BooksPOS vs OneClick for book depots and stationery shops

First, who is writing this. We are Innobrains Technologies, and we make BooksPOS. OneClick is made by Eyecon Consultant, whose pages give offices in Karachi and Lahore. We have not installed or used OneClick. Everything we say about it comes from Eyecon Consultant's own website, with a link to each page we read; everything we say about BooksPOS comes from us. Weigh it knowing who wrote it.

OneClick's book store page is written for bookshops: it talks about finding books by publisher, author or ISBN at billing, and about wholesale as well as retail. According to its website, Eyecon Consultant offers OneClick to many kinds of shop and says it can be customised to a shop's requirements. BooksPOS is built for book depots, stationers and school uniform sellers, with the school season at its centre.

How this comparison was made

• Where OneClick's facts come from: Eyecon Consultant's own pages, read on 4 October 2026: the book store software page, the FBR integrated POS software page and the uniform shop software page. We saved each page and checked that every phrase we rely on is in its text. That is why each line about OneClick says "its page says".
• Where BooksPOS's facts come from: the current build, as our features page and the help centre describe it.
• What we did not do: install or use OneClick. Nothing here is a test result, and nothing here says how well OneClick works. Where its pages do not mention something, that is a question to put to Eyecon Consultant, not a verdict.
• Pages change: check its pages, and ours, before you decide.

The short answer

For a book depot whose year turns on the school season, BooksPOS is the better fit. Class lists, parents' advances and books still owed, every edition kept apart, uniforms by size on the same bill and publisher returns followed to the credit note are all in BooksPOS as it stands today, with a help article for every screen.

OneClick may suit you better if you want software customised to the way your business already works, sell through Shopify or your own website, or pay agents a commission on wholesale bills. Neither claim needs to be taken on trust: the tests near the end take one afternoon.

OneClick, as its own pages describe it

Its book store software page says:

• books can be found at billing by publisher, author or ISBN;
• barcodes can be generated for books and stationery items and scanned at the counter;
• reorder and minimum stock levels are managed, and orders for new books can be generated from inventory levels and sales data;
• cash and credit sales with a customer ledger, and customer, supplier and agent ledgers;
• order booking for wholesale and retail customers, and commission in wholesale billing;
• an accounting module, petty cash, and general and miscellaneous expenses;
• single and multi-branch: several business locations and warehouses, and transfer between shops;
• "Integrated With FBR POS and FBR TAX portal";
• integrated with an e-commerce website and with Shopify;
• it can be customised to a shop's requirements, "such as adding new features or integrations", and implementation may take 2 hours once the software is finalised;
• support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Its FBR integrated POS software page lists "Work Offline/Online", "Mobile Reporting & Dashboard", "SMS With Your Business Name" and "Urdu version available" among its highlights, and explains which retailers FBR requires to integrate. It says the price depends on things such as the modules a business needs and the nature of the business; the pages we read do not give one, so ask for a quote.

Eyecon Consultant describes OneClick Uniform Shop Software on a page of its own, for uniform, garment and workwear stores, with several locations, e-commerce and billing with FBR POS.

BooksPOS, as it works today

• Billing without internet. The store PC, the shop's own Windows PC, keeps the branch's records. Billing, returns, purchases and khata payments carry on with no internet (offline and cloud).
• Editions and ISBNs. Every edition is its own item with its own stock and price. ISBN is optional; when one is given, its check digit is verified and a wrong one is refused (book inventory and ISBN).
• School course sets. A class list per school, session and section; School set (F6) puts the set on the bill, leaving out what the child already has (school course sets).
• Advances and books owed. A parent's advance is held as money owed to them, not counted as a sale; Order (F7) holds copies until a hold date (customer advances, orders and pending deliveries).
• Uniforms by size. A piece is added once with all its sizes; the till asks "Which size?" (school uniforms).
• Pack sizes. Stationery by the piece, the dozen or the box, with stock kept in pieces (stationery POS).
• Publisher returns and consignment. A return is a claim settled by the publisher's credit note (publisher returns); books on sale or return stay the publisher's until sold (consignment).
• Wholesale and khata. A wholesale price for every unit, price lists for schools and other shops, credit limits and statements (wholesale and credit, khata).
• FBR POS integration. Optional, off until the shop switches it on, with FBR's invoice number and QR code on the receipt (FBR integration).
• The owner's view. On the Cloud edition, the owner portal and the Owner app for Android show each branch, always with the time it last reported.

Side by side

Where BooksPOS is the better fit

Your year turns on the school season

In March and April a depot sells the same lists again and again: Class 5 of one school, Class 7 of another, each with its compulsory books, optional ones and notebooks. Class lists are not on OneClick's pages; ask Eyecon Consultant to show you one on screen. In BooksPOS they are the centre of the product. A class list belongs to a school, a session and a section, and a published version never changes, so what was sold stays as it was; next year's list starts as a copy that cannot go live until it is changed or its newer editions are confirmed. At the till, F6 puts the set on the bill at the set discount, the cashier unticks what the parent already has, and "Add available, order the rest" orders the missing titles for that parent. More in school course sets at the till.

Parents pay ahead, and books come late

OneClick's page speaks of order booking for wholesale and retail customers. The depot's version of that is a parent who pays for the whole set while two titles are still with the publisher. BooksPOS records the money as an advance held for the parent, not as a sale, so the day's sales and the drawer stay right. Order (F7) holds the copies in stock for them until a hold date, 14 days by default; walk-in sales cannot take held copies; and the hand-over is a normal bill paid "From advance". See taking advances from parents.

This year's edition is not last year's

Finding a book by publisher, author or ISBN, as OneClick's page describes, is where a depot's stock starts. The next question is what happens when the 2026 edition of a reader arrives while the 2025 edition is still on the shelf. In BooksPOS each edition is its own item with its own stock, price and barcodes, a return goes back to the edition that was sold, and an owner report lists old editions still in stock. A typed or scanned ISBN has its check digit verified; a wrong one is refused, never guessed. See keeping book editions apart.

Books and uniforms on one bill

Eyecon Consultant describes its uniform shop software on a separate page. Many depots sell the school's uniform next to its books, to the same parent, in the same rush. In BooksPOS a uniform piece such as "Shirt – City School" is added once with all its sizes, each size with its own price, barcode and stock; the till asks which size, Stock › Uniform sizes shows every size of a piece on one line, and a school's course set can include the uniform. See selling school uniforms by size.

Publisher returns and sale or return

Publisher returns are not on OneClick's pages. In BooksPOS a return to a publisher becomes a claim at the net price last paid; it stays open until the publisher's credit note settles it, and a shortfall is written off with a reason. Books taken on sale or return stay the publisher's, out of your stock value, until sold. See publisher returns and credit notes.

You want to know exactly what works offline

OneClick's FBR page lists "Work Offline/Online". BooksPOS spells out what that means for each part of the shop: with the internet down, selling, returns, purchases, khata payments and closing a shift all continue on the store PC; a till on another PC needs the shop network to reach the store PC; and if the store PC itself is off, the shop stops billing rather than let two PCs sell the same stock separately. All of it is on the offline and cloud page. Ask any maker for the same answers.

Where OneClick may suit you better

• You want the software shaped to your business. OneClick's page says it can be customised to a shop's requirements, "such as adding new features or integrations". BooksPOS is one product, the same for every depot, built around how depots sell.
• You sell online as well as at the counter. Its page says OneClick is integrated with an e-commerce website and with Shopify. BooksPOS is built around the counter.
• Your wholesale runs through agents. Its page lists commission in wholesale billing and an agent ledger. BooksPOS has wholesale prices, price lists and quantity breaks for schools and shops.
• You want the screens in Urdu. Its FBR page lists "Urdu version available". BooksPOS's screens are in English; titles, names and search can be in Urdu, and receipts print Urdu text.
• You want a maker with offices in Karachi and Lahore. Eyecon Consultant lists both, and says its support is available around the clock.

Test both in one afternoon

A demo on the maker's own data proves little. Ask Eyecon Consultant, and us, to run the six tests from our comparison of POS software for book depots with twenty of your own items:

1. Two editions of the same reader, a copy sold singly and by the dozen, and one book with no ISBN.
2. One school's list for one class, billed for a child who already has two of the books.
3. An advance from a parent for a book that has not arrived, handed over a week later.
4. A khata sale past the customer's credit limit.
5. The internet cable pulled out, then a sale, a return and a khata payment.
6. Five unsold copies sent back to a publisher, and where the claim shows afterwards.

With OneClick, tests 2, 3 and 6 are the ones its pages leave most open, and if you sell uniforms, add a seventh: a shirt in three sizes billed with a reader on one bill. With BooksPOS, each of these is something the current build does; ask us to run them with you on your own items.

Common questions

Is BooksPOS better than OneClick?

For a book depot whose season runs on class lists, parents' advances, editions, uniforms and publisher returns, we think so, and the sections above say why. For a shop that wants software customised to its own way of working, sells through Shopify, or pays agents on wholesale, OneClick's pages describe more of that. Run the six tests with your own items and decide.

Does OneClick work offline?

Its FBR integrated POS page lists "Work Offline/Online" among its highlights. Ask Eyecon Consultant what the counter can do while the internet is down and where the shop's records are kept. BooksPOS bills, takes returns and receives khata payments with no internet, because the shop's own PC keeps the records.

Can OneClick sell books and uniforms on one till?

Eyecon Consultant describes its book store software and its uniform shop software on separate pages. Ask them whether one till can bill both, and how sizes are kept. In BooksPOS, books, stationery and uniforms go on the same bill, and each uniform size has its own stock.

Is OneClick FBR integrated?

Its book store page says it is "Integrated With FBR POS and FBR TAX portal". BooksPOS is FBR integrated too: optional, off until the shop switches it on, with FBR's invoice number and QR code on the receipt and bills made while FBR cannot be reached sent later. Whether your shop must report to FBR is for your tax adviser to confirm. More in FBR POS integration for book depots.

Have you used OneClick?

No. We have not installed or used it, so we describe only what Eyecon Consultant's pages said when we read them on 4 October 2026, and nothing about how well it works. If a page has changed or we have misread it, write to us and we will correct this guide.

What does BooksPOS cost?

The plans and their prices, in rupees, are on the pricing page. The Cloud edition is paid monthly or yearly; an Offline licence is paid once, with no yearly fee. There is no setup fee.