Side-by-side comparison
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| Metric | Gather: Refer a Friend | W3 Share The Love |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 16 | 11 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free trial available |
| Pricing tiers | 1 tier | 1 tier |
| Listed features | ★ 5 | 4 |
| Languages | — | 1 supported |
| Listed since |
Gather and W3 Share The Love each lead on different measured dimensions — pick by the one that matters most to you.
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Read each app's audit: Gather: Refer a Friend audit • W3 Share The Love audit
| Field | Gather | W3 Share The Love |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 55/100 listing audit | 75/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
| Languages | — | |
| Platforms | ||
| Developer |
| — |
| Oct 2016 |
| Listed | — |
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| Keyword | Gather | W3 Share The Love |
|---|---|---|
| product matcher | #144 | Not ranked |
Neither Gather: Refer a Friend nor W3 Share The Love lists a free plan. Gather: Refer a Friend lists no paid plan with a published price; W3 Share The Love lists no paid plan with a published price. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
Gather: Refer a Friend (5.0★, 16 reviews) and W3 Share The Love (5.0★, 11 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Gather: Refer a Friend does carry the larger published review base (16 vs 11). 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; Gather: Refer a Friend has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (16 vs 11).
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: Gather: Refer a Friend has 16 published reviews; W3 Share The Love has 11 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Gather: Refer a Friend and W3 Share The Love 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 W3 Share The Love" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.