Apple Wallet passes
Your loyalty card in Apple Wallet — without building an app
Wallet is already installed on every iPhone, sitting next to boarding passes and event tickets. Stampit puts your stamp card in there too: customers scan a QR code, tap Add, and your card lives on their phone from that moment on.
- No app for customers
- Set up in 15 minutes
- Free trial
Why loyalty apps quietly fail
Nobody installs another app
Your regulars already juggle dozens of apps. Asking them to download one more — create an account, confirm an email — kills the sign-up right at the counter.
Building your own is a money pit
A custom iOS app means a developer account, App Store review, ongoing updates and hosting. That is a software project, not a loyalty program.
Paper cards are invisible
The card in the wallet drawer never reminds anyone of you. A pass in Apple Wallet can surface on the lock screen right when a customer walks past your door.
How your card gets into Apple Wallet
Under the hood it's a signed Apple Wallet pass. For you and your customers, it's three steps.
Design your card once
Pick your logo, colors, stamp icon and reward in the Stampit dashboard. Stampit issues the actual Wallet pass for you — no Apple developer account, no code, ready in about 15 minutes.
Customers scan and tap Add
A QR code on the counter opens the pass on their iPhone. One tap on Add and the card sits in Apple Wallet, next to their boarding passes. No app download, no sign-up form, no email.
Stamps and updates flow to the pass
Staff stamp with the Stampit Partners app — scan the pass or tap phones via NFC. Every stamp, reward and announcement updates the pass in the customer's Wallet automatically.
What changes when the card lives in Wallet
Take a classic setup: 10 stamps, a reward on the tenth visit. On paper, the weakest link was never the offer — it was the card itself, forgotten in a drawer. In Apple Wallet, the card is on the phone your customer already carries into your shop, so progress never resets to zero.
The math stays honest, too. At a 4 € coffee, a full card means 40 € of spend for a 4 € reward — right at the healthy 5–10% of spend rule of thumb, and reachable in the recommended 4–8 typical visits. Research on stamp cards (the 2006 Kivetz, Urminsky and Zheng café study) shows customers speed up as the reward gets closer — but only if they can see their progress. A Wallet pass shows it every time the phone opens.
And unlike paper, the pass talks back: change the reward, push a news update, or let the card surface on the lock screen near your shop. Every card already issued updates itself — nothing to reprint, nothing to re-distribute.
Stampit handles the pass signing and delivery. You never touch a .pkpass file or an Apple developer account.
What an Apple Wallet loyalty card can do
Preinstalled on every iPhone
Apple Wallet ships with iOS — there is nothing for your customers to install. Your card sits alongside boarding passes, tickets and payment cards.
Added in one QR scan
Scan the code, tap Add, done. Joining your program takes less time than paying — no account, no form, no app store detour.
Updates push to the pass
New reward, changed hours, a launch-week promotion — push it straight onto the pass in every customer's Wallet. No email list, no reprinting.
Shows up near your shop
Location-aware passes can appear on the iPhone lock screen when a card holder is close by — a quiet, well-timed reminder that you exist.
Stamps you can trust
Staff stamp through the Stampit Partners app with their own logins, so every stamp is traceable. No rubber stamp to copy, no self-stamped cards.
Android gets the same card
Customers on Android scan the same QR code and the card lands in Google Wallet instead. One program, one dashboard, both platforms covered.
Apple Wallet questions, answered
Do I need an Apple developer account to issue Wallet passes?
No. Stampit issues and signs the Apple Wallet passes on your behalf, so you never need an Apple developer account, certificates, or any code. You design the card in the dashboard and Stampit handles the rest.
Do my customers need to install anything?
No. Apple Wallet is preinstalled on every iPhone. Customers scan your QR code, tap Add, and the loyalty card is on their phone. An optional Stampit app exists for customers who want all their cards in one place, but it is never required.
What if a customer has an Android phone?
The same QR code works for both platforms. On Android the card is added to Google Wallet instead of Apple Wallet, with the same stamps, rewards and updates. You run one program and both platforms are covered automatically.
Can the pass change after a customer has added it?
Yes. Wallet passes update themselves: every stamp, redeemed reward, changed offer or news announcement you publish is pushed onto the pass already sitting in the customer's Wallet. There is nothing to reissue.
How do staff add stamps to a Wallet pass?
Staff use the Stampit Partners app to scan the barcode on the customer's pass or tap phones via NFC — it takes about as long as a contactless payment. Each team member has their own login, so every stamp is traceable.
What does it cost to get started?
Stampit starts with a free trial and plans that scale with your business — see the pricing page for current tiers. Setup is self-serve and takes about 15 minutes.
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Your customers' iPhones are ready. Put your card on them.
Create your Apple Wallet loyalty card today — free trial, no developer account, live in about 15 minutes.