Which Bitcoin Gift Card App to Choose? Comparing Gyft, eGifter, Fold

While Bitcoin is growing everyday and is accepted in thousands of businesses worldwide, the vast majority of retailers around the world still only accept payment through cash or card.
However, luckily for Bitcoin users, several apps allow gift cards to be purchased with cryptocurrency, acting as a proxy between the customer and the business. This allows the privacy-conscious and cryptocurrency diehards to use Bitcoin wherever they go. Several gift card apps make purchasing gift cards with Bitcoin on the go very simple and convenient. CoinTelegraph compares three major Bitcoin gift card apps: Gyft, eGifter, and Fold.
Gyft
Pros:
Largest, constantly-updated selection of gift cards. Sleek, well-designed app. Fast, streamlined buying experience means you can use it to pay at the register without holding up the line. Offline-capable access to gift cards. This means that you can go into a dead zone like a shopping mall and still have access to your pre-bought cards. Cons:
Requires one confirmation (recent change!) for Bitcoin transactions. While this isn’t usually a major problem, on high network load days (or with low transaction fees) it could hold you up a long time, which can cause terrible embarrassment if you’re standing at the register with a line of other customers behind you. No precise amounts. If you buy something, you’ll almost always have a balance left over. While this is no problem for repeat customers, it can be annoying if you want to make a one-off purchase at a store and never go back again. No reward points or discount. Gyft recently got rid of this feature.

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2016-08-08.