The clients

Flow Retail has a total of three clients, each supporting a vast number of different types of devices.

Each client is optimized for its use-cases, and should be used where they fit the best. This for example means the Backofflice client should NOT be used in the till, and the Assistant app should NOT be used for product maintenance.

("The") Client

This is the main client, and which most store staff use every day.

The Client handles all sorts of sales, refunds, order handling, purchase ordering from suppliers, receievements, till management and much more.

The Client runs on most operating system and devices, including:

• Windows (native Windows installer)

• Mac (native Mac OS installer)

• iPad (native iOS installer in the Apple AppStore)

• Android tablets (native Android installer in the Google Play store)

Assistant

Assistant brings Flow Retail into your pocket, letting you create sales and refunds from literally anywhere. Assistant also gives quick and efficient product lookup for stock details, it handles stock taking, order handling and delivery, basic reporting and more.

The Assistant is a mobile-optimized client, running on basically any sort of mobile and handheld devices, including:

• iPhone (native iOS installer in the Apple AppStore)

• Android (native Android installer in the Google Play store)

Most handheld devices including the world's most popular, the Zebra TC51/52, runs entirely on Android, and so Assistant works seamlessly on all such devices.

Backoffice

Backoffice is where most of the maintenance is done, from products to users and stores. General employees like sales staff normally do not need access to Backoffice.

• Backoffice is a browser-based "client", running in any modern browser.

Other clients

All the clients utilize the Flow Retail API, which is available for anyone, and so if someone would want to develop their own specific clients, then that is simply just a matter of creating an API key in getting started.

We are working on a Self-Service client, for stores which wants to offer its customers self-service (e.g checking out themselves).