Alternative
Alternative to Stamp Me
Stamp Me has everything you need at the counter. The thing that sends people looking elsewhere is the app they have to install.
Comparison verified on 31 July 2026
In three lines
At Stamp Me the card lives inside their own app: their page announces Apple and Google Wallet storage as coming. Published plans start under fifty dollars a month, with a month's trial, counter hardware and games. Kanz puts the card straight into the phone's wallet, with nothing to install, and adds an agent that writes to customers who are drifting.
Every line in the table comes from a public page belonging to the vendor in question, with the link and the date it was checked directly underneath. When a vendor does not publish something, we write "not published" instead of inventing a figure. When their site says nothing either way, we write "not stated". If you spot a mistake, tell us and we will fix it.
Why people look for an alternative to Stamp Me
Three reasons, and the first one costs enrolments.
- The customer has to install their app to carry your card, and every install costs enrolments at the counter.
- The card carries their app's name before it carries yours.
- Wallet storage is announced, so it was not yet available on the check date shown at the top of this page.
The table, line by line
Kanz against Stamp Me, on the nine points that actually decide it.
| The point | Kanz | Stamp Me |
|---|---|---|
| The card in the walletApple Wallet and Google Wallet, no plastic | YesSee the source1 | In their own app, wallet announcedSee the source2 |
| Nothing for the customer to installNo app, no account to create | YesSee the source3 | NoSee the source2 |
| Free planA plan at zero, not a trial | NoSee the source4 | NoSee the source5 |
| TrialLength, and whether a card is asked for | 30 days or 10 verified returns, no cardSee the source4 | 30 daysSee the source5 |
| First paid planThe published entry price, per month | €12 / monthSee the source4 | US$49 / monthSee the source5Promotional price, shown with an identical struck-through figure on all three plans. The normal price is not readable on the page. |
| Win-back channelsHow the message reaches your customer | WhatsApp, Telegram, email, and the card updates itselfSee the source3 | Notification, and SMS depending on the planSee the source2 |
| Spotting who has driftedWho notices the absence, and who writes | The agent compares each customer to their own rhythm, writes the message and waits for your go-aheadSee the source1 | A "lapsed customer" feature named in the plans, with no public detailSee the source5 |
| Several locationsFrom which plan | On Kanz MaxSee the source4 | One location on the entry planSee the source5 |
| Exporting your dataTaking your customers with you | On every planSee the source4 | Not stated on their siteSee the source5 |
Sources
Every value in the table comes from one of these pages, on the date shown. Links open on the vendor's own site.
- Kanz, home page usekanz.com · checked on 31 July 2026
- Stamp Me, home page stampme.com · checked on 31 July 2026
- Kanz, frequently asked questions usekanz.com · checked on 31 July 2026
- Kanz, pricing page usekanz.com · checked on 31 July 2026
- Stamp Me, pricing page stampme.com · checked on 31 July 2026
Who wins, and when
Both columns are the same size because both cases are real. If nothing on the left speaks to you, the answer is on the right, and the reverse is just as true.
Pick Stamp Me if
- You want a validation device at the counter rather than a phone that scans.
- You want gamification, a scratch game or a birthday club for instance.
- You want SMS in volume, without counting messages.
- You already send your email with a dedicated tool and want loyalty wired into it.
Pick Kanz if
- You do not want your customers installing anything: the card is added to the wallet in ten seconds.
- You want the card to carry your name, not an app's.
- You want an agent that spots absences and drafts the message.
- You serve in Arabic and want a right to left interface.
Moving from one to the other
This is the most visible migration for your customers, because they move from an app to their wallet.
- Tell your regulars at the counter: the card is moving, it is not disappearing.
- Carry over the same reward and the same number of stamps in Kanz.
- Have the new QR scanned on every visit for a month, keeping the old system as a backup.
- Stop the previous subscription once your card is in your regulars' wallets.
Kanz does not take in an existing customer file, and that is deliberate: each person signs up themselves from your QR or your link, and that gesture is what gives their consent to be contacted.
What we get asked about this comparison
- Will my customers lose their stamps?
- They are not transferred automatically. The simplest route is to carry over the same reward and credit already-earned stamps by hand on the first visit, so nobody feels they are starting from zero.
- Is the wallet really better than an app?
- For enrolment, yes: there is nothing to download and nothing to create. For games and counter hardware, their app does things Kanz does not.
- Is {name} moving to the wallet?
- Their page announces it as coming. Until it is live, this comparison describes what exists, not what is planned.
Read next
The rest of the file, and the pages that answer the questions next door.
Your regulars have already been in. Bring them back.
10 returns on us, a 30-day trial, no credit card. If nobody comes back, you paid nothing.
No credit card asked for. The trial ends by itself.