Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Validate checkout with smart rules, customize payment and shipping methods, and offer discounts
| Checkout Rules & Discounts | Joy Loyalty Program Rewards | |
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| Screenshots | images | images |
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Maximize customer loyalty with flexible loyalty rewards, points, VIP tiers, referrals, and POS
| Metric | Checkout Rules & Discounts | Joy Loyalty Program Rewards |
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| Rating | ★ 5.0 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | 86 | ★ 1.8k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 4 tiers | 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 1 |
| Languages | 7 supported | 8 supported |
| Listed since | Feb 2025 | Jun 2021 |
Checkout Rules & Discounts and Joy Loyalty Program Rewards are evenly matched on rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★) — the differentiator comes down to pricing fit, feature breadth, and which app's interaction pattern suits your team's workflow.
Pricing entry tiers: Checkout Rules & Discounts at Free plan available, Joy Loyalty Program Rewards at Free plan available. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.
Joy Loyalty Program Rewards has the larger user base (1,781 reviews vs 86), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Checkout Rules & Discounts's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended evaluation path: install both apps' free tiers (where available) and run them in parallel on a small cohort for 7-14 days before committing. The data tables below show the per-feature breakdown — for most merchants the deciding factor will be a single integration or workflow detail that's hard to compare from listing pages alone.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Checkout Rules & Discounts audit • Joy Loyalty Program Rewards audit
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| Keyword | Checkout Rules & Discounts | Joy Loyalty Program Rewards |
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| checkout customization rules | #3 | Not ranked |
| loyalty program | Not ranked | #3 |
| loyalty and rewards | Not ranked | #4 |
| loyalty | Not ranked | #4 |
| discounts | #7 | Not ranked |
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Both Checkout Rules & Discounts and Joy Loyalty Program Rewards offer paid plans only. Checkout Rules & Discounts starts at Free plan available; Joy Loyalty Program Rewards starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Checkout Rules & Discounts (5.0★, 86 reviews) and Joy Loyalty Program Rewards (4.9★, 1,781 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Checkout Rules & Discounts 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. Joy Loyalty Program Rewards has the deeper published review base (1,781 vs 86), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
Checkout Rules & Discounts typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (86 reviews). Joy Loyalty Program Rewards typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,781 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. Checkout Rules & Discounts and Joy Loyalty Program Rewards 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 Checkout Rules & Discounts" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
