Side-by-side comparison
Grow your sales with referral, affiliate and influencer marketing, all in one platform.
| Metric | Shopify Collabs | Referral Candy & Affiliate |
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| Rating | 4.2 ★ | ★ 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | 438 | ★ 1.5k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free to install | Free trial available |
| Built for Shopify | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 1 tier | ★ 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 |
Shopify Collabs 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: Shopify Collabs audit • Referral Candy & Affiliate audit
| Field | Shopify Collabs | Referral Candy & Affiliate |
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| Listing audit | 86/100 listing audit | 89/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
| 5 |
| Featured placements | 2 | — |
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| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Apr 2021 | Sep 2010 |
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| Keyword | Shopify Collabs | Referral Candy & Affiliate |
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| affiliate program | #7 | #6 |
| affiliate | #8 | #6 |
| affiliate programs | #7 | #8 |
| affiliates | #8 | #7 |
| affiliate links | #6 | #10 |
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Shopify Collabs 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.
Referral Candy & Affiliate has the higher average rating (4.9★ from 1,480 reviews) compared to Shopify Collabs (4.2★ from 438 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Referral Candy & Affiliate holds the higher average rating (4.9★ vs 4.2★). 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 438).
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: Shopify Collabs has 438 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. Shopify Collabs 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 Shopify Collabs" 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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