BTAQA vs OneCup
Both platforms build cafe stamp cards inside Apple Wallet and Google Wallet with no customer app. OneCup’s site is English-first with an Arabic option and their scanner runs in the browser, while BTAQA is Arabic-first and ships a dedicated staff scanner app on iOS and Android. Most importantly for a cafe: BTAQA records the drink with every stamp, so you know your best sellers and each customer’s favourite: which does not appear on OneCup’s site.
The details about OneCup on this page come from their own website, onecup.cc, in August 2026. Anything we could not find there is marked “not advertised on their site”, nothing more.
The comparison, feature by feature
| Feature | BTAQA | OneCup |
|---|---|---|
| Card inside Apple Wallet & Google Wallet No app for the customer to download: the card lives in the phone wallet. | ||
| Arabic-first Dashboard, card and support in Arabic with full RTL, and complete English support. | Not advertised on their site Their site is English-first with Arabic and Spanish options | |
| Digital stamp cards Buy X, get Y: the mechanic customers understand at a glance. | ||
| GCC vehicle cards A car-wash card showing the customer's car and plate in their country's plate design. | Not advertised on their site | |
| Product recorded with every stamp Know your best sellers and each customer's favourite from real visit data. | Not advertised on their site | |
| Review collection tied to real visits The review ask goes to a customer who actually visited, at the right moment. | Not advertised on their site | |
| Dedicated staff scanner app An iOS and Android app with simple staff sign-in. | A browser-based scanner rather than a dedicated app | |
| Updates on the pass itself Stamps and notifications reach the wallet card directly. | Geofenced notifications are iPhone-only per their site | |
| Multi-branch One programme working across all your branches. |
When is OneCup the better fit?
OneCup may suit you if you want a simple cafe stamp card for an English-speaking audience and a browser-based scanner is enough for your staff.
Numbers from the BTAQA platform (August 2026): 13,608 customer cards and 27,713 recorded stamps. The best-performing programme on the platform is a cafe with a 6-stamp card: 87% of its cards get scanned and 81% of its customers return. Source: BTAQA platform data, not an industry study.
Common questions
- Which fits a cafe in Saudi Arabia or the GCC better?
- BTAQA is built Arabic-first for the GCC: the card, dashboard and support are in Arabic, with the drink recorded per stamp and visit-tied review collection. OneCup’s site is English-first with an Arabic option.
- Does the customer need an app on either platform?
- No. Both use native Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes.
- How do staff record stamps on BTAQA?
- Through a dedicated iOS and Android scanner app with simple sign-in. Each stamp can carry the product, so best-seller and per-customer favourite data accumulates automatically.
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