Neal St. Rewards vs itison
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neal St. Rewards
Turn your payment card into a loyalty card. Collect points automatically when you spend at participating stores and unlock exclusive offers and discounts. It's a fast, free, and convenient way to live a more rewarding life.
- Link payment card or ApplePay
- Automatic point collection
- Unlock exclusive offers
- Earn discounts
- Easy and convenient to use
- Free to join
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Unlock exclusive perks with Neal Street Rewards! Turn your payment card into your loyalty card with Neal Street Rewards. Collect points every time you spend at any store offering Neal Street Rewards and unlock offers and discounts. Easy and convenient Neal Street Rewards is fast, free, and easy to use. Just link your preferred payment card or ApplePay details once, and start earning
itison
Discover award-winning daily deals and exclusive experiences across Scotland and beyond. Find the best local restaurants, luxury breaks, and shopping with curated offers tailored to your city. Buy and send vouchers directly through the app.
- Discover daily deals
- Exclusive event access
- Filter by type, price, place
- Buy vouchers in-app
- Send vouchers as gifts
- Manage account details
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Hello! We're officially Scotland's No. 1 for daily deals. We'll help you discover the very best of your city. We're so useful, we've even won awards. Whether it's the quirky new bistro that everyone wants to go to, a luxury 5 star break, boutique shopping or a family night out, we make it our mission to bring you the very best deals in the country. Quite simply, we love what we do and we live what we do. In each city, our teams will only ever tell you about the highest quality deals and events because they are the same bars, restaurants and shops that they love going to! · Check out the latest offers in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Newcastle and Manchester. · Get exclusive access to the most exciting events in your city. · Filter by the type, price, and place of deal to find exactly what you're looking for. · Buy vouchers directly on your iPhone. · Send vouchers as a gift to friends and family. · And manage all the important stuff too, like creating, viewing and managing your account details Oh, and one more wee thing, you're looking lovely today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: itison at 85% against Neal St. Rewards's 35%. itison also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Neal St. Rewards's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
itison holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Neal St. Rewards's written reviews are positive against 85% of itison's.
Neal St. Rewards ships an update every 10 days, itison fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neal St. Rewards | itison |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Neal Street Technologies Limited | itison |
Customer experience
Neal St. Rewards
itison
User reviews
Neal St. Rewards
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 💰 Collect points and offers
- ☕ Excellent drinks and food
- 🌟 Friendly and competent staff
- 💯 Great loyalty point system
Room to improve
- ❌ Requires payment card linkage
- 🐛 App not working/unusable
- 😞 Truly terrible customer service
- 🔒 Overkill security and verification
- 📉 Poor reward options/limited use
itison
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Great deals and value
- 🌟 High quality offers
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 🤝 Excellent customer service
- 🎁 Handy for gifts
Room to improve
- ❌ No delete function for used/expired vouchers
- 🤔 Difficult to track used/expired vouchers
- 🚫 Login issues on new devices
- ⚠️ Vouchers often have restrictions
- 🖨️ Vouchers need printing
Bugs and requests
Neal St. Rewards
Reported bugs
39 issues- App not working
- Payment issues
- Card not linking/recognizing
- QR code not displaying for payment
- Vouchers fail and stay in the app
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- Points not awarded or tracked
- Login problems (e.g., Apple sign in)
- Accounts blocked without warning
- Customer support unavailable or unhelpful
- App dims phone brightness
- Amex stopped working
- ApplePay stopped working
- Inability to redeem voucher
- Contact support unavailable
- Number in use by another user error
- Planet Organic points usage issues
- Phone number verification issues
- Lost vouchers after rebranding
- Teya device stopped working
- Reward stamps not converting to vouchers
- Process to raise issues deletes queries
- Error notice when paying
- Cannot pay without error
- Cannot scan and pay
- QR code not generated
- App crashes
- App freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Shared WiFi network prevents sign up
- Forgotten honey pot
- Bug not resolved after 3 months
- Inability to buy offers due to bug
- Tickets closed without solving
- Cannot use app in store
- Loyalty points not logging
- System fails to process voucher
- App dsnt work in store with functioning bankcard
- UX wise was better before
- Quick access to payment needed
Requested features
8 requests- Allow saving loyalty cards in Apple Wallet
- More diverse and frequently updated reward options
- Ability to pay with cash
- Option for dark mode
- Improved descriptions for app updates
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- Integration with Apple Pay for payments where final amount is unknown
- Allow topping up from bank account directly
- Support for Apple Watch functionality
itison
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login fails on new iPhone
- Back button returns to top of list
- Cannot buy anything after last update
- App glitchy, cannot change deal area
Requested features
10 requests- Add delete function for used/expired vouchers
- Improve filtering for used/expired vouchers
- Allow login on new devices
- Implement a 'save favourites' feature
- Add a time filter for searching deals
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- Make vouchers paperless (use mobile)
- Send reminders for expiring deals
- Improve location filtering to avoid irrelevant offers
- Allow seeing available dates before purchasing
- Fix back button to return to last scroll position
In-app purchases
Neal St. Rewards
No in-app purchases
itison
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Neal St. Rewards free?
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