Paper cards have grown repeat business for a century, cost almost nothing and need no explanation. Any honest case for going digital has to start there — so here is where paper genuinely still wins, and where it quietly costs you.
If these are the things that matter most to you, take them seriously — they are real advantages.
A few cents per card and no subscription. Nothing else comes close on raw cost.
No form, no contact details, no phone out at the counter. Some customers strongly prefer this.
No app, no battery, no signal, no outage. It works when everything else does not.
Differences, not a scorecard. Each of these is a deliberate design decision with a cost attached.
The card sits in Apple or Google Wallet beside the bank card, and the progress survives a lost coat.
Paper tells you nothing. A digital card tells you who came twice, who stopped, and whether last month's offer worked.
The decisive difference. Paper is one-way — they have to remember you. A wallet pass can tell them their reward is waiting.
New reward, new design, new wording — no reprint, and existing cards update themselves.
Any pen approximates most rubber stamps. A scanned code does not.
Please verify before deciding. This one is a category comparison rather than a specific product, so the trade-offs above are general. Your own numbers decide it.
Full product, including the AI. No card required, and you can export everything if you leave.