What are the best Square Loyalty alternatives in Australia?

Published 29 September 2026 · Updated 11 October 2026

It depends on why you're leaving. For a stamp card in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet beside any till, Rewardtree is A$9.99 a month per shop. Loyally and Loopy Loyalty bill in US dollars. Stamp Me suits customers happy to download an app. Paper costs only printing. Stay with Square if automatic points matter most.

Why owners look for an alternative#

Square Loyalty is good software. If you're looking elsewhere, it's probably for one of three reasons, all on Square's own pages:

1. The price. A$49 a month per location for 0 to 500 loyalty visits, A$99 for 501 to 1,500, and A$149 above that, after a 30-day free trial. A loyalty visit is a sign-up, a point earned or a reward redeemed (Square's Australian Loyalty page, checked 27 September 2026 and again 29 September 2026). For one shop that is A$588 to A$1,788 a year, and two shops pay twice.
2. Apple only. Square's Australian help centre says its digital loyalty pass is only available for Apple Wallet on iOS devices at this time (Square help, checked 29 September 2026). Android customers can't keep it in Google Wallet.
3. Square only. Points come from sales through Square Point of Sale, Square Invoices or Square Online. If you use another till, or might switch, the program can't come with you.

If none of those bother you, Square Loyalty may still be your best choice. More on that in is the Square loyalty program worth it?

The alternatives side by side#

We only wrote down what each company's own page says, and every page was read on 29 September 2026. A dash (–) means the page didn't say. Prices change, so check before you buy.

Loyally's pricing page gives its prices in US dollars, and Loopy Loyalty's help page says its plans are in US dollars.

What each one does better#

Every option here beats the others at something. Plainly:

• Square Loyalty needs no scan at all when every sale goes through Square: Square says customers earn points on every purchase, even when they pay cash, and can earn per visit, per amount spent, per item or by category. Customers get a text when they earn. If your whole shop runs on Square, nothing else here is that effortless.
• Stamp Me has more ways to stamp than a phone scan: a tap-and-go StampPod at the counter, a wearable Stamp Tag, and single-use codes you can put on packaging, per its home page. It says it has more than 15 years in digital loyalty.
• Loopy Loyalty includes push messages, iPhone lock-screen notifications and location-based messages on every plan, up to 10 card designs on its top plan, and Zapier or Make connections. Exporting your customer data is on its US$95 plan only.
• Loyally is the cheapest paid option we found, and lists 8 card formats, more than 100 card templates, and text and email campaigns in every plan. Its Starter plan is for one location, run by the owner's own login.
• Paper stamp cards have nothing to install, charge or crash, and every customer already knows how one works. You get no list of who your regulars are, and a look-alike stamp can fill a card.
• Rewardtree replaces paper punch cards with a stamp card in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet: customers scan one QR on your counter to join and collect, one stamp per visit checked at your shop, and nobody installs an app. The trade-offs: customers scan at each visit (there's no till connection), it's stamp cards only, and there's no download of your customer list.

Which one should you pick?#

1. Every sale goes through Square, and A$49 or more a month per location is small change? Stay with Square Loyalty.
2. You want a stamp card in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, beside any till, for one price per shop? Rewardtree.
3. You want to pay nothing? BonusQR's free plan has Apple and Google Wallet cards (BonusQR, checked 29 September 2026).
4. You want many card types and campaigns, for one shop you run yourself, and don't mind US dollars? Loyally's Starter plan.
5. You want several card designs and messages on every plan, in US dollars? Loopy Loyalty.
6. Your customers are happy to download an app, and you like tap-and-go pods? Stamp Me.
7. You want no screens at all? Paper. Our free punch card maker designs one, no sign-up.

Not sure? Work out what each app costs you over a year with the loyalty cost calculator, then try one. You can always move later.

Moving from Square Loyalty without losing your regulars#

1. Before you switch anything off, download whatever customer records you keep in Square, so you have your own copy.
2. Put your Rewardtree QR by the till and ask regulars to scan it as they pay. They type their first name and mobile, enter the code we text them, and tap Add to Apple Wallet or Add to Google Wallet.
3. Let regulars finish their old card; from today they collect on Rewardtree. Anyone with Square points or a Square reward waiting can use it up while your Square program still runs.
4. Let customers choose about offers themselves. Permission to send offers is never copied across. Your shop's "can text me offers" box starts unticked, and only the customer can tick it.

We make Rewardtree, so weigh our view with that in mind. Every other company's facts link to its own page, read on 29 September 2026. Square's prices were also checked on 27 September 2026.

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