Open Rewards: Shop Local

Open Rewards

About this app

Your city is rewarding you for shopping local

Participating cities, counties, districts, and economic development organizations fund Open Rewards programs to support local businesses and keep more spending in the community.

Whether you're a resident or a visitor, you can earn cash back rewards on your purchases at eligible businesses in communities that have Open Rewards.

Open Rewards is live in 100+ cities across the country. Find eligible businesses near you, discover new local favorites, and see how rewarding choosing local can be.

Rewards program for your whole community

With Open Rewards, your points are not tied to a single brand or store, but are usable across all eligible businesses throughout your community.

This means you can earn rewards at one place and redeem them at another - for example, earn rewards at a restaurant, and redeem your rewards at the bookstore.

Earning is easy: either link your card to earn rewards automatically, or snap a photo of your receipt after you shop.

Once redeemed, you can cash out using PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, or check.

Where You Shop Matters

Every purchase is a vote with your wallet, and shopping local is a vote for your community.

When you shop at a local business, you help support local jobs, neighborhood amenities, and the places that make your community home.

Open Rewards makes it more rewarding to make that choice.

Every purchase counts. Together, we can make a big impact in the communities we call home.

Ratings and reviews

Thank you guys for automating the service. This is way better than sorting and picking every single transaction. I am running into new redemption issues. I also understand that a new update comes with its bugs. I always paid out through PayPal and the new app tells me that it's not possible

There needs to be a way to submit more than picture. With longer use, it has started getting "picky" about having the full business name in the image but also need the total amount. This information is on opposite ends of the receipt. Many businesses don't offer paper receipts now, which makes this a let down when you spend $ and don't get any rewards because they don't promote this app themselves even though they participate in it and fail to get a receipt or forget. Not as impressed now.

It works great to collect rewards. Getting paid out however, a total nightmare. I've had a pending payout for over a month and emailing them does nothing. They also don't have any contact besides email. Update: They finally were able to get things resolved. If my next few payouts aren't problematic I'll raise my rating back up.

What’s new

Open Rewards is running better than ever!
- A refreshed Claim & Redeem experience.
- Smoother, more intuitive interactions throughout the app.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements for a seamless UI/UX.