Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Free Gifts for WooCommerce can help you increase sales by offering Automatic Gifts, Manual Gifts, Buy X Get Y (BOGO), Coupon based Gifts etc
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A full-featured extension for creating and managing giveaways on your WooCommerce store.
| Metric | Free Gifts | Giveaway (formerly Lottery) |
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| Rating | ★ 4.5 ★ | 4.3 ★ |
| Total reviews | 36 | ★ 46 |
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| Pricing | $79/year | $79/year |
Free Gifts edges out Giveaway (formerly Lottery) on rating (4.5★ vs 4.3★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number.
Pricing sits in similar territory: Free Gifts at $79/year, Giveaway (formerly Lottery) at $79/year (within ~25% of each other on the entry tier). At this overlap, total cost of ownership comes from how per-tier capacity gates align with your order volume — confirm both apps' upgrade triggers against your projected scale before deciding.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage store owners who need fast install and low risk should default to Free Gifts; mid-market and enterprise store owners with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Giveaway (formerly Lottery)'s 46-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Free Gifts'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 WooCommerce Marketplace 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: Free Gifts audit • Giveaway (formerly Lottery) audit
| Keyword | Free Gifts | Giveaway (formerly Lottery) |
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| form | #129 | #203 |
| payment | #129 | #203 |
Both Free Gifts and Giveaway (formerly Lottery) offer paid plans only. Free Gifts starts at $79/year; Giveaway (formerly Lottery) starts at $79/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Free Gifts has the higher average rating (4.5★ from 36 reviews) compared to Giveaway (formerly Lottery) (4.3★ from 46 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Free Gifts holds the higher average rating (4.5★ vs 4.3★). 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 WooCommerce Marketplace. Giveaway (formerly Lottery) has the deeper published review base (46 vs 36), 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.
Free Gifts typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (36 reviews). Giveaway (formerly Lottery) typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (46 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. Free Gifts and Giveaway (formerly Lottery) 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 Free Gifts" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
