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Squid Loyalty

A complete loyalty ecosystem, built from the ground up.

Role

MVP design & engineering

Scope

  • iOS & Android apps
  • Business web app
  • Backend & CRM
  • NFC systems

Client

Squid Rewards

Live

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Squid Loyalty digital wallet interface
The Squid loyalty wallet — every card in one place.

At Squid Rewards I built the MVP of their digital loyalty platform — the customer-facing iOS and Android apps, the business client web app, the backend systems, and the CRM integrations that tie it all together.

Squid replaces the paper stamp card with a loyalty wallet on your phone: collect stamps with an NFC tap, redeem rewards, and discover new local favourites — while businesses get a data-rich view of their regulars.

(01) — For customers

A wallet, not a card drawer

Every loyalty programme lives in one smartphone wallet — no more lost paper cards. Cards, stamps and rewards are always in your pocket and always up to date.

Collecting is a single gesture: tap your phone on the counter's NFC point and the stamp is yours. No app fumbling, no QR hunting.

Squid app showing loyalty card details and rewards
Squid digital wallet interface
Squid NFC tap-to-collect interface

(02) — Discovery

New favourites, built in

An integrated map helps customers discover local businesses on the platform — turning a loyalty app into a way to find your next regular spot, and giving merchants a new acquisition channel.

Squid business discovery map

(03) — For businesses

Loyalty with a dashboard

Merchants run their programmes through a dedicated web app with analytics and engagement tools — modernising customer loyalty from a box of stamps into a living dataset.

  • 01Native iOS and Android applications for end users
  • 02Web portals for business clients to manage loyalty programmes
  • 03Internal admin tools for platform management
  • 04Backend systems for data management and processing
  • 05CRM integrations for analytics and insights
  • 06NFC tag encoding and processing systems
Squid app rewards screen

Outcome

The whole ecosystem, shipped

From NFC tags on countertops to CRM dashboards, the Squid MVP shipped on systems I engineered end-to-end — the foundation for a platform that changes how local businesses keep their customers coming back.

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