Square vs Snap Loyalty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square
Monitor your business performance, finances, and team from anywhere in real time. Track sales, manage cash flow, and update schedules with this powerful analytics tool.
- Real-time business monitoring
- Sales and performance tracking
- Financial management
- Team scheduling and payroll
- Customer management
- In-app notifications
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Have peace of mind with the new Square Dashboard app. Get a unified look at your business and manage essential tasks from anywhere in real time. Track business performance, monitor your finances, manage your team, and connect with your customers, all while you’re on the go. Stay on top of your business. Get alerts with in-app notifications. Track your business with multilocation reporting and sales reports. Plus, get data on your top sellers and performers. Understand and control your cash flow. Integrate your sales and spend reports, automate your budgeting, pay your bills, and manage your linked credit cards. Maintain smooth operations with team management tools. Make updates to schedules, view and edit timecards, and run payroll all in real time.
Snap Loyalty
This business tool allows customers to earn and redeem rewards using their phone number, eliminating the need for physical cards or app downloads. It automates personalized SMS messages for customer retention. The program is designed to be simple and affordable for modern businesses.
- Phone number based rewards
- Customer reward redemption
- Automated SMS messaging
- Personalized customer communication
- No app download required
- Simple setup for businesses
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Set up Snap Loyalty for your business and let customers earn and redeem rewards using only their phone number. Automatically send personalized welcome, birthday, and inactivity SMS messages to keep customers coming back. No cards to lose. No apps to download. No paper stamps. Snap Loyalty is the simple, affordable loyalty program built for modern businesses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Square at none against Snap Loyalty's 2. Square also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Snap Loyalty's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 25%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Snap Loyalty sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Square asks for nothing beyond the download.
Square ships an update weekly, Snap Loyalty monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square | Snap Loyalty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 320 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | Alpha Cherry Co. |
Customer experience
Square
Snap Loyalty
Bugs and requests
Square
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes after updates
- Login issues after updates
- Widget stopped working after updates
- Freezing and not loading data
Requested features
8 requests- Make 52 weeks the default comparison
- Add iPad version
- Projections and estimated future income
- Ability to control what clients see
- Sound notifications for orders
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- More detailed reporting and breakdowns
- iPhone X support
- Ability to track net sales instead of just gross
Snap Loyalty
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square
No in-app purchases
Snap Loyalty
- Complete Plan1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Complete Plan (Annual)1 Year trial$99.991 Year
Questions
Is Square free?
Is Snap Loyalty free?
Do Square or Snap Loyalty have ads?
Which is updated more often, Square or Snap Loyalty?
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