide to reschedule for a later date. So I figure it's time to get an app to charge credit cards. Having heard some horror stories that certain apps are not reliable I figured it would be smart to ask someone with experience in these things.
I have an Android and an IPhone but not much else in terms of business charging equipment. So which apps do you recommend and what type of accounts do I have to set up? Can you link them to a personal checking account or do you need a special merchant account?