mySYSTOPIA vs SQUID Rewards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mySYSTOPIA
Pre-order food and drinks, pay with your phone, and skip the lines at participating food service facilities. Manage your account, track transactions, and earn loyalty rewards seamlessly from your mobile device.
- Flexible pre-ordering
- Fast mobile payments
- Scan & Go functionality
- Loyalty rewards program
- Digital receipts
- Balance top-up
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mySYSTOPIA – The free, easy to use payment app. Enjoy flexible and fast pre-ordering and payment or scan & go across your foodservices facilities. Conveniently order and collect your favourite refreshments, skip queues and earn loyalty rewards all directly from your mobile device - wherever you are. YOU’RE IN CONTROL Go digital - Check or top-up your balance, browse your transaction history and automatically receive digital receipts. PAYMENT Set up multiple payment cards and manage your payments seamlessly. Take advantage with auto top-up of your balance or pay by using a secure QR code. In a rush - simply scan & go. PRE-ORDER Busy? Order your favourite refreshment, collect it on route whilst earning/redeeming loyalty points at the same time. SYSTOPIA In a technology led world, Systopia understand the importance of delivering choice and convenience to deliver high quality services – that’s why we are the provider of choice for point of sale and payment solutions across a growing number of FTSE 250 organisations. Our products are carefully developed to offer organisations, foodservices and facilities management teams with an innovative choice of secure and fast payment services. A PAYMENT PROVIDER YOU CAN TRUST The security of your data is our priority – that’s why we are best in class to ensure we adhere to the highest data and information security standards. CONTACT For any questions, please do not hesitate to call or contact our helpdesk: helpdesk@systopia.co.uk 08000852056
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
mySYSTOPIA and SQUID Rewards both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of SQUID Rewards's written reviews are positive against 24% of mySYSTOPIA's. SQUID Rewards also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). mySYSTOPIA's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (433 vs 43). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for mySYSTOPIA against 4.7 for SQUID Rewards. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mySYSTOPIA has 433 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 24% of mySYSTOPIA's written reviews are positive against 71% of SQUID Rewards's.
mySYSTOPIA ships an update every 3 months, SQUID Rewards every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mySYSTOPIA | SQUID Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (433 ratings) | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews | 71.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 433 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zucchetti UK Limited | Squid Rewards |
Customer experience
mySYSTOPIA
SQUID Rewards
User reviews
mySYSTOPIA
From 433 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use (for some)
- 👍 Simple to use (for work)
- 👍 Great app (for some)
- 👍 Makes life easier
Room to improve
- 🐛 Broken app
- 🐛 Constant logouts
- 🐛 Transaction history missing
- 🐛 No top-up option
- 🐛 Forgot password issues
SQUID Rewards
From 43 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Convenient
- 👍 Saves paper/cards
- 👍 Supports local businesses
- 👍 Great idea
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly crashing
- 🐛 App broken after update
- 🐛 NFC not working
- 🐛 Can't pick up points
- 🐛 Impossible to register/sign up
Bugs and requests
mySYSTOPIA
Reported bugs
16 issues- Cannot log in properly
- Random logouts
- Transaction history not showing
- No top-up option
- Cannot reset password (no verification code)
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- Autotopup not working
- App requires login each time
- Cannot type confirmation code during registration
- Unable to confirm email
- Registration code keypad is number-only
- App needs updating pop-up (no update available)
- App not processing saved credit cards
- App unusable with Android
- "Workplace Not Found" error
- White screen on launch
- App stopped working
Requested features
2 requests- Fix mandatory cheese option
- Add repeat order option
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
mySYSTOPIA
No in-app purchases
SQUID Rewards
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is mySYSTOPIA free?
Is SQUID Rewards free?
Which has better reviews, mySYSTOPIA or SQUID Rewards?
Do mySYSTOPIA or SQUID Rewards have ads?
Which is updated more often, mySYSTOPIA or SQUID Rewards?
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