Is there a free loyalty program for small business?

Published 27 September 2026 · Updated 11 October 2026

Yes. BonusQR has a free plan with Apple and Google Wallet cards, FaveCard has a free web card, and paper stamp cards cost only printing. Rewardtree isn't free after 60 days: it's A$9.99 a month per shop. Many other apps offer a free trial, not a free plan, so check what happens when it ends.

A free trial is not a free plan#

Plenty of loyalty apps say "free", but mean a free trial. Once it ends, you pay or you lose the program. These are the trials on each company's own page, checked 27 September 2026:

• Square Loyalty: 30-day free trial, then A$49 to A$149 a month per location (Square).
• Stamp Me: 30-day trial from your first published card (Stamp Me).
• Loopy Loyalty: 15-day trial, and no free plan (Loopy Loyalty).
• Loyally: 14-day trial (Loyally).

Rewardtree is in this group too: 60 days free, then a paid plan. The difference we'd point to is what happens if you don't pay: your loyalty card pauses and your customers keep every stamp, and nothing is ever charged without a card you added yourself.

Free options#

• BonusQR has a free plan (forever) with Apple and Google Wallet cards. Its page shows prices in several currencies, Australian dollars included: Basic AU$29 and Premium AU$109 a month (BonusQR, checked 28 September 2026).
• FaveCard's free plan is a web card; its wallet passes are on its paid Pro plan (FaveCard, checked 27 September 2026).
• Paper stamp cards cost only printing. Our free punch card maker designs one for you, no sign-up needed.

What a free plan should include#

Before you pick a free plan, check it gives you:

1. Cards in both Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, so iPhone and Android customers are both covered.
2. No app for your customers to download. An app download is one more step at a busy counter.
3. No limit on members that you'll hit in your first busy month.
4. No end date, and no credit card.
5. A simple way to add stamps that doesn't slow your counter down.

What Rewardtree includes, if you'd rather pay a little#

Rewardtree replaces paper punch cards with a stamp card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet:

• One QR for your counter, on a free poster you print yourself. Customers scan it with their phone camera to join, and again each visit to collect. Nobody scans the customer's phone.
• One stamp per visit, checked against where your shop is. Anything odd (far away, or late at night) shows as "Needs a look", and you can see and undo every stamp.
• A live reward screen: the customer shows the reward, their first name and a moving clock.
• Your own web page with your customers and their visits. Nothing to install, and it works beside any till.
• A shop page in eight languages.

It's 60 days free with no credit card, then A$9.99 a month per shop, or A$99 a year per shop. That's our end-of-year special for businesses that sign up by 31 December 2026: you keep it for every shop, including shops you add later, for as long as you stay. From 1 January 2027, businesses that sign up pay A$19.99 a month or A$199 a year. There's no download of your customer list, and every card back and shop page carries a small "Powered by Rewardtree" line. See the pricing page.

We make Rewardtree. Every other company's facts link to its own page, checked 27 September 2026.

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