Power Apps Not an Option for Kiosk Apps

• Kiosk apps, which run full-screen and offer digital signage or information displays, cannot be properly licensed with Power Apps.
• All users accessing an app must be licensed, and kiosk apps cannot count how many users view them.
• Other technologies can substitute for Power Apps, at the cost of a low-code development experience.

Kiosk apps run in full-screen mode and usually do not require user login. They are popular for use as point-of-sale systems, digital signage, informational displays, and group information (such as Kanban boards).

Power Apps, a low-code graphical application development service that is designed to make simple line-of-business applications easier to create, would seem to be ideally suited to building kiosk apps. However, current licensing restrictions disallow this use of the service, leaving customers to adopt other approaches.

Limitations of Power Apps

Power Apps requires a license for every user who accesses an app. When strictly enforced, this means that any user who sees information on a screen could require a license; unlike Power Automate flows, Power Apps does not support the concept of an unattended app. Guest users must also have a Power Apps license assigned either through the tenant that is hosting the app or through their home tenancy.