Comparison

CUPP vs SQUID Rewards

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

Head to head
About

CUPP

Order and pay for your favorite bubble tea ahead of time to skip the line. Customize your drink with various options for temperature, ice, and toppings. Collect your personalized beverage at your convenience.

Highlights
  • Pre-order bubble tea
  • Pay in-app
  • Skip the queue
  • Customize drink temperature
  • Adjust ice levels
  • Add extra toppings
  • Scheduled collection
Features
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Beat the queues by ordering your favourite bubble tea from CUPP. Pre-order and pay then collect at a time that suits you. You can modify your bubble tea to how you want it. Whether you want it hot, less ice or extra popping bubbles or tapioca in your drink.

About

SQUID Rewards

Collect loyalty stamps digitally at participating businesses. Store all your loyalty cards in one place, redeem rewards, and discover special offers. Find new cafes, restaurants, and salons where you can earn stamps.

Highlights
  • Digital loyalty stamp collection
  • Store loyalty cards
  • Redeem rewards
  • Discover participating businesses
  • Access special offers
  • Pre-buy items at member prices
Features
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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

Screenshots

CUPP4 screens
SQUID Rewards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SQUID Rewards at 71% against CUPP's 28%. SQUID Rewards also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CUPP ships an update monthly, SQUID Rewards every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CUPP versus SQUID Rewards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCUPPSQUID Rewards
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews71.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—43 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB106 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCUPP LimitedSquid Rewards

Customer experience

CUPP

Written reviews18 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.2%

SQUID Rewards

All ratings43 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative27.1%

Bugs and requests

CUPP

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
Show 15 more
  • 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

None

CUPP

No in-app purchases

None

SQUID Rewards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CUPP free?
CUPP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SQUID Rewards free?
SQUID Rewards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CUPP or SQUID Rewards have ads?
Neither CUPP nor SQUID Rewards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CUPP or SQUID Rewards?
CUPP ships an update monthly, and SQUID Rewards every 10 days. Most recently, CUPP was updated on November 2, 2026 and SQUID Rewards on November 11, 2026.

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