This page is written by Rewardfinity
We make one of the two products here, so read it with that in mind. Everything below about loop.fans comes from the 497 pages listed in its public sitemap, which we saved as text on 19 October 2026. It can go stale the day after. Everything below about Rewardfinity was read on 20 October 2026 against our live site and against our source code.
We do not reprint loop.fans prices. Prices can change, and their own pages do not always agree: their pricing page lists “No broadcast emails” under the Free plan, while their product documentation says email marketing is included in every plan.
Where the two products differ
The loop.fans column is our reading of their public site, not a quote. Where we write that we found nothing, we did not find it on the pages we read, which is not the same as “they do not offer it”.
| Question | loop.fans | Rewardfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Places and networks, such as tourism boards, city districts, hospitality groups and wine regions, and also individual businesses. | One business’s own program: cafés, bakeries, salons, barbers, fitness studios and retail, including Shopify stores through our Shopify app. |
| What earns | Visits, spend through receipt scanning, referrals, Google reviews, social posts and photos. | On web workspaces, purchases and visits recorded by staff at the counter, or sent in from Square or your own system, plus referral rewards where the owner turns them on. On Shopify, points on paid orders. |
| Rewards for Google reviews | Yes. A task, with the star rating and text checked. | Not shipped. |
| Photo competitions | Yes, with public voting and a gallery of approved photos. | Not shipped. |
| A shared network of businesses | Yes, from the Community plan: partners show up to each other’s members and credits swap 1:1 within monthly limits. | No. A program belongs to one business, and points are not exchanged between separate businesses. |
| Website, menu and email | A branded hub or website on your own domain or a subdomain, an AI-built menu, and email tools their documentation says every plan includes. | No website or menu builder. Email, SMS and WhatsApp to members can queue through an operator-enabled provider path; our integrations page lists the current state. |
| A reward for staff | We found no staff reward feature on a product page. | A spin wheel for staff on web workspaces that include games (the trial, Grow and Scale). Not in the Shopify app. |
| API and webhooks | Their product pages and documentation describe none, though several blog articles describe an API. | A REST API with bearer keys, purchases keyed by your own order ID, and HMAC-signed webhooks. |
What loop.fans does that we do not
It would be easy to say loop.fans is for networks and Rewardfinity is for single shops. That is only half true: their documentation describes a Loyalty & Rewards product for individual businesses too, and what it sells them is participation, not only a card at the till.
- A shared network. Their documentation says that on the Community plan, businesses connect as partners, feature each other and let members exchange credits 1:1 within monthly limits. We have no equivalent.
- Rewards for reviews and posts. Their task list includes a Google review, a social post and a short video. Rewardfinity has no review collection and no social-post task.
- Photo competitions. They run customer photo contests with public voting and prizes. We have none.
- A website, a menu and email in one account. We do not build websites or menus.
If most of that list is what you came for, loop.fans is likely the better fit and is worth starting with. If your question is how to turn the people already at your counter into regulars, and how to get your team to make the offer, read on.
The counter and the staff
On loop.fans, their documentation says customers scan a check-in QR code, sign in once and a stamp is added (a free-tool page adds that staff can also tap a stamp in the dashboard), and rewards are redeemed in person with a 4-digit PIN that the member shows to staff. At a Rewardfinity web-workspace counter, staff find the member by scanning their QR code with a phone, then record the visit or purchase and handle the reward in the same place. A staff key cannot change business settings; staff devices explains pairing and revoking.
The staff half is where we add something. On web workspaces that include games, an owner can run a spin wheel whose audience is staff. The web counter page credits visits punched, purchases recorded and rewards redeemed to the staff key signed in, and the owner fulfils whatever prize the wheel lands on. The staff incentives page works through the allowance with numbers.
Both products have an AI setup assistant. Theirs, Anna, builds a business’s site, menu, rewards and competitions. Finny is ours, in the web owner dashboard where it is switched on: it prepares reviewed changes and drafts, and you approve each save.
Where each one connects
Tills. loop.fans says no POS integration is needed and uses receipt scanning to capture verified spend. Their documentation names no till connection, so ask them what exists. Rewardfinity connects to Square from the dashboard’s Integrations page, and the Shopify app earns on paid orders. There is no native app for Clover, Lightspeed, Toast or Loyverse: each goes through a signed inbound webhook that records purchases for members who already exist. The integrations page lists every connection and what it does not do.
Code. Rewardfinity publishes a REST API with bearer keys for enrolling members and recording purchases. Each purchase carries your own order identifier, so a resend after a timeout is counted once, and webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256. The developer page has the reference. The loop.fans product pages and documentation describe no API or webhooks, though several blog articles describe an API, so ask them for the reference before you wire loyalty into your own software.
What you can take with you
Their home page answers “Who owns the customer data?” with “You do. It’s first-party, exportable, and yours if you leave.” We found no page that names the export format or its fields, so ask what a departing business actually receives. Rewardfinity members export to CSV from the dashboard, and the same dashboard imports a member list from a file: it maps email, name, points, joined date and lifetime points, shows a preview, and takes up to 1,000 members per batch. A bad row, such as a missing email, stops the batch and names the line.
Pricing, and what a program costs
The plan structures are in the questions below, and our pricing page shows the monthly price for your country; we do not print loop.fans amounts. On either product the reward is a separate cost, and it depends on your own figures.
Ten stamps, one reward
Assume each purchase is $5.00 and the free item costs you $4.00 to make. Ten stamped purchases is $5.00 × 10 = $50.00 in sales, and the $4.00 reward is $4.00 ÷ $50.00 = 8% of what those customers spent. Change the three assumptions to yours.
Questions people ask
Is Rewardfinity a good loop.fans alternative for a single café or salon?
It is if your job is the counter: stamps, points, tiers or memberships recorded by staff on a web workspace, a staff reward wheel there, and Square connected. loop.fans rewards reviews, photos and referrals too, with a website and email in the same account, so it can suit a single shop. Test your own counter on both.
Does Rewardfinity have a coalition or shared loyalty network like loop.fans?
No. A Rewardfinity program belongs to one business, and points are not exchanged between separate businesses. loop.fans describes a Community plan on which partner businesses connect and members swap credits 1:1 within monthly limits, plus a Network Plan for groups and regions. If you are a district or hospitality group, start with their coalition pages.
Can I move my members from loop.fans to Rewardfinity?
Rewardfinity imports members from a CSV file with an email for every row, up to 1,000 members per batch, with a preview before anything is written. The open question is what loop.fans gives you: they say your data is exportable, but we found no page naming the format. Ask them first.
Does loop.fans have an API or a Square integration?
Their product pages and documentation describe neither, and their home page says no POS integration is needed. Several of their blog articles describe an API, but we found no API reference or Square connection guide. Ask them. Rewardfinity has a REST API, signed webhooks and a Square connection.
How do loop.fans and Rewardfinity price?
loop.fans has Free, Grow and Community plans per venue, with member and email limits that rise by plan, and a Network Plan priced by size and scope. Where web plans are on sale, Rewardfinity web workspaces have a 60-day no-card trial with no automatic charge, and monthly plans at a price set for your country. We do not print their amounts; check their pricing page.
Run your real counter through both.
Where web signup is open in your country, a workspace starts with a 60-day trial and no card. Set up one stamp card, scan it with a phone, and see whether the staff side holds up.