Paper loyalty cards vs QR loyalty for pubs
Paper punch cards are simple and familiar. A browser-based QR loyalty card keeps that simplicity but fixes the parts that cost a pub money. Here is the honest side-by-side.
Side by side
Where paper still feels right
A paper card costs pennies and needs no explanation. For a pop-up, a one-off promotion or a pub that wants nothing on a screen, it is a fair choice. The trade is that a lost card is a lost regular, and you never learn who came back.
Where a QR card wins
A browser-based QR loyalty card keeps the scan-and-collect simplicity but cannot be lost, double-stamped or faked. Customers stamp themselves in a second, the bar never slows, and there is still no app to install — the card just opens in the browser.
The data a paper card can't give you
The biggest difference is what comes back. A paper card tells you nothing; a QR card gives you a weekly digest of visits, regulars and redemptions — the quiet signal of who is coming back, which a punch card could never show.
The full picture
See how a browser-based loyalty card works across the whole pub.
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Build your card, preview the QR flow, and start a 30-day pilot. Then it is £29/month for one venue. Card required — cancel anytime.
No app for your customers, no POS for you — it works on any phone, tablet or till.
- Card required — cancel anytime
- No contract
- Cancel on a month's notice