Side-by-side comparison
Grow your sales with referral, affiliate and influencer marketing, all in one platform.
Seed products with the right creators, earn authentic UGC, and open up new audiences for your brand.
| Metric | Referral Candy & Affiliate | Unboxx Influencer Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 1.5k | 3 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free trial available | Free plan available |
| Pricing tiers | 4 tiers | 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | 1 |
Referral Candy & Affiliate and Unboxx Influencer Marketing each lead on different measured dimensions — pick by the one that matters most to you.
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Read each app's audit: Referral Candy & Affiliate audit • Unboxx Influencer Marketing audit
| Field | Referral Candy & Affiliate | Unboxx Influencer Marketing |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 89/100 listing audit | 86/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
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| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Sep 2010 | Jul 2026 |
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| Keyword | Referral Candy & Affiliate | Unboxx Influencer Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| referral program | #2 | Not ranked |
| affiliate programs | #5 | Not ranked |
| affiliate program | #5 | Not ranked |
| influencer | Not ranked | #15 |
| affiliate influencer marketing | Not ranked | #17 |
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Unboxx Influencer Marketing is cheaper to start with — it offers a free plan and Referral Candy & Affiliate doesn't list one. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
Referral Candy & Affiliate (4.9★, 1,480 reviews) and Unboxx Influencer Marketing (5.0★, 3 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Unboxx Influencer Marketing 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; Referral Candy & Affiliate has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (1,480 vs 3).
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: Referral Candy & Affiliate has 1,480 published reviews; Unboxx Influencer Marketing has 3 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Referral Candy & Affiliate and Unboxx Influencer Marketing 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 Unboxx Influencer Marketing" 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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