Essential Trust Badges & Icons vs Social Bar

Essential Trust Badges & Icons edges out Social Bar: Social Media Icons on rating (5.0★ vs 4.8★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number.

Pricing entry tiers: Essential Trust Badges & Icons at Free plan available, Social Bar: Social Media Icons 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.

Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the larger user base (1,162 reviews vs 46), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Social Bar: Social Media Icons's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.

Recommended by size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Essential Trust Badges & Icons; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Social Bar: Social Media Icons's 46-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Essential Trust Badges & Icons's broader-but-shallower coverage.

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Is Essential Trust Badges & Icons or Social Bar: Social Media Icons cheaper?

Both Essential Trust Badges & Icons and Social Bar: Social Media Icons offer paid plans only. Essential Trust Badges & Icons starts at Free plan available; Social Bar: Social Media Icons starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.

Which has better reviews, Essential Trust Badges & Icons or Social Bar: Social Media Icons?

Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 1,162 reviews) compared to Social Bar: Social Media Icons (4.8★ from 46 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Essential Trust Badges & Icons or Social Bar: Social Media Icons?

Essential Trust Badges & Icons holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.8★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Essential Trust Badges & Icons or Social Bar: Social Media Icons?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the deeper published review base (1,162 vs 46), 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.

Which works better for small vs large Shopify App Store merchants?

Essential Trust Badges & Icons typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,162 reviews). Social Bar: Social Media Icons typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (46 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.