Loyal vs The Local Rewards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loyal
This app provides a unified loyalty program for shoppers, allowing them to earn and track reward tokens for purchases made in-store or online. Users can refer friends, access exclusive deals, and redeem tokens for cash value or merchandise.
- Track rewards balance and tier progress
- Refer friends with personalized QR code
- Locate nearby participating stores
- Activate and participate in exclusive deals
- Newsfeed for friends' activities
- Instant notifications for earned rewards
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In-store, online, or on the go, Loyal-n-Save offers a seamless loyalty experience wherever you are. Sign up, refer friends, and earn reward tokens every time you and your friends shop at your favorite stores. Get updates on your teammates and their purchases, view your reward token balances, convert your reward tokens to in-store cash value, exclusive swag, and more, all located within the app! Enjoy the incredible experience of a virtual shopping mall – right at your fingertips. APP FEATURES: • Track rewards balance and tier progress • Refer friends and family with a personalized QR code • Locate nearby participating stores • Activate and participate in exclusive deals • See what your friends are up to with newsfeed capability • Get notified instantly when you’ve earned reward tokens or free swag HOW IT WORKS: • Sign up with your phone number or email • Find your local participating stores and subscribe • Add deals you want to participate in • Make purchases based on those deals • Refer friends and earn extra reward tokens off their purchases • Redeem reward tokens for in-store cash value, digital coupons, or swag
The Local Rewards
Access discounts and earn cents-per-gallon rewards at The Local Market. Use your mobile number to check your balance, display a barcode for scanning, and authorize fuel dispensers. View transaction history and find store locations with navigation links and current specials.
- Earn cents-per-gallon rewards
- Access discounts
- Check balance
- Display barcode for scanning
- Authorize fuel dispensers
- View transaction history
- Find store locations and specials
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The Local Rewards -- your gateway to earning discounts and cents-per-gallon rewards at The Local Market. Sign on once with your mobile-phone number, and use the app to check your balance, display your barcode for a scanner, authorize fuel dispensers at any Local Market/Aztex location, get your transaction history, and get directions to any of our stores. Store details include navigation links, and information on what specials are running in each store
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Local Rewards at 5.0 against Loyal's 3.3. The Local Rewards also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Loyal's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Local Rewards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loyal has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Loyal ships an update every 2 months, The Local Rewards every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loyal | The Local Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FasTraxPOS | KickBack Points, L.L.C. |
In-app purchases
Loyal
No in-app purchases
The Local Rewards
No in-app purchases
