Side-by-side comparison
Answer shoppers over chat and email with AI that uses your orders and policies. Staff handle less
| Metric | Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant | Simple Chat: AI helpdesk |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 29 | 1 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free to install |
| Pricing tiers | 2 tiers | 2 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
| Listed since |
Gladly and Simple Chat each lead on different measured dimensions — pick by the one that matters most to you.
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Read each app's audit: Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant audit • Simple Chat: AI helpdesk audit
| Field | Gladly | Simple Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 92/100 listing audit | 88/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Feb 2021 |
| Dec 2025 |
| Listed |
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| Keyword | Gladly | Simple Chat |
|---|---|---|
| helpdesk | #35 | #88 |
| ai helpdesk | #177 | #22 |
Both Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant and Simple Chat: AI helpdesk offer a free plan. Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant lists no paid plan with a published price; Simple Chat: AI helpdesk 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.
Simple Chat: AI helpdesk has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 1 reviews) compared to Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant (4.7★ from 29 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Simple Chat: AI helpdesk holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.7★). 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; Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (29 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: Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant has 29 published reviews; Simple Chat: AI helpdesk has 1 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Gladly: AI Shopping Assistant and Simple Chat: AI helpdesk 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 Simple Chat: AI helpdesk" 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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