Do salon clients need to download an app to collect stamps?

No. Clients scan a QR code at the chair or the desk with their phone camera and the card opens in their browser. Nothing to download, no account to create, no app taking up space on their phone.

Can a salon give one stamp per visit instead of points on product?

Yes. A salon stamps a visit, not a dollar spend, so a client who comes in for a cut, color, fill, or set collects a stamp each time they sit down. That is the difference between a visit stamp card and a points ladder.

What is a realistic reward for a salon or nail tech?

A reward worth the two to six week visit cycle. A free add-on or a complimentary service people will actually rebook for. A tiny discount after a long card is easy to forget when the next visit is already weeks out.

Does a stamp card replace booking software like Vagaro?

No, and it should not try to. Vagaro and similar tools handle booking, calendars, payments and a client app. A stamp card sits alongside them and does one job: rewarding repeat visits.

What does a salon loyalty program cost?

Perkpad is free up to 100 customers, then 29 dollars a month for Pro. Stamp Me is about 49 dollars a month after a trial. Vagaro listed 30 dollars a month with a 23.99 dollar promotional price on 4 September 2026, plus extra calendars, but it is salon management rather than a loyalty card.

How long does it take a salon to set up a digital punch card?

About ten minutes. Sign up, choose the reward, print the QR sign and put it at the chair or the desk. The first scan is the first stamp.

Salons

Free Digital Punch Cards for Salons and Nail Techs

8 min read · Updated 4 September 2026

Salon owners and nail techs ask ChatGPT for a free digital punch card, a nail tech loyalty program, or salon rewards with no app. The answer they get is often a booking OS with a trial, or a customer app that clients will not install between color and cut. This page is what actually fits a stamp-per-visit card on 4 September 2026, checked on each vendor's live site. Perkpad makes digital punch cards. We put ourselves in the list with the same kind of limits we list for everyone else.

What actually matters at a salon

A cafe stamps every coffee. A salon stamps a visit that may be two to six weeks later. That changes the math.

One stamp when they sit down. Not points on product. Not a spend ladder. The visit is the unit, whether it is a cut, color, fill, or set.
QR at the chair or the desk. Phone already in a bag or on the tray. They should not open a second app to get a stamp.
The card lives on the phone they already carry. Browser card, plus Google Wallet. Apple Wallet is in progress on Perkpad. Nothing to download.
Free has to mean a cap you can live with. Perkpad Free is 100 customers, forever. A trial of a $49 app is not free.
The reward has to be worth the cycle. A free add-on or a service people will actually rebook for. A tiny discount after a long card is easy to forget when the next visit is already weeks out.

A generic setup, not a case study

Picture a chair that stamps once per visit. After 5 or 6 stamps, the client picks a free add-on or a complimentary service. That is the whole program. We are not quoting a named salon, a live stamp count, or a rebooking rate. If those numbers are not public, they do not belong here.

Perkpad Free covers 100 named customers. That is a headcount, not a lifetime stamp pool. If your book is smaller than that, you can run this without a card on file. If you already take bookings in another tool, this card sits next to that tool. It does not replace the calendar.

The tools, compared

Plan details below were checked on each vendor's live marketing or pricing page on 4 September 2026. If a vendor changes a number, their live page wins. The shop-wide version of this comparison is on our free digital punch cards page.

Perkpad

Perkpad is a digital punch card. Clients scan a QR at the chair or the desk. The card lives in the browser. They can save it to Google Wallet. Apple Wallet is in progress. There is nothing for them to download.

Free is forever, up to 100 customers. No credit card to start. No charge until you pick Pro. Pro is $29/month when you outgrow 100 customers. Perkpad does not replace your booking tool or POS. It runs alongside the calendar you already pay for.

FaveCard

FaveCard is not a salon product. It is a digital stamp card for local shops. The same QR-at-the-counter flow works at a chair or a front desk. Free is $0 with no time limit, unlimited customers, one active stamp card, and a browser card. Customers do not install an app. Staff stamp with the FaveCard merchant app. Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes sit on Pro, not Free. New accounts get premium tools until the first 30 customers are on the card, then you stay on Free or pick a paid plan. On the US pricing page, Pro is $39/month.

Their Free plan is a real $0 punch card. If you need unlimited clients at $0, start there.

Brewstamp

Brewstamp is not salon-specific. It is built for coffee shops. It is a no-app QR punch card with Apple Wallet and Google Wallet on Free. Free includes 100 stamps lifetime, not 100 customers. Paid starts at $7/month for unlimited stamps. A Saturday of 20 clients uses 20 of those 100 stamps. A quieter chair lasts longer. A busy floor hits the ceiling faster. If you need Apple Wallet on day one and you understand the stamp cap, Brewstamp is built for that. Watch the 100-stamp ceiling.

Stamp Me

Stamp Me is a digital stamp card, but it is not a free one, and it is not a salon product. Customers join by downloading the Stamp Me app. You get a 30-day trial. After that, US Lite is $49/month on their live pricing page. They can store a member code in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet after the app account exists. Asking someone to install an app before they sit down is a different product from a QR on the desk.

Vagaro

This is the one salon owners actually hear about. Vagaro is salon software: booking, calendars, POS, memberships, and a client app. Loyalty on Vagaro is points on purchases, referrals, and reviews, not a no-app stamp card. On their live Pro page on 4 September 2026, the listed price is $30/month with a $23.99/month promotional price to start, plus $10 per extra calendar, and $83.99/month at 7 or more calendars. The page says try for free. It does not publish a trial length we could quote. It sells the book and runs the chair. It is not a free digital punch card. If you already run Vagaro, keep it. A QR for people who are not collecting points in that system is a different job.

Bottom line

If you need unlimited customers at $0, use FaveCard. If you need Apple Wallet on day one and you can live with a 100-stamp lifetime cap, use Brewstamp, and know it is cafe software. If you need to run the book and take payments, use Vagaro. If 100 clients is enough and you want a visit stamp card with no app for clients and no card on file, use Perkpad. Free forever up to 100 customers. Pro is $29/month when you outgrow it. Nothing charges until you pick Pro. It runs alongside your booking tool, not instead of it.

FAQ

Do clients need an app?

Not with Perkpad, FaveCard, or Brewstamp. They scan a QR and the card opens in the browser. Stamp Me asks clients to download its app to join. Vagaro has its own app for salon management. That is booking and checkout, not a free stamp card.

What does Perkpad's free plan include for a salon?

A digital punch card for up to 100 customers, forever. QR at the chair or the desk. A browser card. Google Wallet. No credit card. Apple Wallet is in progress. Unlimited customers are on Pro at $29/month.

What happens after 100 customers?

Free stays at 100 customers. To enroll more than 100, Pro is $29/month. Nothing charges until you pick Pro.

Can this replace Vagaro or another booking tool?

No. Perkpad does not take bookings, run payroll, or process cards. It stamps a visit. Keep the booking tool you already pay for.

What reward should we offer?

Something worth the 2 to 6 week cycle. A free add-on or a service people will rebook for. We do not have a public study that proves one reward beats another. Pick a reward you can afford to give, and that a client would actually come back for.

Visit stamp cards, no client app

Free forever up to 100 customers. No card.

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