(Updated September 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for anniversary Shopify apps and see which apps are gaining the most install momentum. Review counts are the closest proxy to actual installs — Shopify doesn't publish install numbers — so review velocity is one of the strongest signals of merchant adoption for anniversary apps.
All tracked anniversary Shopify apps ranked by total review count, with new reviews gained vs 30 days ago and average rating. Filter by country and date range; sort by reviews or review velocity.
| App | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|
1511 | 4.7 | |
144 | 5.0 | |
45 | 4.4 | |
282 | 4.9 | |
244 | 3.8 | |
12 | 3.8 | |
10 | 5.0 | |
9 | 4.7 | |
71 | 4.9 | |
7 | 5.0 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 anniversary Shopify apps over the past year — a longitudinal view of which apps keep accumulating reviews and which have flattened.
| App | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
150 | 150 | 150 | 1522 | 1531 | 153 | |
1441 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 1451 | |
45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | |
19 | 201 | 20 | 244 | 317 | 387 | |
231 | 252 | 261 | 282 | 313 | 31 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 anniversary Shopify apps reached 1,000 reviews — months since launch on the X-axis, cumulative review count on the Y-axis. Adjust the milestone or app set with the filters above.
| App | Months to Reach 1,000 Reviews | Current Review Count |
|---|---|---|
Not yet reached | 143 | |
Not yet reached | 118 | |
Not yet reached | 40 | |
Not yet reached | 29 | |
Not yet reached | 29 |
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ViralSweep Giveaways Contests leads anniversary Shopify apps with 151 cumulative reviews and a 4.7★ average rating. Happy Birthday Email by UW (144 reviews) and Gratisfaction (45 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 77.8% of all reviews across the top tier — a tight oligopoly where the leader's review flywheel is hard to break. Notable mover: PineRaffle: Sweepstake Contest added the most new reviews this month (+4) — a strong recent install signal.
ViralSweep Giveaways Contests's 151-review base reflects long-running merchant adoption in anniversary — a tenure signal for merchants who weight track record alongside current fit. Happy Birthday Email by UW (144 reviews) and the rest of the top tier carry meaningful adoption too, and feature scope, support, and current trajectory often matter more than raw review totals when choosing between established options.
ViralSweep Giveaways Contests accumulated 24 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026, growing from 129 to 153 cumulative reviews — a steady addition rate for anniversary apps. Across the top 5 plotted anniversary apps, the steepest ongoing slopes mark the ones still actively winning new merchants — absolute review counts matter less than recent acceleration when picking apps in a category that's still growing.
ViralSweep Giveaways Contests's lead in cumulative reviews compounds in concentrated anniversary categories: more reviews lift App Store rank, which drives more installs, which add more reviews — newcomers face a steep curve to catch up to the 153 cumulative base.
None of the top 5 anniversary apps tracked here have yet crossed 1,000 reviews. ViralSweep Giveaways Contests leads the set on current cumulative reviews with 143 — closest to the milestone, at roughly 14% of the way there.
With no app in this anniversary set having crossed 1,000 reviews, the category is still in early adoption. ViralSweep Giveaways Contests is the closest to breaking out at 143 cumulative reviews — worth tracking its per-month review velocity to see whether it's on pace to cross the milestone first.
ViralSweep Giveaways Contests has the most reviews among anniversary Shopify apps with 151 total reviews, ahead of Happy Birthday Email by UW at 144. Sort the table by Reviews (High to Low) to see the full ranked list.
Reviews are the closest publicly available proxy for install volume on Shopify — Shopify doesn't publish install counts, so cumulative reviews and review velocity are the standard way to measure adoption. For anniversary apps, this page shows total reviews, new reviews per month, and time-to-1,000 reviews so you can compare both established scale and current momentum.
PineRaffle: Sweepstake Contest is gaining the most new reviews this month among anniversary apps, adding 4 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
The top 5 anniversary apps average 4.5★ across 359 combined reviews — a strong overall quality benchmark. Individual ratings appear in the table above; sort by Reviews to see how rating varies across the most-installed apps.
Review counts and rating data refresh weekly on this page. The Reviews Trend chart aggregates monthly intervals by default — switch to weekly granularity for shorter-term signals or yearly for macro trends.
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