DirectoryAs of October 2026
All Shopify App Categories Compared on Stackgrade
Short answer
Stackgrade groups Shopify app comparisons into four broad categories: Marketing and Conversion, Loyalty and Retention, Selling and Pricing, and Orders and Shipping. Each holds one or more subcategories with scored rankings, head to head comparisons and reviews. The counts below are generated from the pages published today.
Only categories with published reports are listed. The list grows as we publish new comparisons, so a missing category means we have not compared it yet. Every score uses the same published method.
Marketing & Conversion
Apps that help a store turn visitors into buyers, such as product badges and labels.
- Product badges and labelsBadges, labels and trust icons on product pages and collections.0 apps scored in rankings, 0 reports
Loyalty & Retention
Apps that bring customers back, such as store credit and gift cards.
- Store creditIssuing, tracking and spending store credit, including bulk CSV issuing.8 apps scored in rankings, 5 reports
- Gift cardsSelling and issuing gift cards, bulk creation, code export and fees.8 apps scored in rankings, 6 reports
Selling & Pricing
Apps that control who sees which price, such as member, VIP and wholesale pricing.
- Member and wholesale pricingMember, VIP, customer tag and wholesale pricing rules.10 apps scored in rankings, 3 reports
Orders & Shipping
Apps that set delivery expectations and handle orders, such as estimated delivery dates.
- Estimated delivery datesDelivery date estimates and ETA messages on product and cart pages.0 apps scored in rankings, 1 reports
Reviews and method
- Hands-on reviewsFair reviews with real admin screenshots, pros, cons and who each app is not for.
- How we scoreThe written rules behind every score out of 100.
- Guides and dataFree plan guide, fee explainer and the full comparison dataset.
