---
title: "Shopify apps"
url: "https://joy.so/blog/category/shopify/"
kind: "page"
description: "Shopify apps and integrations for loyalty — the tools, and the practical setup details."
page: 1
total_pages: 6
---

# Shopify apps

Your loyalty program doesn't run alone — it works alongside your reviews, email, subscriptions, and helpdesk. Here we cover the Shopify apps and integrations that extend what loyalty can do, plus the practical setup details that make them work together. Build a connected stack that rewards customers everywhere they show up, not just at checkout.

- [UpPromote Alternatives: The 300-Referral Cap Nobody Meters](https://joy.so/blog/md/uppromote-alternatives/): UpPromote's Growth plan caps at 300 reviewed referrals a month, a unit no rival meters. Seven alternatives compared on cap mechanics.
- [Klaviyo Pricing: $20 on the App Store, $150 at 10,000](https://joy.so/blog/md/klaviyo-pricing/): The Shopify listing stops at $20 for 500 contacts. Klaviyo's own slider reads $150 at 10,000 active profiles and keeps going to 150,000.
- [Smile.io Pricing: The $999 Plan Is Not on the App Store](https://joy.so/blog/md/smile-io-pricing/): The listing stops at Growth $199. smile.io adds Plus at $999 billed annually, and the crossover sits near 6,500 monthly orders.
- [Best Shopify Membership Apps: Appstle $19, No Member Fee](https://joy.so/blog/md/best-shopify-membership-apps/): Appstle charges $19 with no per-member fee. Inveterate publishes no price at all. Seven apps and what each pricing panel does not say.
- [Affiliate App Fees: ReferralCandy 10.5%, GoAffPro 0%](https://joy.so/blog/md/shopify-affiliate-app-fees/): Total cost at $5,000, $25,000 and $100,000 of monthly affiliate revenue across seven apps and four different pricing shapes.
- [Appstle vs Seal: Revenue Caps Against Subscriber Caps](https://joy.so/blog/md/appstle-vs-seal-subscriptions/): Appstle meters subscription revenue, Seal meters subscriber count. Forty subscribers at $400 run free on Seal and cost $100 on Appstle.
- [Best Free Shopify Loyalty Apps: 50 to 400 Orders Free](https://joy.so/blog/md/best-free-shopify-loyalty-apps/): Free-tier caps run from 50 orders on CWILL to 400 on LoyaltyLion. The full table, plus what crossing each cap actually costs.
- [Loox Alternatives: The Paid Plan Includes Fewer Orders](https://joy.so/blog/md/loox-alternatives/): Loox's free plan allows 500 monthly orders and its $49.99 plan includes 300. Six alternatives on caps, overage and real cost.
- [What Free to Install Really Means on Shopify](https://joy.so/blog/md/shopify-free-to-install-meaning/): Free to install and Free plan available are different billing settings. What the label costs on six apps, quoted from each panel.
- [Shopify Subscription Fees: Seal $89.95, Recharge $1,671](https://joy.so/blog/md/shopify-subscription-transaction-fees/): Total cost at 100, 500 and 2,000 subscribers across six apps. Recharge Starter passes Seal's top tier at 382 subscribers.
- [Govalo Pricing: 2.9% of Gift Card Value on Every Plan](https://joy.so/blog/md/govalo-pricing/): The percentage never goes away, not even on the $399 Enterprise tier. Six alternatives priced against a $20,000 gift-card month.
- [FTC Review Rules: Points for a 5-Star Review Are Illegal](https://joy.so/blog/md/ftc-review-rules-shopify-apps/): Points for a review are lawful; points for a positive one are not. A per-app scorecard across six Shopify review apps.

## Pages

- [Page 1](https://joy.so/blog/category/md/shopify/) (this page)
- [Page 2](https://joy.so/blog/category/md/shopify/page/2/)
- [Page 3](https://joy.so/blog/category/md/shopify/page/3/)
- [Page 4](https://joy.so/blog/category/md/shopify/page/4/)
- [Page 5](https://joy.so/blog/category/md/shopify/page/5/)
- [Page 6](https://joy.so/blog/category/md/shopify/page/6/)