Kangaroo Rewards vs FaveCard (2026): A Points Platform or a Stamp Card in Apple Wallet

Who each is best for

Kangaroo Rewards (Mobicept Inc., Montreal) is a loyalty and marketing platform for shops and brands that sell in store and online. Customers earn points on purchases, visits or other actions; from the Plus plan you add tiers, cashback, referrals, spin-to-win and e-mail, SMS and app messages, and on Elite your own branded app. It connects to tills and online stores such as Shopify, Lightspeed and Heartland.

FaveCard is a digital stamp card. It suits a local business that wants customers to sign up on their own phone, keep the card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet (Pro plan and up) with no app to download, and, on the Business plan, hear from you on their lock screen. It works for any local business, from a coffee shop or bakery to a hair salon, a barber or a car wash, next to any till, but it does not connect to one.

For a longer look at Kangaroo on its own, with other alternatives, see our Kangaroo Rewards review.

Kangaroo Rewards pricing and contract

Kangaroo's pricing page showed four plans on 8 November 2026, in US dollars a month, each with unlimited customers:

• Core, $79: points and rewards, pay with points, custom offers, the e-mail editor and one POS or online store connection. Kangaroo says Core suits a single store.
• Plus, $199: adds referrals and spin-to-win, tiers, cashback and store credit, segments and messages sent for you (such as birthdays and win-backs), several locations, and two connections.
• Elite, $349: adds your own branded iOS and Android app, AI campaigns, advanced reporting, gift cards, third-party rewards and unlimited connections.
• Enterprise, custom price: adds API access, full customisation and a dedicated team.

The plan buttons lead to a demo booking; we found no sign-up or checkout on the page. Kangaroo's terms of use say it charges in advance and invoices yearly unless agreed otherwise in writing, the term is set in a signed Acceptance Form, the agreement renews automatically for the same term unless you give notice at least 90 days before it ends, and taxes are extra. We found no free loyalty plan and no Canadian-dollar prices. Kangaroo's e-commerce page offers “Get A Free Trial” and “Start Your Free Trial Today!”, with no length stated. Businesses switching from another loyalty platform get six months free (“terms apply”); Kangaroo says it moves members, point balances, tiers and reward history over for free, with no setup fees, and includes setting up, branding and training.

Kangaroo says its price does not rise with your orders. Its listing on the Shopify App Store shows a different arrangement for Shopify stores: one plan at $199 a month that “includes 1000 orders after which an additional charge of .20 cents per order will apply”, as the listing writes it. Its Lightspeed eCom listing shows a package from $59 a month (currency not stated) with a 30-day trial, and its BigCommerce listing a 30-day trial with pricing on request. SMS and e-mail run on credits, with extra credits sold in blocks of 500; we found no published price per message.

FaveCard has a free plan with no time limit, no credit card and no cap on customers: one stamp card, a card that opens in your customers' phone browser, and stamping with the FaveCard app. The Pro plan adds Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes and your own logo and banner; the Business plan adds offers sent to their lock screen through the Wallet card, a birthday reward sent for you, Google review requests, a tablet at the counter where customers stamp their own card, your customer list as a CSV download and logins for your staff. You sign up online and there is no contract term: paid plans renew each month or year until you cancel from your dashboard, and cancelling takes effect at the end of the period. Current amounts are on our pricing page.

Points or stamps?

Kangaroo gives points: per dollar spent, per visit or per action you choose, online and in store, with defaults Kangaroo suggests. Points can be spent on rewards, as payment or on free shipping; from Plus customers can also convert points into coupon codes and move up tiers, and you can give back a percentage of purchases as store credit or cashback. Kangaroo's home page also names punch cards, though they are not a line on its pricing page.

FaveCard gives stamps. You choose how many stamps the card has and the rewards along the way, each in your own words: a free coffee at 8 stamps, a free haircut at 10. Stamps do not depend on the size of the bill, which makes the card easy for customers to follow.

How customers join and collect

Kangaroo offers several ways in. Customers can scan a QR code and join on a sign-up page with no app download. At the counter, a Kangaroo tablet (up to four per store) lets customers check in with their phone number or e-mail, and staff enter the purchase amount to give points; it works without a till connection. With a connected till, customers are enrolled at checkout by phone or e-mail and rewards apply there. Customers can also photograph a receipt to earn points.

With FaveCard, the customer scans your QR code, enters at least an e-mail and first name, and adds the card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet (Pro plan and up) or opens it in the browser. Staff give stamps by scanning the card's QR code with the FaveCard app on any phone; on the Business plan a phone or tablet on the counter lets customers stamp their own card. If a customer changes phone, they open your page, enter their e-mail and a one-time code, and get their card back.

A card on the customer's phone

To see their points, Kangaroo customers use the Kangaroo Rewards Members App, free from the App Store and Google Play, which holds all of a person's Kangaroo memberships in one place and shows a QR code to scan in store. On Elite you get your own branded app instead, which Kangaroo submits to both stores for you. Kangaroo also says it has a Wallet pass: the FAQ on one of its own pages says “A branded app and digital wallet pass are available when you want them”, and a blog post about the branded app lists “Digital Wallet Integration – Apple Wallet and Google Pay”. Its pricing page does not list a Wallet pass or say which plan includes one.

A FaveCard card sits in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet (Pro plan and up) or opens in the browser, and shows the stamps whenever the customer opens it. FaveCard signs every Apple Wallet card itself, so you need no Apple Developer account and no app of your own.

Reaching your customers

Kangaroo has e-mail, SMS and push built in. The e-mail editor is on every plan; sending campaigns and segments start on Plus, along with messages that go out on their own, such as birthdays, win-backs and moving up a tier. Push reaches customers in the Members App, or in your branded app on Elite. FaveCard's Business plan sends offers to the customer's lock screen through the Wallet card, a reward on their birthday, and a Google review request after a reward, on their card and by e-mail to customers who agreed to e-mails. FaveCard sends no SMS or e-mail campaigns.

When to choose Kangaroo Rewards instead

• You want points on each sale from your till or online store. Kangaroo connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Lightspeed, Heartland and others. FaveCard does not connect to any till or store.
• You want the reward to grow with the bill. Points can follow each dollar spent; tiers and cashback come from Plus. FaveCard stamps do not depend on the bill.
• You want e-mail and SMS marketing. Kangaroo sends e-mail, SMS and app messages, by hand or on their own, from Plus. FaveCard sends offers through the Wallet card only.
• You want your own app, gift cards or referrals. A branded app and gift cards come on Elite, referrals and spin-to-win on Plus. FaveCard has no branded app, gift cards or referral program.
• You are moving from another program. Kangaroo moves members, point balances and tiers over for free and gives six months free when you switch (terms apply). FaveCard cannot import customers or stamps today.

How we compared

How we verified this: We make FaveCard. Every Kangaroo Rewards fact comes from Kangaroo's own pages, checked on 8 November 2026: its pricing page, FAQ, terms of use, product pages and help centre, its App Store and Google Play listings, and its listings on the Shopify App Store, BigCommerce and Lightspeed. Kangaroo's prices are in US dollars, as its pricing page states. FaveCard's plans were checked against our released product (release 14) on 7 November 2026. FaveCard's business numbers come from our own records (FaveCard in numbers): 2,000+ counts the businesses that gave stamps to at least two different customers in the last 30 days (22 September – 21 October 2026), and 80+ the countries where those businesses are based (the country in each business's FaveCard profile; countries, not territories). As of October 2026. On 9 November 2026 we read its Loyalty Tablet and receipt-scanning pages and added self check-in and receipt photos to the “How a visit counts” row. We did not sign up for Kangaroo or ask for a demo; where its public pages say nothing, we say “not found”. Prices and plans change: check each source before relying on it, and if you see an error, tell us through our contact page and we will correct it. Kangaroo Rewards, Apple Wallet and Google Wallet are trademarks of their owners; FaveCard is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by any of them.

Update log

• 8 November 2026: page written; every Kangaroo Rewards fact checked on its own pages on 8 November 2026.
• 8 November 2026, later: corrected after a second check. Kangaroo says a digital wallet pass is available, and its e-commerce page offers a free trial; only coupon codes come from points (store credit and cashback are a share of purchases); the Shopify per-order charge is quoted as written; Kangaroo Reviews is the only free product for businesses its FAQ names.