AppBuild vs Loyverse

A free point-of-sale app for cafés, shops and small restaurants, with a built-in loyalty program and paid add-ons.

Loyverse: Best for small cafés and shops that need a free POS with simple loyalty.

AppBuild: Best for cafés and restaurants that want their own customer app with loyalty, push and order-ahead.

Your business. Your own app.

A look inside AppBuild: mr chans menu, choose your dish, mr chans basket, order history.

AppBuild app example showing mr chans menu — AppBuild vs Loyverse for food ordering & restaurant apps — Mr Chans menu

AppBuild app example showing choose your dish — AppBuild vs Loyverse for food ordering & restaurant apps — Choose your dish

AppBuild app example showing mr chans basket — AppBuild vs Loyverse for food ordering & restaurant apps — Mr Chans basket

AppBuild app example showing order history — AppBuild vs Loyverse for food ordering & restaurant apps — Order history

Loyverse pricing

Plan	Published price
POS, loyalty, kitchen display, essential inventory	Free
Employee management add-on	$25/month
Card payments (Loyverse Payments, US)	From 1.99% + 15¢

Source: Loyverse pricing (checked 7 October 2026).

AppBuild pricing

Plan	Price	What you get
Free	$0/month	Up to 10 app users. Your own app on iPhone, Android and the web.
Free – Ordering	$0/month + 5% per paid order	For restaurant ordering apps using Stripe Connect. Unlimited app users while eligible. The 5% is on the food and drink subtotal only.
Business	$49/month or $299/year	Up to 1,000 app users. 0% AppBuild commission on orders.
Business Pro	$99/month or $499/year	Unlimited app users. 0% AppBuild commission on orders.

Card processing fees are charged by Stripe on top of any plan and are not set by AppBuild. Full details on the pricing page.

Feature comparison

	AppBuild.diy	Loyverse
Your own branded app	Yes	No — Loyverse is a POS, not a customer app
Listed on App Store and Google Play	Yes, plus an installable web app	No customer app
Commission per order	0% on Business plans; 5% on Free – Ordering	None
Lowest published monthly price	$0 (Free); $49 Business	Free
Push notifications	Yes, unlimited	No
Loyalty / rewards	Yes (stamp cards and points)	Yes, in the POS
Online ordering	Yes — pickup, delivery, curbside, table service	No customer-facing online ordering in the free tools
Set it up yourself today	Yes, or we build it for you	Yes

Choose Loyverse if…

You need a free till system with loyalty points for in-store sales.

Choose AppBuild if…

You want customers to have your own app on their phone, with push notifications and order-ahead.
You can use both: Loyverse at the till, AppBuild for your customer app.

Questions

Loyverse lists its POS, sales analytics (31 days), essential inventory, loyalty program, kitchen and customer displays as free, with paid add-ons such as employee management at $25/month.

Yes. They do different jobs: Loyverse runs your till, AppBuild gives your customers a branded app.

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Last checked 7 October 2026. Competitor prices come from their own public pages, linked below each table. Where a price isn't published we say so. Spotted something out of date? Tell us via support.