Comparison

Candour vs Boost NFC

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

Head to head
About

Candour

Features
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You run an independent venue. You know your regulars by name. You make better coffee, better food, better atmosphere than the chain down the road. But the chain has the app. The loyalty card on every customer's phone. The menu that updates the moment a price changes. The polished system for collecting Google reviews. None of which you have the budget - or the IT department - to build yourself. Candour changes that. LOYALTY IN THEIR DIGITAL WALLET A stamp card straight to their phone's wallet, sitting next to their boarding pass and bank card. When they walk past your door on a Tuesday lunchtime, your card surfaces on their lock screen. "Two more stamps for a free flat white." They weren't planning to come in. Now they are. Independents running Digital Wallet loyalty see roughly 18% higher spend per visit from enrolled customers. MORE 5-STAR REVIEWS, WITHOUT ASKING Happy customers get a gentle nudge to your Google reviews page. Not begged, not bribed - asked once, at the moment they're glad they came in. Your rating climbs. Your search ranking climbs with it. HONEST FEEDBACK BEFORE IT BECOMES A 1-STAR The unhappy customer reaches you first - not Google, not Tripadvisor. A cold latte, a slow waiter, music too loud - a notification straight to your phone tonight. Fix it. Comp the next coffee. Save the review you'd never have seen coming. YOUR MENUS, UPDATED IN SECONDS Change a price, drop an item, swap breakfast for lunch - done in seconds, live on every table. Snap a photo of your existing menu and Candour builds the digital version for you. UK allergen labelling on every dish. ONE-TAP WI-FI The same tap that opens your menu connects the phone to your Wi-Fi. No password chalked on a board. No "what's the code?" fifty times a day. WHY THIS WORKS WHEN EVERY OTHER QR CODE DOESN'T A QR code on a table that just says "join our loyalty programme" gets ignored. So does "leave us a review". Customers don't tap codes that only ask them for something. They tap codes that give them something. That's why Candour leads with what your customers actually want - the menu, the Wi-Fi. Once they've tapped, the loyalty card is offered, the review prompt finds the right moment, the private feedback channel stays open. The engine that grows your business runs quietly underneath a menu and a Wi-Fi connection - the two things every customer reaches for anyway. The chains just lost their advantage. MADE FOR INDEPENDENTS Made for cafΓ©s, pubs, brunch spots, restaurants, bakeries, and bars. The independents who already make it better than the chain down the road. Now with the customer-relationship layer to match. Effortless. App-free. Terms of use: https://candour.app/terms Privacy policy: https://candour.app/privacy

About

Boost NFC

Features
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Boost NFC makes it simple to prepare NFC cards for Google reviews. Find your business’s Google Place ID using the official external Place ID Finder, paste it into Boost NFC and write the generated review link to a compatible NFC tag. Features: β€’ Create a Google review URL from a Place ID β€’ Write review links to compatible NFC tags and cards β€’ Verify successful writes where supported β€’ Read existing NDEF NFC tags β€’ Erase and reuse writable NFC tags β€’ Clear success and error messages β€’ No account or sign-in required β€’ No advertising, analytics or tracking β€’ No Google Places API charges β€’ No backend or database A physical NFC-capable iPhone and a compatible writable NDEF tag are required for NFC operations. Locked or permanently read-only tags cannot be changed. Boost NFC is an independent application and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Screenshots

Candour4 screens
Boost NFC4 screens

Verdict

The call

Candour and Boost NFC are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Candour versus Boost NFC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandourBoost NFC
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size98 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSullivan Applications LtdFarouk Alaka

In-app purchases

None

Candour

No in-app purchases

None

Boost NFC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Candour free?
Candour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boost NFC free?
Boost NFC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Candour or Boost NFC have ads?
Neither Candour nor Boost NFC shows ads.

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