Groupon Merchant vs byChronos Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Groupon Merchant
Manage your Groupon campaigns directly from your smartphone. Scan and redeem Groupons, track campaign performance, view payment details, and respond to customer feedback.
- Scan and redeem Groupons
- Track campaign performance
- View payment details
- Respond to customer feedback
- Manage campaigns on-the-go
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The new Groupon Merchant app lets you manage your Groupon campaigns directly from your smartphone. Use the Groupon Merchant app to: Easily scan and redeem Groupons using your phone’s camera or keypad Get detailed insights into your campaign performance View your payment details\nSee and respond to customer feedback To get started, download the app and sign in to your Groupon merchant account.
byChronos Manager
This business application empowers merchants to efficiently manage customer waitlists and bookings. It allows for the configuration of a customer-facing frontend page and provides tools for managing loyalty programs.
- Waitlist management
- Booking control
- Customer-facing page configuration
- Loyalty customer management
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byChronos App helps merchants control their waitlists and bookings, config the frontend page for customers, and manage their loyalty customers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: byChronos Manager at 100% against Groupon Merchant's 26%. byChronos Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). Groupon Merchant's advantage is ratings volume (461 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
byChronos Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groupon Merchant has 461 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Groupon Merchant's written reviews are positive against 100% of byChronos Manager's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groupon Merchant | byChronos Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (461 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 461 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Groupon, Inc. | Go3 Technology Inc |
Customer experience
Groupon Merchant
byChronos Manager
Bugs and requests
Groupon Merchant
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and connectivity problems
- Camera functionality not working properly
- Delayed or missing payments to merchants
Requested features
3 requests- Search option to find redeemed vouchers by customer name
- Ability to pause or end campaigns easily
- More transparency on payouts and fees
byChronos Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Groupon Merchant
No in-app purchases
byChronos Manager
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Groupon Merchant free?
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