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| Metric | BL External Links Button | Referral Candy & Affiliate |
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| Rating | ★ 5.0 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | 18 | ★ 1.5k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 3 tiers | ★ 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 |
BL External Links Button and Referral Candy & Affiliate each lead on different measured dimensions — pick by the one that matters most to you.
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Read each app's audit: BL External Links Button audit • Referral Candy & Affiliate audit
| Field | BL External Links Button | Referral Candy & Affiliate |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 93/100 listing audit | 89/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
| 5 |
| Languages | 9 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Oct 2024 | Sep 2010 |
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| Keyword | BL External Links Button | Referral Candy & Affiliate |
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| affiliate links | #21 | #12 |
BL External Links Button is cheaper to start with — it offers a free plan and Referral Candy & Affiliate doesn't list one. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
BL External Links Button (5.0★, 18 reviews) and Referral Candy & Affiliate (4.9★, 1,480 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
BL External Links Button holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Referral Candy & Affiliate has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (1,480 vs 18).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: BL External Links Button has 18 published reviews; Referral Candy & Affiliate has 1,480 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. BL External Links Button and Referral Candy & Affiliate both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from BL External Links Button" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
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