SQUID Rewards vs RWRD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Digital loyalty stamp collection
- Store loyalty cards
- Redeem rewards
- Discover participating businesses
- Access special offers
- Pre-buy items at member prices
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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
RWRD
Find and support local independent coffee shops with digital loyalty cards. Earn rewards faster, discover new venues, and access exclusive deals and perks within the coffee community.
- Discover local independent coffee shops
- Contactless digital loyalty cards
- Earn rewards and free coffee
- Exclusive discounts and perks
- Explore coffee culture
- Local guide and maps
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Discover and support local shops, never lose out on loyalty stamps again and start exploring the independent coffee community. Guide & Maps Stop sleepwalking into high street chains & find incredible independent coffee shops in your area with our ‘Local to You’ guide. Easily see the best spots around you with RWRD maps and check out the latest deals on our News & Offers feed. Contactless loyalty Never miss out on collecting stamps at your favourite venue; download the app for free and find a collection of digital loyalty cards, from your local, to those venues you need to discover. RWRD+ Join our community. Earn free coffee faster, enjoy perks at RWRD shops, redeem exclusive discounts with select independent online brands and explore coffee culture with RWRD+.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SQUID Rewards at 4.7 against RWRD's 2.7. SQUID Rewards also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (43 vs 7). RWRD's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 71%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. RWRD sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. SQUID Rewards asks for nothing beyond the download.
SQUID Rewards holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SQUID Rewards has 43 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of SQUID Rewards's written reviews are positive against 83% of RWRD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SQUID Rewards ships an update every 11 days, RWRD every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | SQUID Rewards | RWRD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better | 2.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.2% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Squid Rewards | RWRD Ltd. |
Customer experience
SQUID Rewards
RWRD
User reviews
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
RWRD
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- ☕ Supports local coffee shops
- 💰 Rewards and free coffee
- 🗺️ Helps discover new coffee shops
- 📱 Replaces physical loyalty cards
Room to improve
- 🐛 App not working
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐌 Slow loading times
- ❌ Lost stamps/rewards
- 🚫 Incompatible with older devices
Bugs and 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
RWRD
Reported bugs
17 issues- App not working after iOS updates
- Cannot log in
- Throws errors on password reset
- App has been down
- Blank page when trying to find venues
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- Doesn't register stamps
- Frequent 'Oops something went wrong' messages
- Rarely gives stamps first time
- Stamp button not working
- App crashes
- Freezes on profile
- JSON parse error on login
- Notifications promoting other apps
- iPhone 7 not supported
- Subsequent rewards not registering
- Slow to load and stamp
- Stamp collection issues after iOS security updates
Requested features
7 requests- More coffee shops to sign up
- Update venue information
- Improve app performance and speed
- Fix bugs related to stamp collection and redemption
- Ensure compatibility with older iPhone models
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- Improve customer support response times
- Stop asking for reviews repeatedly
In-app purchases
SQUID Rewards
No in-app purchases
RWRD
- RWRD+$2.991 Month
