Side-by-side comparison
Motivate your customers to spend more with free gift with purchase (GWP) & BOGO offers.
Run a sweepstakes instead of a sale. Get more customers, grow your list, stay legal.
| Metric | Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase | Primer | Sweepstakes |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 231 | 1 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Pricing tiers | ★ 4 tiers | 3 tiers |
| Listed features | ★ 5 | 3 |
On the measured data here, Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick Primer if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase audit • Primer | Sweepstakes audit
| Field | Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase | Primer | Sweepstakes |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 93/100 listing audit | 86/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Featured placements |
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| 1 |
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| Languages | 7 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Apr 2019 | Apr 2026 |
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| Keyword | Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase | Primer | Sweepstakes |
|---|---|---|
| giveaways and contests | #6 | #20 |
| gift box | #1 | Not ranked |
| giveaways and | #11 | Not ranked |
| giveaways and contests (sweepstakes) | Not ranked | #21 |
| giveaways | Not ranked | #24 |
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Both Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase and Primer | Sweepstakes offer a free plan. Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase lists no paid plan with a published price; Primer | Sweepstakes 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.
Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase (4.9★, 231 reviews) and Primer | Sweepstakes (5.0★, 1 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Primer | Sweepstakes 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. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (231 vs 1).
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: Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase has 231 published reviews; Primer | Sweepstakes has 1 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Gift Box • Free Gift Purchase and Primer | Sweepstakes 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 Primer | Sweepstakes" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.