Quick answer: the main difference is the customer journey
Magic Stamp’s current business site and app-store listings describe a shared consumer app: customers download Magic Stamp, keep loyalty cards from participating independent businesses in one place, and receive stamps through Magic Stamp’s physical stamping experience. Its business portal also documents Insights, Campaigns, Vouchers and remote Delivery via Magic Codes. Magic Stamp +1 Çentik’s public UK-facing English pages take a different approach: customers do not need to install an app, can open their loyalty card in the browser, can add it to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, and can earn through NFC or QR. Çentik +1
| Customer access | Browser-first; no customer app required. Apple Wallet and Google Wallet are publicly documented. Çentik | Shared iOS/Android Magic Stamp app is the clearly documented consumer route. Google Play +1 |
| In-store earning | NFC Çentik Stamp or QR; both update the same digital card. Çentik | Physical Magic Stamp device presses on the phone screen; the official site emphasises no QR codes for the core in-store flow. Magic Stamp |
| Remote / takeaway earning | No equivalent remote-code feature was verified in the public pages reviewed. | Magic Codes are documented for rewarding online and takeaway customers remotely. Magic Stamp |
| Wallet support | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet publicly documented. Çentik | Apple Wallet or Google Wallet support was not verified in the current sources reviewed; verify before relying on it. |
| Customer analytics | Customer management, repeat-visit analytics and segments are publicly listed. Çentik | Magic Portal and Insights are documented for customer behaviour and store performance. Magic Stamp |
| Campaign tools | Double-stamp, win-back and birthday campaigns are publicly listed. Çentik | In-app campaigns and customer segmentation are publicly documented. Magic Stamp |
| Vouchers / prepaid gifting | Not verified as a current public Çentik feature. | Vouchers are documented, including pre-payment and gifting; the published pricing page states a 5% transaction fee on vouchers. Magic Stamp |
| QR menu | QR Menu Pro is publicly listed in the Pro feature set. Çentik | No QR-menu product was verified in the sources reviewed. |
| POS dependency | Publicly described as running independently of the existing POS. Çentik | The public site presents the stamper/app model as avoiding expensive integrations; specific POS integrations were not verified. Magic Stamp |
| Published UK pricing | The current public English and Turkish Çentik pricing pages are inconsistent, so a UK price should be confirmed before publication or sale. Çentik +1 | Indexed official GBP pricing currently shows Basic £29/site/month, Growth £39/site/month and Advanced £69/site/month, with no setup cost; confirm the live checkout price before purchase. Magic Stamp |
Where Magic Stamp is strong
Magic Stamp has a clear proposition for businesses that want to digitise the familiar paper stamp card without changing the ritual at the counter. Its physical stamper is central to the experience, while its portal extends the basic stamp card with customer insights, in-app campaigns, vouchers and Magic Codes for remote or takeaway rewards. Magic Stamp The consumer app also has meaningful distribution signals: Google Play currently shows 100K+ downloads, and the UK App Store listing is active. These are app-store signals rather than verified active-user counts, but they do show an established consumer product footprint. Google Play +1
Where Çentik differs
Çentik is positioned for merchants that want to remove the app-download step. The public English product pages document browser access, Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, NFC and QR earning, customer management, campaign tools, barista accounts, multi-location support and QR Menu Pro. Çentik +1 That makes the customer acquisition path materially different from Magic Stamp: a merchant can invite someone into loyalty from a browser, NFC point or QR flow rather than first asking them to install a shared loyalty app.
Important limitations and verification points
- Çentik’s public pricing is not yet consistent across its English and Turkish pages. Do not publish a UK price until the live commercial terms are reconciled. Çentik +1
- The user-supplied Çentik product brief says the platform also supports spend/balance loyalty. The current public English pages reviewed focus mainly on stamp-based loyalty, so that capability should be verified in the live product before it is used as a comparison claim.
- Magic Stamp’s current public materials clearly document the shared app, physical stamper, portal, campaigns, vouchers, insights and Magic Codes. Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and a QR-menu product were not verified in the sources reviewed; absence from this comparison is not proof that they do not exist.
- Magic Stamp’s published business pages include performance claims such as increased revisit likelihood and higher uptake than own-brand apps. This page does not repeat those marketing claims because the underlying methodology was not independently verified. Magic Stamp
Who is each platform best for?
Magic Stamp is a strong fit for an independent café, salon, takeaway or other repeat-visit business that specifically wants a shared-app digital stamp card, likes the tactile counter-stamping experience, and values built-in vouchers, in-app campaigns or Magic Codes. Çentik is a strong fit for merchants that want to avoid requiring a dedicated app, want browser plus Apple/Google Wallet access, need NFC and QR as parallel counter methods, or want loyalty to sit alongside a QR menu and barista/multi-location tools without replacing the POS.
Pricing and commercial decision criteria
Magic Stamp has the clearer publicly indexed UK price structure today: the official GBP page shows £29, £39 and £69 per site per month across Basic, Growth and Advanced, with annual options and certain paid add-ons. Magic Stamp Çentik publicly advertises a 30-day free trial with no credit card, but its current English and Turkish price pages disagree on the monthly amount. Çentik +1 For a fair buying decision, compare the live quoted price together with the number of sites, required hardware, campaign features, voucher fees, migration effort and whether app-install friction matters to your customers.
Migration from Magic Stamp to Çentik
Treat migration as a customer-experience project, not just a data import. First, ask Magic Stamp what customer, card, stamp, reward, campaign and consent data can be exported; a self-service export route was not verified in the public materials reviewed. Then map active stamp balances and reward rules into the new programme, decide how outstanding rewards will be honoured, and run a short overlap period so regulars are not surprised at the till. Replace counter signage and staff instructions only after the new NFC/QR flow has been tested on both iPhone and Android.
If customer email, SMS or other electronic-marketing permissions are moved or reused, keep evidence of the lawful basis and the original consent or soft-opt-in conditions. ICO guidance says unsolicited electronic marketing to individual subscribers generally requires consent or all conditions of the products-and-services soft opt-in, and every subsequent message needs an easy opt-out. ICO +1
Evidence of current UK market activity
Magic Stamp remains active in the UK market: Black & Bloom in Peterborough announced its move onto Magic Stamp in July 2026, and the consumer app was updated on Google Play in August 2026. Black & Bloom Coffee +1 This matters because it distinguishes a currently operated product from an older loyalty app that is merely still listed online.
FAQ
Does Magic Stamp require customers to download an app?
The current Magic Stamp website and both major app-store listings present the shared Magic Stamp app as the consumer journey: customers download the app, add participating businesses’ cards and present the card to be stamped. Magic Stamp +2 Google Play +2
Does Çentik require an app?
No customer app is required according to Çentik’s current English pages. The loyalty card can open in the browser and can also be added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. Çentik +1
Which platform is cheaper in the UK?
Magic Stamp currently has publicly indexed GBP tiers from £29 per site per month. Çentik’s public pricing is inconsistent across its English and Turkish pages, so a defensible UK price comparison is not possible until Çentik’s live UK commercial terms are confirmed. Magic Stamp +2 Çentik +2
Can Magic Stamp rewards be migrated to Çentik?
Potentially, but only after confirming what Magic Stamp can export and how Çentik will import or recreate the relevant balances and reward rules. The safest migration preserves or explicitly compensates outstanding customer rewards and keeps an auditable record of any marketing permissions moved.
Which is better for a café that does not want another customer app?
For that specific requirement, Çentik matches the brief because its public product flow is browser-first and supports Apple Wallet and Google Wallet without a dedicated app install. Magic Stamp is better aligned with cafés that are comfortable asking customers to use the shared Magic Stamp app and value its physical stamper, vouchers and Magic Codes. Çentik +1
