Open Loyalty is an API-first loyalty engine for large programs: you or a partner build the app your customers use. BonusQR is a ready loyalty app for small businesses: customers keep the card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and staff scan it with a phone or tablet.
The same 23 features for both products. A tick where the product has it, a cross where its own website shows it does not.
18 features are not stated on the other provider’s website
| Feature | BonusQR | Open Loyalty |
|---|---|---|
| Price and setup | ||
| Free plan, not just a trial | Yes | No |
| Works with any till, no POS needed | Yes | Not stated |
| Points added automatically by the POS | Custom project | Not stated |
| API for developers | Yes | Yes |
| The customer’s card | ||
| Card in Apple Wallet | Yes | Not stated |
| Card in Google Wallet | Yes | Not stated |
| Customers join without downloading an app | Yes | Not stated |
| Loyalty programs | ||
| Stamp card | Yes | Not stated |
| Points | Basic | Yes |
| Cashback | Yes | Not stated |
| Tiers and VIP levels | Basic | Yes |
| Referral rewards | Premium | Yes |
| Birthday rewards | Premium | Not stated |
| Welcome reward for new members | Yes | Not stated |
| Marketing | ||
| Push notifications and news | Basic | Not stated |
| SMS marketing | No | Not stated |
| Location-based notifications | Basic | Not stated |
| Feedback and Google review requests | Basic | Not stated |
| Running the business | ||
| Appointment or table booking | Basic | Not stated |
| Gift vouchers sold online | Basic | Not stated |
| Several locations in one account | Basic | Not stated |
| Separate staff logins | Basic | Not stated |
| Rewards for online-store orders | Basic | Not stated |
Green: yes. Red: no, as the provider’s own website shows. Grey: not stated on its website, which does not mean it is missing. A plan name means the feature is in that BonusQR plan. Checked on 5 November 2026.
The same ten questions for both, answered from each product’s own website and app.
| Feature | BonusQR | Open Loyalty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, free forever; Basic 19 €/month, Premium 69 €/month (less with longer billing). The pricing page shows your currency. | No list price: a one-time onboarding fee plus recurring platform, customer-care and allowance fees based on monthly active members (as described on 5 November 2026) |
| Free plan | Yes, with unlimited customers and 7 types of loyalty programs | No; a product tour or proof of concept on request |
| POS or hardware needed | No. Staff scan the customer’s QR code with any phone or tablet; a POS link through the REST API is a custom project, quoted separately | API-first platform that connects to your systems through its API; POS integrations are not stated on its pricing page |
| Loyalty programs | 12 types: stamp card, cashback, reward for visits or spend, discounts, welcome coupon, custom offer (Free); points and tiered stamp card (Basic); tiered cashback, referral, birthday and other occasions (Premium) | Points, tiers, rewards, referrals, wallets, challenges, badges, leaderboards, coupons and games of chance |
| Apple Wallet & Google Wallet | Yes, a loyalty card for both wallets | Wallets are listed among its features; Apple Wallet and Google Wallet specifics are not stated |
| Customer app | Not required: the card works in the browser and in the wallet; the BonusQR app for iOS and Android is optional | The customer-facing app is built by you or a partner |
| Staff and locations | Your own login on Free; 5 staff logins and several locations on Basic, unlimited staff on Premium | Built for large programs; priced by monthly active members |
| Beyond loyalty | Bookings, customer feedback, gift vouchers, prepaid packages, news and GEO notifications (Basic), Google review invitations (Premium) | Gamification: challenges, badges, leaderboards and games of chance |
| Online store | WooCommerce and Shopify, on a paid plan | Through its API; specific store integrations are not stated |
| Languages | 20 languages, for the business and its customers | Data regions in Europe, APAC and North America; languages are not stated |
Open Loyalty facts from openloyalty.io/pricing as described on 5 November 2026. Apple Wallet and Google Wallet specifics and POS integrations were not stated on the page we checked.
A fair look at what each product is built for.
you run a large loyalty program, have developers or a partner to build the customer experience, and want an engine you can integrate deeply with your own systems. Open Loyalty’s own pricing page notes that very small programs may suit a ready-made loyalty app better.
you run a café, shop, salon or a few locations, you want a loyalty program without a development project, and you want to start free and add paid features only when you need them.
You can run BonusQR next to your current system while your customers move over.
Type your business name as it appears on Google Maps. BonusQR fills in the name, address and photo and creates a starter program you can change.
Add the stamp card, cashback or reward you run today, with the same goal, so regulars recognise it.
Print the free counter stand, sticker or flyer. Customers join from the QR code, and staff scan them with a phone or tablet.
What owners ask when they compare loyalty apps.
Open Loyalty is an API-first loyalty platform delivered as SaaS (it is not open source). It provides the loyalty engine – points, tiers, rewards, referrals, challenges and more – while the customer-facing app is built by you or a partner.
Open Loyalty publishes no list price. As described on 5 November 2026, it charges a one-time onboarding fee plus recurring platform, customer-care and allowance fees based on monthly active members. BonusQR has a free plan with unlimited customers; Basic is 19 €/month and Premium 69 €/month.
No. Open Loyalty describes itself as an API-first SaaS platform, not open source software.
Yes. BonusQR is a ready app: you set it up from your Google Maps listing, customers join from a QR code and keep the card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and staff scan it with a phone or tablet. No development is needed.
No. BonusQR works out of the box. If you want an automatic link with your POS, that is possible through the BonusQR REST API as a custom project, quoted separately.
Set up BonusQR from your Google Maps listing, choose a stamp card, cashback or another reward, and print the free QR code stand for the counter. Customers join by scanning the QR code.
Everything we say about the other product comes from its official website, checked on 5 November 2026. Prices and features change; check the provider’s site before you decide. BonusQR facts are from the BonusQR app and pricing page.
