Clover Go is the smallest thing Clover sells: a reader the size of a pack of gum that turns your phone into a terminal. It is the right answer for occasional mobile sales and the wrong answer for a business that lives on the road. This page covers what it does and where the line is.
Specs, 2026
| Item | Clover Go |
|---|---|
| Payments | EMV chip, magstripe, NFC contactless (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay) |
| Pairing | Bluetooth to iOS or Android through the Clover Go app |
| Battery | About 160 chip or 130 contactless transactions per charge |
| Printer | None; email or text receipts |
| Camera or scanner | None; the phone’s camera through the app for some functions |
| Connectivity | Through the phone’s data or Wi-Fi |
| Software | Clover Go app; payments-only plan at $0 a month |
| Price | $49 to $199 by generation and channel |
Where it fits
- A restaurant or store that occasionally sells at an event, a market or a pop-up.
- A service business whose technicians take a card a few times a week.
- A backup device in a drawer for when the counter is down and the phone still has signal.
- Delivery drivers on a business that already runs Clover, where reporting on one account matters.
Where a Flex is the better buy
Every day on the road. The Flex has its own LTE, an 8-hour battery, a receipt printer and a camera scanner, and it does not depend on a phone’s battery or the staff member’s personal device. A contractor taking deposits on every job, a food truck, a mobile groomer: Flex. The Flex page has the detail, and the food truck setup is a worked example.
On dual pricing
The Clover Go app shows both totals on the phone screen before the customer taps, and the receipt shows the price paid. Same program as the counter. For mobile services that invoice, a text-to-pay link is often simpler than a reader, and the customer pays from their own phone; that setup is on the contractors and service page.
Cost through a dealer
Often included at no charge with a merchant account. No monthly software fee on payments-only. Processing at $0 under dual pricing or interchange-plus, on the same statement as your other Clover devices.