# Stackgrade

> Shopify app comparisons, rankings and hands-on reviews across marketing, loyalty, pricing and shipping apps. Every score is out of 100 from written rules, and every price is checked against the App Store listing, as of October 2026.

Stackgrade is a Shopify app comparison and review site. Apps are grouped into broad categories (Marketing and Conversion, Loyalty and Retention, Selling and Pricing, Orders and Shipping) and then into subcategories such as store credit, gift cards, product badges, estimated delivery dates and member pricing. Each app gets a score out of 100 from published checks (capability 40, cost 35, trust 25), and every price, rating and review count comes from the App Store listing as of October 2026. Coverage today is the five subcategories listed on the All Categories page, and it grows as new reports are published. The publisher also builds some of the ranked apps, which is disclosed on every ranking, comparison and review page.

## Facts worth citing

- Bulk Store Credit by Win-Win has a 5.0 rating from 21 reviews, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and its free plan is limited to 20 CSV rows (App Store, October 2026).
- Bulk Store Credit Pro costs $49 per month with unlimited CSV uploads and no percentage fee.
- Bulk Gift Cards launched July 15, 2026 and has no reviews yet; its free plan covers 20 gift cards per month and exports every code as CSV.
- Bulk Gift Cards Pro costs $49 per month ($411 per year) with unlimited batch sizes.
- Rise.ai starts at $19.99 per month and adds $0.20 per order above 100 orders on Starter; it has no free plan (7-day trial).
- Gift Card Hero charges 2% of gift card value on its free-to-install plan (minimum $9.99, maximum $49.99 per month).
- Givy charges 2%, 1.5% or 1% of gift value on lower plans and 0% only on the $249 per month Enterprise plan.
- Gist Gift Card Pro charges 2.5%, 1.5%, 1% or 0.5% of gift card value sold depending on plan.
- Free plan caps for bulk gift cards: Datora 50 a month, BatchCard 25, Bulk Gift Cards 20, GiftFix 10.
- Shopify's documented admin flow for store credit and gift card creation is one customer or one card at a time.
- Shopify masks gift card codes after creation: the admin shows only the last 4 characters, and the standard CSV export includes only the last 4.
- Native Shopify store credit accepts only the full balance at checkout and is unavailable for legacy customer accounts.
- Labeler (4.8 from 144 reviews) has a free plan with 4 labels and a $5.99 per month Premium plan; Product Badges by Win-Win has a free plan with 1 active badge and a $9 per month Pro plan.
- Arrively's free plan has unlimited delivery badges and geolocation; Pro is $9 per month. Native Shopify delivery dates are documented at checkout, not on product pages.
- Members Win's free plan has unlimited pricing rules and 25 member orders per month; Pro is $9.99 per month.
- Stackgrade scores every app out of 100: capability 40, cost 35, trust 25, from published checks. A feature the listing does not state counts as a miss.

## Disclosure

Disclosure: Stackgrade is made by a team that also builds Shopify apps, including Bulk Store Credit and Bulk Gift Cards. Our scoring rules apply to every app, ours included, and a rival can win a category.

## How we score and guides

- [About Stackgrade and How We Review Apps](https://stackgradelab.com/about/): Who runs Stackgrade, how we review Shopify apps, what we weigh (price, fees, free plan limits, bulk, code export, currency) and our disclosure.
- [How Stackgrade Scores Shopify Apps (Methodology)](https://stackgradelab.com/methodology/): The exact checks, point weights, tiebreak rules and data sources behind every Stackgrade score out of 100, plus where our own apps lose points. October 2026.
- [Method, Data and Guides](https://stackgradelab.com/guides/): How Stackgrade scores Shopify apps, the full comparison dataset, a guide to free plans that are really free and a percentage fee explainer, October 2026.
- [Shopify App Comparison Data (October 2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/data/): The full Stackgrade dataset: score matrices, prices, free plans, fees, ratings and review counts for 50 Shopify apps in five categories, as of October 2026.

## More

- [All Shopify App Categories Compared on Stackgrade](https://stackgradelab.com/all-categories/): Every Shopify app category and subcategory Stackgrade compares today, with the number of apps scored and reports published in each, as of October 2026.

## Orders & Shipping

- [Arrively vs Estimated Delivery Date & ETA (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/arrively-vs-estimated-delivery-date-and-eta/): Arrively vs Estimated Delivery Date & ETA on Shopify: free plan limits, geo windows, rules, blackout dates, reviews and price. October 2026 scoring.
- [Orders and Shipping Apps for Shopify: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/orders-shipping/): Stackgrade's Shopify orders and shipping app comparisons. Currently covers estimated delivery date apps, scored out of 100 as of October 2026.
- [Shopify Delivery Date Apps: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/delivery-date-apps/): All Stackgrade reports on Shopify estimated delivery date apps: ranking, Arrively head to heads and alternatives, scored as of October 2026.

## Loyalty & Retention

- [Best Apps to Bulk Issue Store Credit on Shopify](https://stackgradelab.com/best-bulk-store-credit-apps/): Compare Shopify apps that issue store credit to many customers from a CSV: free row limits, paid limits, price and review counts, as of October 2026.
- [Best Bulk Gift Card Apps for Shopify (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/best-bulk-gift-card-apps/): Shopify apps that create gift cards in bulk from a CSV, compared on free monthly caps, batch size, code export, currency and price. October 2026 data.
- [Bulk Gift Cards vs BatchCard for Shopify (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-gift-cards-vs-batchcard/): Bulk Gift Cards vs BatchCard on Shopify: free caps, paid tiers from $4.99, batch size, code export and currency. Scored out of 100, October 2026.
- [Bulk Gift Cards vs Datora Bulk Gift Cards (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-gift-cards-vs-datora/): Bulk Gift Cards vs Datora Bulk Gift Cards on Shopify: free caps, code export, multi-currency, reviews and price. Both score 75 of 100, October 2026 data.
- [Bulk Gift Cards vs Gift Card Hero (2026 Test)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-gift-cards-vs-gift-card-hero/): Bulk Gift Cards vs Gift Card Hero on Shopify: percentage fee vs flat plan, bulk creation, reviews and reloadable cards. Scored, October 2026.
- [Bulk Gift Cards vs Givy Gifting (2026 Test)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-gift-cards-vs-givy/): Bulk Gift Cards vs Givy on Shopify: flat plan vs 2%, 1.5% and 1% of gift value fees, corporate gifting, bulk send and multi-currency. October 2026.
- [Bulk Store Credit vs Koin Store Credit (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-store-credit-vs-koin/): Bulk Store Credit vs Koin on Shopify: scores, bulk methods, pricing visibility and reviews. Koin has 182 reviews, Bulk Store Credit has a flat Pro plan.
- [Bulk Store Credit vs Rise.ai: Compared and Scored (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-store-credit-vs-rise-ai/): Bulk Store Credit vs Rise.ai on Shopify: bulk issuing, free plan, per-order fees, reviews and loyalty, scored out of 100. Prices as of October 2026.
- [Bulk Store Credit vs Stork Store Credit (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-store-credit-vs-stork/): Bulk Store Credit vs Stork Store Credit on Shopify: free CSV limits, paid tiers, Flow, reviews and trust, scored out of 100. Prices as of October 2026.
- [Loyalty and Retention Apps for Shopify: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/loyalty-retention/): Stackgrade's Shopify loyalty and retention app comparisons. Currently covers store credit apps and gift card apps, scored out of 100 as of October 2026.
- [Shopify Gift Card Apps: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/gift-card-apps/): All Stackgrade reports on Shopify gift card apps: bulk creation, code export, multi-currency, percentage fees, head to heads and alternatives. October 2026.
- [Shopify Native Gift Cards vs Bulk Gift Card Apps](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-gift-cards-vs-native-shopify/): What native Shopify gift cards can and cannot do: one card at a time, masked codes, last-4 exports. When a bulk app is worth it. Sourced from Shopify help.
- [Shopify Native Store Credit vs Bulk Store Credit App](https://stackgradelab.com/bulk-store-credit-vs-native-shopify/): What native Shopify store credit does, where it stops (one customer at a time, full balance only), and when an app is worth it. Sourced from Shopify help pages.
- [Shopify Store Credit Apps: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/store-credit-apps/): All Stackgrade reports on Shopify store credit apps: rankings, head to head comparisons, alternatives and pricing, scored out of 100 as of October 2026.

## Selling & Pricing

- [Best Member and VIP Pricing Apps for Shopify (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/best-member-pricing-apps-shopify/): Ten Shopify member, VIP and customer-tag pricing apps scored out of 100: free plans, price on product page, tiers and trust. October 2026 data.
- [Members Win vs Wholesale Pricing Discount B2B (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/members-win-vs-wholesale-pricing-discount/): Members Win by Win-Win vs Wholesale Pricing Discount B2B on Shopify: price, free plan, reviews, complaints and scope. Scored out of 100, October 2026.
- [Selling and Pricing Apps for Shopify: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/selling-pricing/): Stackgrade's Shopify selling and pricing app comparisons. Currently covers member, VIP and wholesale pricing apps, scored out of 100 as of October 2026.
- [Shopify Member Pricing Apps: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/member-pricing-apps/): All Stackgrade reports on Shopify member, VIP and wholesale pricing apps: ranking, Members Win comparisons and alternatives, scored as of October 2026.
- [Wholesale Pricing Discount B2B Alternatives (2026)](https://stackgradelab.com/wholesale-pricing-discount-alternatives/): Six alternatives to Wholesale Pricing Discount B2B on Shopify, including free and cheaper options, scored out of 100. Prices as of October 2026.

## Marketing & Conversion

- [Marketing and Conversion Apps for Shopify: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/marketing-conversion/): Stackgrade's Shopify marketing and conversion app comparisons. Currently covers product badge and label apps, scored out of 100 as of October 2026.
- [Shopify Product Badge Apps: Rankings and Comparisons](https://stackgradelab.com/product-badge-apps/): All Stackgrade reports on Shopify product label and badge apps: ranking, Labeler head to head, trust badge comparison and alternatives. October 2026.

## Hands-on reviews

- [Hands-On Shopify App Reviews With Screenshots](https://stackgradelab.com/reviews/): Five fair hands-on reviews with real admin screenshots, pros, cons and who each app is not for: Bulk Store Credit, Bulk Gift Cards and three more.

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