Comparison

digiPunchcard vs Square

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

digiPunchcard

This digital loyalty system allows business owners to replace traditional paper punch cards with a modern, easy-to-use system. It helps attract new customers and increase repeat visits without complexity or high costs. Customers do not need to install any app.

Highlights
  • Digital punch card replacement
  • Customer phone number entry at checkout
  • Instant punch recording
  • Easy-to-use back office
  • Customer insights and statistics
  • Facebook integration for registration
  • Promotional campaign tools
Features
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digiPunchCard lets business owners replace traditional paper punch cards with a modern digital loyalty system. This is not a consumer app. Your customers do not need to install anything on their phones. Designed for small and medium businesses, digiPunchCard helps attract new customers and increase repeat visits without complexity or high costs. Running on iPhone or iPad, purchases are recorded by simply entering the customer’s phone number at checkout. Punches are saved instantly, eliminating lost cards and checkout delays. Business owners get full control through an easy-to-use back office that provides customer insights, statistics, and real-time monitoring of loyalty programs. digiPunchCard also connects with Facebook, allowing customers to register easily and enabling referrals and promotional campaigns that keep your business top of mind. Reward your customers effortlessly, build long-term loyalty, and turn a simple punch card into a powerful sales and marketing tool.

About

Square

This app is a comprehensive point-of-sale system designed for restaurants. It helps manage orders, payments, online ordering, menus, and table layouts. Gain insights with real-time sales reports and improve staff efficiency for dine-in, takeout, and online orders.

Highlights
  • Order and payment processing
  • Online ordering site creation
  • Menu management
  • Table and floor management
  • Real-time sales reports
  • Offline payment acceptance
Features
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The Square for Restaurants Point of Sale app helps you manage front- and back-of-house operations for your full-service restaurant, quick-service restaurant, fast-casual restaurant, bar, or brewery. Get the powerful point-of-sale system designed to serve guests who are dining in, getting takeout, or ordering online. Handle orders, set up menus, manage table layouts, accept payments, enable coursing, get insights from real-time sales reports, and more. ORDERS & PAYMENTS * Turn tables faster and keep lines moving. Increase staff efficiency with an easy-to-use, intuitive interface. * Empower servers to get every order right with the ability to enter orders the way people talk. * Take orders even when you’re short-staffed with QR codes. ONLINE ORDERING * Create a free, customizable online ordering site. * Manage all orders from your POS, including in-person, online, and third-party delivery orders. * Reach more diners with Google, Instagram, and Facebook selling integrations. MENU MANAGEMENT * Create and customize your menus from the office, remotely, or directly from your POS. * Keep service running smoothly with your staff always in the know of what’s selling and what’s about to sell out. FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS * Accept all major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay so you never have to turn a diner away. * Set up automatic tipping, move or assign checks to your staff, reopen closed checks, and manage voids with just a few taps. * Never miss a sale with offline payments. Learn more at https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/offline-payments-guide.  * Square handles all PCI compliance fees or chargebacks on your behalf. * Get deposits in your bank account as fast as the next business day or access your sales instantly with a Square Checking account. Learn more at squareup.com/us/en/banking.  FLOOR MANAGEMENT * Customize your floor plan with intuitive click-and-drag layouts. * Tip out staff, close out the cash drawer, manage comps and voids, and run close-of-day reports all from the POS. * Keep tables turning by monitoring their real-time status. * Stay on pace with coursing — letting the kitchen know when to hold or start firing dishes. SUPPORT * Customer support available to guide you through any questions. Learn more about Square for Restaurants and set yourself up from Square Dashboard before activating this app on an iOS device: https://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-sale/restaurants

Screenshots

digiPunchcard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Square at 4.3 against digiPunchcard's 1.9. Square also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 13 months). digiPunchcard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 17.1). On price, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. digiPunchcard sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Square asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Square holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square has 4.2K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of digiPunchcard's written reviews are positive against 34% of Square's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

digiPunchcard ships an update every 13 months, Square every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
digiPunchcard versus Square: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdigiPunchcardSquare
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (14 ratings)4.3 (4.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews34.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings144.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS11.1 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB790 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperdigipunchcardBlock, Inc.

Customer experience

digiPunchcard

All ratings14 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Square

All ratings4,195 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive34.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative58.1%

Bugs and requests

digiPunchcard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Square

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Orders not processing correctly
  • Transactions not completing
  • Inventory updates not syncing
  • Shift reports not printing properly
  • Card reader disconnection issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to split items across checks
  • Hold/save orders functionality
  • Improved inventory management
  • Better reporting and analytics
  • Mobile app for managing the restaurant

In-app purchases

14 purchases

digiPunchcard

Subscriptions8
  • BASIC2 variants$4.991 Month
  • PRO$14.991 Month
  • GROWTH Plan (Monthly)$14.991 Month
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  • PRO Plan (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • PREMIUM$39.991 Month
  • PRESTIGE Plan (Monthly)$49.991 Month
  • ULTIMATE Plan (Monthly)$59.991 Month
  • ULTIMATE Plan (Yearly)$659.991 Year
One-time6
  • 100 Messages$5.99
  • 200 Messages$9.99
  • 500 Messages$22.99
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  • 1000 Messages$39.99
  • 5000 Messages$149.99
  • 7000 Messages$249.99
None

Square

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is digiPunchcard free?
digiPunchcard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Square free?
Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, digiPunchcard or Square?
Square is rated higher. digiPunchcard averages 1.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Square averages 4.3 from 4.2K ratings.
Do digiPunchcard or Square have ads?
Neither digiPunchcard nor Square shows ads.
Which is updated more often, digiPunchcard or Square?
digiPunchcard ships an update every 13 months, and Square every 6 days. Most recently, digiPunchcard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Square on October 25, 2026.

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