IOC vs SQUID Rewards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IOC
Discover independent, quality restaurants across France. Find menus, book tables, order food for pickup or delivery, and buy gift vouchers. Stay updated on restaurant news and exclusive deals.
- Locate nearby restaurants
- View daily menus and full carte
- Book tables
- Order food for pickup/delivery
- Purchase gift vouchers
- See restaurant news and events
- Save favorite restaurants
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Today's menu and the à la carte menu of the restaurants around you, at any moment — published by the restaurants themselves. AROUND YOU The restaurants of the icioncuisine.com Guide, nearest first: today's menu published this morning, full menu, opening hours, photos, ratings. Set the radius, filter those with a menu, open now, with a terrace, bookable, under €20. SEARCH WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE EATING A dish, a restaurant, a city, a cuisine: "quenelle", "ramen", "Annecy", "Italian". The Guide tells you where it is on today's menu or à la carte, with the price. THE MAP Every restaurant around you on a real map; in green, those that published their menu today. Tap, and the page opens. YOUR FAVOURITES LET YOU KNOW The heart on a page keeps the restaurant and notifies you in the morning when it publishes today's menu, or when it has news — one notification per restaurant, not ten. And once a week, the new restaurants around you. BOOK, ORDER, CALL Book a table in two taps, order takeaway when the restaurant offers it, find your bookings, call or get directions. NO PASSWORD A code by SMS or e-mail is enough. If you had the Menu du Jour app, your favourites are still there. Le Guide is the app of icioncuisine.com, published by Dujour SAS. Menus are published by the restaurants on dujour.pro; prices are indicative.
SQUID Rewards
Collect digital loyalty stamps at participating businesses across Ireland and the UK. Store all your loyalty cards in one place and redeem rewards directly from the app. Discover new places and exclusive offers.
- Collect digital loyalty stamps
- Store loyalty cards in a digital wallet
- Redeem rewards directly
- Discover participating businesses
- Access special offers
- Pre-buy coffees and more
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SQUID allows you to collect loyalty stamps on your phone in participating cafes, restaurants and salons across Ireland and the UK. Simply tap your phone on the Squid tag at the checkout to collect your stamp! All your loyalty cards are stored in your SQUID digital wallet so you always have your loyalty cards to hand and never lose them. Rewards can also be redeemed directly from the app. Use the Discover feature to see where you can use SQUID. This is constantly updated as we add more businesses to the platform. With SQUID, you can also discover special offers and pre-buy coffees and more with exclusive member prices. ---- Icons made by Smashicon from www.flaticon.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: IOC at free against SQUID Rewards's free with in-app purchases. SQUID Rewards's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IOC ships an update monthly, SQUID Rewards every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | IOC | SQUID Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 71.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Du Jour | Squid Rewards |
Customer experience
IOC
SQUID Rewards
Bugs and requests
IOC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SQUID Rewards
Reported bugs
20 issues- No tap tag button to activate NFC
- In-app AI agent breaks
- App crashes constantly
- App fails to load stars
- Stuck at phone number during registration
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- Undefined error when entering phone number
- NFC activation fails
- App crashes when trying to use NFC or load loyalty card
- Doesn't register visits
- Lost stamps due to bugs
- Screen freezes
- Force-close app required
- iPhone 6s not supported
- Password creation fails
- Disappearing stamps/tokens
- Chat option and support centre fail to connect
- Downloading issues
- Logged out for no reason
- Inconsistent registration of coffees
- Requires precise location for search to work
Requested features
4 requests- Add app to digital wallets (Apple Wallet)
- Allow multiple stamps per purchase
- Better integration with password managers
- Option to not sign up for newsletter/notifications
In-app purchases
IOC
No in-app purchases
SQUID Rewards
No in-app purchases
