Loyalstack vs. Loopy Loyalty: Which Digital Loyalty Card Platform Is Right for Your Business in 2026?

Both platforms put a digital stamp card in your customer's Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. That's where the similarity ends. Loyalstack and Loopy Loyalty take very different approaches to pricing, setup, push notifications, and customer data, and those differences matter depending on how your business actually runs.

This comparison covers everything side by side: pricing, ease of use, push notifications, multi-location support, and the features that affect your day-to-day. No fluff. Just what you need to make the right call.

Pricing last verified July 2026. Loyalstack is our product, the pricing and feature data below is applied to every platform equally.

What Both Platforms Do

Loopy Loyalty is an established digital stamp card platform operating in 85-plus countries. Merchants create branded stamp cards that customers save to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and staff stamp cards by scanning a QR code. It's been around long enough to earn a solid reputation among small business owners who want a straightforward punch card replacement.

Loyalstack does the same core thing, branded digital stamp cards, Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, QR stamping at the counter, but adds auto-CRM, unlimited push notifications on every plan, and a browser-based stamping tool that requires no hardware and no POS integration. Customers scan a QR code or tap a link you share and the card saves to their wallet.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Loyalstack	Loopy Loyalty
Apple Wallet + Google Wallet	Yes	Yes
Starting price	$49/month	$25/month
Free plan	No (14-day free trial)	No
Locations on entry plan	1	1
Card designs on entry plan	Unlimited	1
Team seats on entry plan	Unlimited	3
Push notifications	Unlimited on all plans	Included (campaign limits vary by plan)
Auto-CRM (no forms)	Yes	No
POS integration required	No	No
Hardware required	No	No
Multi-location plan	Franchise ($199/mo)	Growth ($69/mo) or Ultimate ($95/mo)
Agency / white-label plan	Agency plan coming soon	No dedicated agency plan
Franchise plan	Yes ($199/mo)	No
API and webhooks	Franchise plan	Not publicly documented
Built on PassKit infrastructure	No	Yes

Pricing

Loopy Loyalty Pricing

Loopy Loyalty offers three plans:

• Starter: $25/month ($250/year): 1 location, 1 card design, 3 subusers, unlimited customers
• Growth: $69/month ($690/year): 3 locations, 3 card designs, 10 subusers, unlimited customers
• Ultimate: $95/month ($950/year): 10 locations, 10 card designs, 50 subusers, unlimited customers

All plans include unlimited customers and unlimited cards issued. There is no free plan.

Loyalstack Pricing

Loyalstack has two plans available today, with a third on the way:

• Merchant: $49/month ($490/year): 1 location, unlimited card programs, unlimited customers, unlimited team seats, unlimited push notifications
• Franchise: $199/month ($1,990/year): 3 locations included ($49/month each additional), franchise-wide analytics, unlimited team seats, unlimited push notifications. White-label branding is available as a paid add-on on this plan, it is not bundled.
• Agency: coming soon, built for agencies managing loyalty programs across multiple client brands

All Loyalstack plans include a 14-day free trial, Apple and Google Wallet passes, push campaigns, and a CRM. There are no discounts of any kind.

The Honest Price Comparison

Loopy Loyalty's Starter at $25/month is cheaper than Loyalstack's Merchant at $49/month. That's a real difference, and it's worth saying plainly.

What you give up at $25/month: one card design, three subusers, no auto-CRM, and no guarantee of unlimited push notifications. If you have more than a couple of staff members running the counter, or you want separate card programs for different products or seasonal promos, you'll hit Starter's limits fast.

Loyalstack's $49/month gets you unlimited card programs, unlimited team seats, and unlimited push notifications from day one. Compare the full feature set rather than just the entry price, and the gap narrows quickly.

Setup and Ease of Use

Neither platform requires new hardware or POS integration. Staff stamp cards by scanning a customer's QR code through a browser, any phone or tablet you already own works fine.

Loyalstack's card designer supports every format Apple Wallet and Google Wallet support, stamp, points, membership, coupon, discount, and gift cards, and publishes a live wallet card in minutes. Share the save link via Instagram, email, a printed QR code, or anywhere else your customers already see you. No app download required on their end.

Loopy Loyalty's setup is similarly straightforward for a single card. The limitation shows up on the Starter plan, one card design means any second program, seasonal promotion, or product-specific card pushes you to Growth at $69/month.

Both platforms are genuinely easy to get running. Neither needs a developer or IT support.

Push Notifications

This is one of the clearest differences between the two.

Loyalstack includes unlimited push notifications on every plan. Notifications reach customers' lock screens through the Wallet pass itself, no SMS fees, no separate opt-in, no extra cost no matter how often you send.

Loopy Loyalty includes push notifications, but campaign specifics vary by plan. If you want to send frequent promos, seasonal reminders, or re-engagement campaigns without watching a counter, Loyalstack's unlimited model is more predictable.

For a busy cafe or boutique running weekly specials, pushing a message to every customer's lock screen, without worrying about cost or limits, is a real operational advantage.

Customer Experience

Both platforms deliver a native Wallet pass, not a browser-based card, not an app. That matters because customers already have Apple Wallet or Google Wallet on their phones. Nothing to download, nothing to remember, and the card lives right alongside their boarding passes and payment cards.

Where Loyalstack differs is in how the customer relationship starts. When someone saves their card, Loyalstack automatically builds a customer profile, no form, no phone number request, no sign-up friction. That profile feeds directly into the CRM.

Loopy Loyalty, like every other competitor in this category, requires some form of explicit enrollment before a customer profile exists, a QR scan to a form, a phone number at the counter, something. It's a small step, but it's a step some customers skip.

Multi-Location and Franchise Support

This is where the two platforms diverge most sharply.

Loopy Loyalty

Multi-location support scales through Growth and Ultimate. Growth covers 3 locations at $69/month; Ultimate covers 10 at $95/month. There's no dedicated franchise plan, no franchise-wide analytics dashboard, and no agency or white-label option. If you need more than 10 locations, Loopy Loyalty doesn't have a clear path forward.

Loyalstack

Loyalstack's Merchant plan is a true single-location plan. If you need 2 or more locations, you move to the Franchise plan.

The Franchise plan at $199/month includes 3 locations ($49/month for each additional), franchise-wide analytics, and unlimited push notifications. White-label branding is available as a paid add-on on this plan, it's not included by default.

Running 5 to 20 locations and need centralized reporting with per-location controls? Loyalstack's Franchise plan is built for that. Loopy Loyalty has no equivalent.

The Agency Angle

If you're a marketing agency managing loyalty programs for local business clients, Loopy Loyalty doesn't have a plan designed for you. You'd be juggling separate accounts at separate costs with no white-label option in sight.

Loyalstack's dedicated Agency plan is coming soon. It's built for exactly this: managing all your client brands under one login. Email hello@loyalstack.co to hear when it launches.

What Merchants Actually Care About Day-to-Day

Beyond the spec sheet, here's what the difference looks like in practice.

A single-location cafe owner running weekly specials wants to push a "double stamp Tuesday" notification to everyone who saved their card. On Loyalstack, that's unlimited and included in the $49/month plan. On Loopy Loyalty's Starter, you're working with one card design, three team members, and variable push notification terms.

A boutique with two locations can't stay on Loyalstack's Merchant plan, that's 1 location only. They'd move to the Franchise plan at $199/month, which includes 3 locations. On Loopy Loyalty, two locations means Growth at $69/month, cheaper here, but capped at 3 card designs and 10 subusers, with no auto-CRM.

A franchise with 8 locations needs centralized reporting and per-location controls. Loyalstack's Franchise plan handles that directly. Loopy Loyalty's Ultimate covers up to 10 locations at $95/month but offers no franchise-specific analytics.

A marketing agency managing 12 local business clients needs white-label branding and client management under one login. Loyalstack's upcoming Agency plan is built for exactly that. Loopy Loyalty has no equivalent.

Making the Decision

Choose Loopy Loyalty if:

• You want the lowest possible entry price ($25/month)
• One card design for one location is all you need, and three team members is enough
• You don't need auto-CRM or unlimited push notifications
• You're comfortable with a platform built on PassKit's infrastructure

Choose Loyalstack if:

• You want unlimited push notifications from day one, no counters, no surprises
• You want a CRM that builds itself without forms or manual data entry
• You're running multiple card programs (unlimited on Merchant)
• You need more than 3 team members on your entry plan
• You're a multi-location operator, franchise, or agency
• You want transparent self-serve pricing and a 14-day free trial before committing

For most independent business owners who plan to actually use push notifications and want a real customer list without chasing sign-ups, Loyalstack's $49/month delivers more usable value than Loopy Loyalty's $25/month entry tier.

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FAQs

Does Loopy Loyalty have a free plan? No. Loopy Loyalty's entry plan starts at $25/month ($250/year) for 1 location. Neither platform offers a free tier, though Loyalstack includes a 14-day free trial on all plans.

Is Loyalstack more expensive than Loopy Loyalty? At the entry level, yes, Loyalstack's Merchant plan is $49/month versus Loopy Loyalty's Starter at $25/month. But Loyalstack's entry plan includes unlimited card programs, unlimited team seats, unlimited push notifications, and auto-CRM. None of those are available on Loopy Loyalty's Starter.

Does Loopy Loyalty support multiple locations? Yes. Growth covers 3 locations at $69/month and Ultimate covers 10 at $95/month. There's no franchise plan or agency plan. Loyalstack offers a dedicated Franchise plan for multi-location operators, with an Agency plan coming soon.

What is auto-CRM and does Loopy Loyalty have it? Auto-CRM means customer profiles are created automatically when someone saves their loyalty card to their wallet, no form, no phone number, no manual entry required. Loyalstack builds profiles this way. Loopy Loyalty, like most competitors in this category, requires some form of explicit enrollment before a customer profile is created.

Can I use Loyalstack or Loopy Loyalty with my existing POS? Both platforms work alongside any existing POS system. Neither requires integration. Staff stamp cards by scanning a QR code through a browser on any device they already have.

Does Loyalstack's Franchise plan include white-label branding? No. White-label branding is available as a paid add-on on the Franchise plan, it is not bundled.

Which platform is better for a marketing agency managing multiple clients? Loyalstack has a dedicated Agency plan coming soon, built for managing all your client brands under one login. Loopy Loyalty has no dedicated agency or white-label plan. Email hello@loyalstack.co to hear when the Agency plan launches.