Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Show features & guarantees with product badge icons, trust badges banners, stickers & product labels
| Essential Trust Badges & Icons | TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges | |
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| Screenshots | images | images |
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Turn visitors into customers with earned trust badges and seals, not just decorative icons.
| Metric | Essential Trust Badges & Icons | TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges |
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| Rating | ★ 5.0 ★ | 4.4 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 1.2k | 240 |
| 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 | 20 supported | 5 supported |
| Listed since | Jun 2023 | Dec 2014 |
Based on the data on this page, Essential Trust Badges & Icons is the stronger choice for most Shopify App Store merchants — 5.0★ vs TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges's 4.4★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
Pricing entry tiers: Essential Trust Badges & Icons at Free plan available, TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges 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 240), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges'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 — TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges's 240-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Essential Trust Badges & Icons's broader-but-shallower coverage.
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: Essential Trust Badges & Icons audit • TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges audit
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| Keyword | Essential Trust Badges & Icons | TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges |
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| trust | #3 | #21 |
| trust badges | #2 | #61 |
| trust badges and | #2 | #6 |
| badges | #3 | #12 |
| badges and | #5 | #11 |
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Both Essential Trust Badges & Icons and TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges offer paid plans only. Essential Trust Badges & Icons starts at Free plan available; TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 1,162 reviews) compared to TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges (4.4★ from 240 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.4★). 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. Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the deeper published review base (1,162 vs 240), 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.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,162 reviews). TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (240 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. Essential Trust Badges & Icons and TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges 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 TrustedSite ‑ Trust Badges" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
