Looking for a BonusQR alternative?

When you should stay with BonusQR

If your programme is working, stay. Switching costs you re-enrolment of your entire customer base, and that cost is almost always underestimated. BonusQR is a capable product, and these are real reasons to keep it:

• You want to combine stamps, points and cashback in one programme
• You have time to design and communicate a more complex scheme
• You want maximum configurability

When an alternative makes sense

The reasons to move are operational rather than cosmetic:

• You believe a loyalty programme nobody has to explain is the one that works
• Your bottleneck is getting customers enrolled, not reward flexibility
• You need Arabic or operate in the Gulf

What switching costs

Your existing customers have to be re-enrolled. Wallet cards are signed with a certificate belonging to the platform that issued them and cannot be transferred to another provider. This is a property of how Apple and Google secure cards, not a restriction any vendor chose.

Plan for a transition period where you run both systems, enrol new customers on the new one, and migrate regulars as they come in. For most independent businesses that covers the majority of active customers in six to eight weeks.

How Loonine differs

BonusQR, based in Bratislava, is cheaper and has a free tier with unlimited customers. Its distinguishing feature is its hybrid engine: you can stack a stamp card, a points system and cashback in a single programme. That is powerful if you have the time to design and explain it. Loonine takes the opposite position: one mechanic, no configuration, nothing for staff or customers to misunderstand.

See the full feature-by-feature comparison with BonusQR · How to switch without losing your customers.