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A Loyverse alternative for UK cafés and restaurants

Loyverse is a free POS app for phones and tablets with optional paid add-ons, used by many small cafés. Café QR is a cloud POS for independent cafés, restaurants and pubs with the till, kitchen screen, QR table ordering and online ordering in one published UK price.

No card No contract Runs on any tablet 0% platform fee

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Café QR

Price check · Café QR vs Loyverse

Café QR POS plan: £39/month per venue
Loyverse POS: Free, paid add-ons in US$
Loyverse card payments: Through partner providers

Café QR platform fee: 0%
Setup fee: £0.00
Contract: none

Checked 10 November 2026

FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITES

Loyverse is a trademark of its owner. Café QR is not affiliated with or endorsed by Loyverse. Competitor details checked on 10 November 2026 from their public websites; check current terms with them.

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Prices exclude payment-processing charges unless the row says otherwise. Check the linked provider pages before making a decision.

Monthly price
Café QR
Order & Pay £9.99, POS £39 and Multi-site £59 plus £29 for each extra venue, per venue per month; first month free with no card needed
Loyverse
POS free; paid add-ons per store: unlimited sales history $7 a month, employee management $25 a month, advanced inventory $25 a month (prices shown in US dollars, excluding taxes)
Card processing
Café QR
Card payments go to the venue’s own Stripe account at Stripe’s rates (standard UK cards: 1.5% + 20p online, 1.4% + 10p in person); 0% Café QR platform fee
Loyverse
Integrated card payments through partner providers (the page names Teya, SumUp and Zettle among others) at the provider’s rates; non-integrated card machines can be used with totals keyed in
Till
Café QR
Counter till and waiter app on the £39 POS plan, with cash, refunds, voids, tabs, split bills, courses, phone orders and cash-up; card by Stripe Terminal reader (UK) or your own card machine
Loyverse
POS app on a phone or tablet with open tickets, predefined tickets for tables, splitting and merging tickets, and dine in, take out and delivery options
Kitchen display (KDS)
Café QR
Kitchen screen in every plan, in any browser; kitchen stations, held courses and ticket times on the POS plan
Loyverse
Loyverse KDS free, on iPad and Android tablets of at least 7 inches
QR ordering
Café QR
Table and counter QR ordering in every plan, from £9.99
Loyverse
Not listed on the Loyverse pages reviewed
Online ordering
Café QR
Your own collection and delivery page from £14.99 a month, with no commission
Loyverse
Not listed on the Loyverse pages reviewed
Loyalty
Café QR
Opt-in loyalty list, stamp card or points in every plan
Loyverse
Built-in loyalty programme, free
Stock
Café QR
Stock, recipes and dish costs on Multi-site, or a £12 a month add-on per venue
Loyverse
Essential inventory free; advanced inventory $25 a month per store
Staff
Café QR
3 staff logins on Order & Pay, 10 on POS, unlimited on Multi-site; time clock on the POS plan
Loyverse
Employee management $25 a month per store
Contract
Café QR
No contract; cancel any time
Loyverse
Free account with no card needed; add-ons can be added or cancelled at any time, each with a 14-day free trial
Hardware
Café QR
Any iPad, Android tablet or laptop you already have; Stripe card readers from £229 + VAT; Star or Epson network printers
Loyverse
A phone or tablet you already own, with supported receipt printers, barcode scanners, cash drawers and label printers

A Loyverse alternative for UK cafés and restaurants
Detail	Café QR	Loyverse
Monthly price	Order & Pay £9.99, POS £39 and Multi-site £59 plus £29 for each extra venue, per venue per month; first month free with no card needed	POS free; paid add-ons per store: unlimited sales history $7 a month, employee management $25 a month, advanced inventory $25 a month (prices shown in US dollars, excluding taxes)
Card processing	Card payments go to the venue’s own Stripe account at Stripe’s rates (standard UK cards: 1.5% + 20p online, 1.4% + 10p in person); 0% Café QR platform fee	Integrated card payments through partner providers (the page names Teya, SumUp and Zettle among others) at the provider’s rates; non-integrated card machines can be used with totals keyed in
Till	Counter till and waiter app on the £39 POS plan, with cash, refunds, voids, tabs, split bills, courses, phone orders and cash-up; card by Stripe Terminal reader (UK) or your own card machine	POS app on a phone or tablet with open tickets, predefined tickets for tables, splitting and merging tickets, and dine in, take out and delivery options
Kitchen display (KDS)	Kitchen screen in every plan, in any browser; kitchen stations, held courses and ticket times on the POS plan	Loyverse KDS free, on iPad and Android tablets of at least 7 inches
QR ordering	Table and counter QR ordering in every plan, from £9.99	Not listed on the Loyverse pages reviewed
Online ordering	Your own collection and delivery page from £14.99 a month, with no commission	Not listed on the Loyverse pages reviewed
Loyalty	Opt-in loyalty list, stamp card or points in every plan	Built-in loyalty programme, free
Stock	Stock, recipes and dish costs on Multi-site, or a £12 a month add-on per venue	Essential inventory free; advanced inventory $25 a month per store
Staff	3 staff logins on Order & Pay, 10 on POS, unlimited on Multi-site; time clock on the POS plan	Employee management $25 a month per store
Contract	No contract; cancel any time	Free account with no card needed; add-ons can be added or cancelled at any time, each with a 14-day free trial
Hardware	Any iPad, Android tablet or laptop you already have; Stripe card readers from £229 + VAT; Star or Epson network printers	A phone or tablet you already own, with supported receipt printers, barcode scanners, cash drawers and label printers

When Loyverse may fit

Loyverse may fit a small café or kiosk that wants a free till app on a phone or tablet, with a free kitchen display and loyalty, and is happy to pay for add-ons only when it needs longer sales history, staff management or advanced stock.

Card payments go through one of Loyverse’s payment partners, so the total cost depends on that provider’s card rates and hardware.

When Café QR may fit

Café QR may fit an independent café, restaurant, pub or takeaway that wants one system for the till, the kitchen screen and QR table ordering, and wants to see the full price before speaking to anyone. The POS plan is £39 per venue a month and includes the till, waiter app, tabs, floor plan, bookings and your own online ordering page.

It runs in a browser on hardware you may already own, and card payments go to your own Stripe account with no Café QR platform fee. There is no contract and the first month is free.

It is not the right choice if you need to take card payments through an internet outage: offline, Café QR’s till takes only cash and your own payment types.

The main difference from Loyverse is ordering: Café QR includes QR table ordering in every plan and your own collection and delivery page from £14.99, with orders landing on the same kitchen screen as the till.

The app you’ll use

One glass dashboard. Open it on any screen, every shift.

Takings, live orders, tables and what needs you now, on a laptop, a tablet or the phone in your pocket.

Café QR owner dashboard on a laptop: today's takings, live orders, tables and what needs attention.

Takings, liveTill, table QR and online orders in one number.
Kitchen on timeLate tickets flag themselves.
The floor at a glanceWho’s seated, and who’s waiting to pay.
Light or darkPick the look that suits your venue.

50-second video

Add up what you pay now.Separate tools for the till, QR ordering, bookings and the rest, against one Café QR bill. Watch it on the pricing page

Switching from another till

Switching is easy. We do the heavy lifting.

1We load your menuSend a photo, a PDF or a link. We add the items, prices, options and allergens, free, while you're on your trial.
2Keep your card machineTake card on the machine you have and tap Card to record it, or move to a Stripe reader when you're ready.
3No contract, no setup feePay monthly per venue and cancel any time. The first month is free and needs no card.
4Run it beside your old tillStart with table ordering or the kitchen screen first. A Square till can be linked so paid orders are pushed to it.

Try it now · free AI menu preview

Snap your paper menu. See it as a phone menu.

Upload a clear photo or a short PDF and we’ll read up to 8 items, so you can see how your menu could look before you start.

Drop a menu photo or PDF here

Choose file

JPEG, PNG, WebP or PDF

Photos are resized in your browser (4 MB after resizing; PDFs 1.5 MB; three previews an hour). Your file is sent to OpenAI to read the menu. Café QR does not save it or add the preview to an account. Check prices and allergens before using them.

Your menu, on a phone

Your items appear here. The file is only used for this preview.

What you need. Probably what you already have.

No proprietary hardware, and no setup fee.

The one you haveA tablet or phoneRuns in the browser on an iPad, Android tablet, phone or laptop.
OptionalA card readerA Stripe reader, or keep your own machine and record card sales.
OptionalA kitchen printerStar or Epson network printers, or use the kitchen screen.
NeededWi-FiIf it drops, the till keeps taking cash and uploads the sales later.

Switching fromSquare →Epos Now →Lightspeed →SumUp →Or send your menu on WhatsApp

Sources

Official pages reviewed. Check them yourself.

Ask before buying

Details we could not verify

Loyverse’s pricing page shows US dollars; we did not find prices in pounds.
Which of Loyverse’s payment partners are available to UK venues, and their card rates.
Whether Loyverse offers QR table ordering, online ordering or offline sales; none were described on the pages reviewed.

Questions

Straight answers, before you start.

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Is Loyverse free?

Loyverse’s pricing page lists the POS, kitchen display, customer display, loyalty programme, essential inventory and multi-store management as free. Paid add-ons are unlimited sales history at $7 a month per store, and employee management and advanced inventory at $25 a month per store each.

Is Café QR cheaper than Loyverse?

Not on software alone: Loyverse’s POS is free and Café QR’s POS plan is £39 a month. Café QR includes QR table ordering, staff logins, stock on Multi-site and your own online ordering page, and card payments go to your own Stripe account with no Café QR platform fee. Compare the total with the add-ons and card rates you would actually use.

Does Loyverse have QR table ordering?

We did not find QR table ordering or online ordering on the Loyverse pages we reviewed in November 2026. Café QR includes QR table and counter ordering in every plan from £9.99 a month.

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