How The Loyalty Club Compares

UK NFC stamps with coffee-specific focus. Free forever tier (15 customers). Cross-business discovery network. Wallet passes.

Bluetooth beacon-based loyalty for hospitality. Requires app download. Square + Lightspeed POS. Quote-based pricing with 10% commission on rewards.

UK NFC stamps with barista-worn NFC tags. Free tier + £10-25/mo. Very low price. High threat for UK coffee market.

Traditional paper stamp cards — the status quo TLC replaces. Free but wasteful, easily fraudulent, no customer data.

NFC loyalty with NTAG213 (clonable) tags, requires app download. Square POS integration. Cross-merchant Wave Points network.

NFC + QR + WiFi + card-linked loyalty. No app required. Square POS via PayOS. 2200+ venues. 3-step auto-stamp. £49-299/mo.

UK QR loyalty. Free until 20 customers. No NFC.

UK wallet-based loyalty with eco-friendly angle. QR stamps. No NFC.

QR-only between 2 separate apps (merchant app + customer app). Both parties need to download. From £19/mo. Shopify integration.

UK coffee discovery app with loyalty. Free for shops. Network/discovery model. Requires customer app download.

QR-based loyalty with multi-stamp mode. No NFC.

UK NFC tags supplier with loyalty platform. From ~£20/mo. Hardware + software combo.

NFC cards + QR loyalty with wallet passes. No app download required. Free tier available. No POS integration.

QR-only loyalty with 7+ POS integrations (Clover, Square, Epos Now, PAX, GoDaddy, Sunmi, Shopify POS). Wallet passes. No NFC. £57-127/mo.

Capacitive touch stamp device with app-based loyalty. Coalition cross-merchant model. Claims 4.5M customers. £29-69/mo + £250 setup + 5% commission.

NFC + QR loyalty. Free until 50 members. No POS required. Simple approach.

UK-based QR-only loyalty with wallet passes. 8 card types. No NFC. Flat £15/mo unlimited pricing.

UK NFC + wallet pass loyalty from Essex. £30-60/mo. No anti-clone NFC.

UK QR-only loyalty at £9.49/mo. Very cheap but no NFC.

NFC via proprietary StampPod device. Requires app download. No POS integration by design. Operating in 80+ countries.

Completely free NFC stamp loyalty. Potentially very disruptive but sustainability questionable.

The typical loyalty app model: customers must download, create account, remember to open the app every visit. TLC eliminates all this friction.

Data-driven CRM and email marketing platform exclusively for UK hospitality. Founded 2003 in Sheffield. Integrates with 55+ hospitality tech providers (EPOS, WiFi, booking, ordering) to build single customer view. "Proof of Presence" technology tracks visits via WiFi login, table booking, order & pay apps, feedback, or voucher redemption. Sister company Toggle handles gift cards and retail. Used by major chains: Welcome Break, Wahaca, The Alchemist, Revolution Bars, Byron, Turtle Bay, Honest Burgers. Three tiers: Essentials, Plus, Expert — location-based fixed monthly pricing. 4-6 week onboarding. Unlimited email sends. SMS at 3.5p/message. AI-powered "Flight Assist" feature. NOT a stamp-card loyalty platform — focuses on CRM, email marketing, and customer data aggregation.

Built into Square POS. $49/mo (Plus). No NFC stamps. Phone number at checkout. The "good enough" default for Square merchants.

Norwich UK EPoS with loyalty via Loyalzoo integration. 63K-90K businesses. POS from £225 one-time, loyalty from ~£10/mo.

Edinburgh UK hospitality tech with 17K venues. Closed ecosystem. Barcode card loyalty. Recently acquired by Volaris.

Enterprise loyalty with 95+ POS integrations. White-label branded app. Acquired by Global Payments. From $59/mo.

Clover POS built-in loyalty. Free to $99/mo. No NFC stamps.

Lightspeed POS integrated loyalty. $149/mo (Core plan includes loyalty). No NFC.

Enterprise loyalty by PAR Technology. NFC Smart Passes (Dec 2025). 45+ POS integrations. ~$500/mo minimum.

Card-linked loyalty expanding to SMB. Square + Toast + Clover + 60+ total POS. Custom pricing $500-2000+/mo.

Restaurant POS loyalty bundled at $185/mo. No NFC. US restaurant focused.