rewa as an alternative to Loyverse
What Loyverse is and what it does well
Loyverse is a free point of sale for retail and food businesses: register, catalog, inventory, reports and counter apps. As a free POS it is among the best available, and this comparison will not tell you otherwise.
Its loyalty feature is a module inside the POS: you define a percentage of each purchase that accumulates as a points balance, and the customer redeems it as a discount on future purchases. Simple and functional, with one condition: to use it you have to adopt Loyverse as your checkout system.
When to choose Loyverse
If what you need is a complete free POS (inventory, kitchen, sales reports) and loyalty is a welcome extra, Loyverse is a great choice. Also if its simple points mechanic is enough and you do not need levels, caps or expiration.
When to choose rewa
If your problem is loyalty and not the register, the equation flips. rewa does not ask you to change how you charge: it is the complete program (points per spend, levels with status, benefits with caps and frequency, expiration) that runs from a phone next to your current way of charging.
The core differences: in rewa points define a level and expire, they are not a cash-like balance that grows as debt; each benefit has a per-use cap and a frequency, so your worst month is a known number; and smart rewards deliver the benefit as a product chosen from the customer's history, which costs you less than the discount it replaces.
Loyverse and rewa, side by side
| Loyverse | rewa | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of product | Complete POS with a points module | Dedicated loyalty program |
| Requires changing how you charge | Yes: loyalty lives inside its POS | No: it works alongside your current register |
| Mechanic | A percentage of each purchase as a redeemable points balance | Points per spend that define a level; a benefit per level |
| Levels, per-use cap, frequency and expiration | No levels; points as a simple balance | All four, configurable; the wizard recommends them |
| Customer identification | Customer registered in the POS | ID spoken at checkout; no app or card |
| AI-powered benefit | Not available | Smart rewards: a product picked from purchase history, costs less than the discount |
| Pricing model | Free POS; paid add-ons by subscription | Free up to 50 customers; paid plans, cancel anytime |
Frequently asked questions
Does rewa replace Loyverse?
Not as a POS: rewa does not handle inventory or invoicing, and does not pretend to. It replaces (or adds) the loyalty layer. If you already charge with Loyverse and its points module falls short, you can record program customers' sales in rewa and keep your POS for everything else.
Why choose a dedicated program instead of the POS module?
For the protections and the design: levels that create status, caps and frequency that make the cost predictable, expiration that keeps the base alive, and an assistant that calculates the program from your margin. A generic points module gives the same setup to a coffee shop with a 65% margin and a grocery store with 25%, and that is the recipe for giving money away.
What happens to my data if I switch?
In rewa the customer and purchase history is yours. There is no data lock-in as a retention lever: if the program does not pay off, the break-even math will tell you before we do.