Çentik vs Loopy Loyalty: UK Loyalty Platform Comparison

Çentik vs Loopy Loyalty at a glance

The shortest distinction is this: Loopy Loyalty is strongly centred on digital stamp cards stored in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, with customers joining by QR code or link and staff issuing stamps through the Loopy Loyalty Stamper App. Çentik also supports Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, but its public product experience additionally centres on a browser-based loyalty card and a physical Çentik NFC point or QR workflow at the counter. Neither model requires the customer to install a dedicated branded loyalty app. Loopy Loyalty +1

The table deliberately separates verified live claims from items that still need confirmation. In particular, Çentik's current English pages disagree on both pricing and the status of multi-location management, so those points should be corrected before this comparison page is published. Çentik +1

Where Loopy Loyalty is strong

Loopy Loyalty has a clear proposition for businesses that want to replace a paper stamp card with a mobile-wallet equivalent. Its product is built around branded stamp cards in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, enrolment through a QR code or link, staff stamping through a dedicated Stamper App, messaging, reporting and customer data collection. That narrow focus can be an advantage when the requirement is simply to digitise an existing punch-card programme without introducing new counter hardware. Loopy Loyalty +1

• Wallet-first customer experience: Apple Wallet and Google Wallet are central to the product rather than optional integrations. Loopy Loyalty
• Straightforward staff workflow: sub-users can use the Stamper App without receiving access to billing or the full merchant dashboard. Loopy Loyalty
• Multi-site controls are explicitly packaged: the current public plans list 1, 3 and 10-location limits for Starter, Growth and Ultimate respectively. Loopy Loyalty
• Loopy publicly documents an API as well as Zapier and Make integrations for enrolment, card updates and wider automation. Loopy Loyalty Help Center +1
• As an independent user-review signal rather than a UK-only benchmark, Capterra showed a 4.6/5 rating from 69 reviews and was last updated on 10 September 2026. Reviews frequently praise ease of use, while some users report Android onboarding or feature-depth limitations. Capterra

Where Çentik takes a different approach

Çentik is not simply a different design for the same Wallet stamp card. Its public flow starts with an app-free web experience and gives the merchant two physical counter routes: a customer can bring a compatible phone close to the Çentik NFC point, or the business can use the customer's QR code. The same public product also places customer segmentation, repeat-visit analytics, campaign tools and QR Menu Pro alongside loyalty. This makes Çentik more relevant when the merchant wants the loyalty programme to become part of a broader repeat-visit operating system rather than only a digital replacement for a paper card. Çentik +1

The supplied Çentik product material also describes spend/balance-based rewards in addition to visit/stamp loyalty. Because that mechanic is not established on the public English pages reviewed for this comparison, it should be verified against the production product before being presented to UK buyers as generally available.

Who is each platform best suited to?

• Consider Loopy Loyalty when the main requirement is a mature, wallet-first digital stamp card with QR/link enrolment, an established staff stamping app, clearly tiered multi-location plans and documented API/no-code integration options.
• Consider Çentik when the merchant wants customers to be able to use a browser as well as Wallet, wants a visible NFC or QR touchpoint at the counter, and values loyalty alongside customer segmentation, campaigns and QR-menu tooling.
• For businesses where loyalty must be calculated automatically from every till transaction with no staff action, assess the required POS integrations before choosing either platform. Loopy can be connected to other systems through automation and API workflows; Çentik's current public proposition emphasises operating independently from the till. Loopy Loyalty Help Center +1
• For larger groups requiring advanced enterprise CDP, ordering, payment, gift-card or deeply integrated hospitality CRM capabilities, evaluate those requirements separately rather than assuming either SMB-focused loyalty product covers the entire stack.

Pricing: compare the operating model, not only the headline fee

Loopy Loyalty's current public monthly prices are US$25 for Starter, US$69 for Growth and US$95 for Ultimate. The plans primarily scale by card designs, locations and Stamper App sub-users; the published limits are 1/1/3 on Starter, 3/3/10 on Growth and 10/10/50 on Ultimate for card designs, locations and staff users respectively. A 15-day trial is offered. Loopy Loyalty

Çentik's public English pricing should be fixed before a UK comparison page goes live. The English homepage currently displays US$9.99/month, while /en/pricing displays ₺999/month and describes Turkish-lira pricing. The user-supplied UK strategy document references another intended global commercial model. Because these sources conflict, this comparison should send readers to Çentik's live pricing or sales flow only after one canonical UK/global price has been established. Çentik +1

Data, privacy and UK marketing rules

Loopy Loyalty states that it is operated by PassKit, Inc., that the merchant remains controller of its customer data, that PassKit acts as processor, and that customer data is currently hosted and processed in the United States. Its June 2026 DPA says it includes UK GDPR provisions and international-transfer mechanisms. UK businesses should still verify that their own use of the service, contracts and transfer mechanism fit their circumstances rather than treating the presence of a DPA as a blanket compliance guarantee. Loopy Loyalty

The ICO explains that transfers of personal information from the UK to a separate organisation outside the UK can be restricted transfers and must be covered by an applicable adequacy arrangement, appropriate safeguards or an exception. Separately, loyalty-platform marketing does not bypass PECR: unsolicited marketing emails and texts to individuals generally require consent unless the relevant soft-opt-in conditions are satisfied, and an appropriate opt-out must be provided. These obligations concern how the merchant uses customer data, not simply which loyalty vendor it selects. ICO +1

Migrating from Loopy Loyalty to Çentik

A migration should preserve customer identity, current stamp or reward state, consent evidence and outstanding rewards rather than treating the project as a simple contact-list import. Loopy documents CSV export of customer and transaction data, although its help centre currently says this export is available on the Ultimate plan. Confirm current export entitlement before setting a migration date. Loopy Loyalty Help Center

• Export and archive the source data before changing the live programme: customer identifiers, contact fields, join date, card status, stamps earned, rewards earned, rewards redeemed and transaction records where available. Loopy Loyalty Help Center +1
• Export consent and suppression information separately where relevant. A migration must not silently turn participation in the old loyalty programme into permission for a new category or channel of direct marketing.
• Define a field-mapping document from Loopy records to Çentik records, including the rule for existing stamp balances, partially completed rewards and already-earned rewards.
• Decide what happens to old Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes. Do not promise that an existing Loopy pass will automatically transform into a Çentik pass; plan customer re-enrolment or a controlled card-replacement journey unless a tested migration mechanism proves otherwise.
• Run a small reconciliation batch first. Compare source and destination customer counts, stamp totals and reward states before migrating the remaining customer base.
• Choose a cut-over time and prevent double earning during the overlap period. Staff should know which system is authoritative before the first live shift.
• Retain an auditable migration log and a rollback copy. Confirm retention and deletion responsibilities for the old platform only after the new records have been validated.
• If Çentik will offer a managed import, verify the supported file format, required identifiers and whether consent metadata, historical transactions and outstanding reward states can all be preserved before advertising the migration as automatic.

What to verify before choosing

• Do customers need browser access as well as Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, or is a wallet-first experience enough?
• Should the counter interaction be a physical NFC tap, QR scan, staff scanning a wallet card, or an automatic POS-triggered event?
• Is the programme strictly visit/stamp based, or does it require spend-based earning, stored reward value or more complex rules?
• How many locations, card designs and staff accounts are required today and after twelve months?
• Does the business need API access, POS integration, Zapier/Make automation or only a standalone loyalty workflow?
• Which customer fields are genuinely required, which marketing channels will be used and how will consent or soft-opt-in evidence be retained?
• Can the current provider export customers, transaction history and reward states in a usable format before cancellation?
• For Çentik specifically, confirm the canonical UK price and the production status of multi-location and any spend/balance features before signing a contract.

Independent evidence and practical limitations

Loopy Loyalty has a materially longer public review trail than the evidence reviewed for Çentik. Capterra reported 69 reviews with an overall 4.6/5 score as of 10 September 2026, while GetApp also displayed 4.6 from 69 reviews in September 2026. These are global software-review datasets rather than controlled UK hospitality studies, so they are useful as product-experience evidence but should not be presented as proof of UK market share or business outcomes. Capterra +1