why tapkhata

what you are actually choosing between

A punch card, an app they must download, or a stand on your counter. Including the row where we lose.

paper bhool
jaata hai.
dana nahi.

In a coat pocket. Through the wash. Six visits gone — and nobody behind your counter ever finds out.

side by side

The middle column is a category, not a company. Where it varies, it says so.

A paper punch card, an app-based loyalty program, and TapKhata compared across eight questions.
the question	a punch card	a loyalty app	tapkhata
your customer has to install an app	nonothing to install — the one thing paper is genuinely good at	yes	no
progress survives a lost card or a new phone	no	yes	yestied to a Google account, not to a phone
a stamp can only be made by a person at your counter	partlya pen and a stray punch will do it too	partlyvaries — several let a customer scan a code taped to the wall	yesthe tap cannot create one; only your cashier's scan can
one card that works across every branch you own	no	yes	yes
also gets you Google reviews	no	no	yesthe same object does both jobs
tells you what share of customers came back	no	yes	yes
something branded sitting on your counter	partlya stack of cards by the till, while they last	no	yes
hardware to buy	no	no	yesone stand per branch — we bring it, install it, and replace it free if it breaks

your customer has to install an app
a punch card
no
nothing to install — the one thing paper is genuinely good at
a loyalty app
yes
tapkhata
no
progress survives a lost card or a new phone
a punch card
no
a loyalty app
yes
tapkhata
yes
tied to a Google account, not to a phone
a stamp can only be made by a person at your counter
a punch card
partly
a pen and a stray punch will do it too
a loyalty app
partly
varies — several let a customer scan a code taped to the wall
tapkhata
yes
the tap cannot create one; only your cashier's scan can
one card that works across every branch you own
a punch card
no
a loyalty app
yes
tapkhata
yes
also gets you Google reviews
a punch card
no
a loyalty app
no
tapkhata
yes
the same object does both jobs
tells you what share of customers came back
a punch card
no
a loyalty app
yes
tapkhata
yes
something branded sitting on your counter
a punch card
partly
a stack of cards by the till, while they last
a loyalty app
no
tapkhata
yes
hardware to buy
a punch card
no
a loyalty app
no
tapkhata
yes
one stand per branch — we bring it, install it, and replace it free if it breaks

the difference

01
your customer installs nothing
An app asks a stranger to download something first. On café data, that is where most stop.
02
the same object also gets you reviews
No loyalty app does this — they have nothing on your counter. One tap, no sign-in.
03
a stamp only exists if your cashier made it
Nobody collects from their sofa — the tap cannot create a stamp.

Five minutes at your counter. We bring the stand, the phone and the tablet.