(Updated September 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for birthday messages 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 birthday messages apps.
All tracked birthday messages 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 |
|---|---|---|
4,2312 | 4.5 | |
3,149114 | 4.6 | |
2,78712 | 4.9 | |
2,19133 | 4.9 | |
1,35859 | 4.5 | |
997 | 4.9 | |
47830 | 4.9 | |
259 | 4.5 | |
2502 | 4.8 | |
1774 | 4.9 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 birthday messages 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4,229 | 4,229 | 4,229 | 4,2312 | 4,231 | 4,231 | |
2,62936 | 2,873244 | 3,038165 | 3,151113 | 3,256105 | 3,31862 | |
3,00361 | 3,03633 | 3,09054 | 3,13747 | 3,17336 | 3,19320 | |
2,05845 | 2,10850 | 2,15951 | 2,19839 | 2,22325 | 2,25229 | |
1,14958 | 1,21970 | 1,30283 | 1,36462 | 1,42359 | 1,46946 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 birthday messages 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 |
|---|---|---|
23 | 3,964 | |
38 | 2,787 | |
58 | 2,035 | |
75 | 1,369 | |
114 | 3,027 |
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Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups leads birthday messages Shopify apps with 4,231 cumulative reviews and a 4.5★ average rating. Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS (3,149 reviews) and Hextom: Free Shipping Bar (2,787 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 64.0% of all reviews across the top tier — a tight oligopoly where the leader's review flywheel is hard to break. Notable mover: Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS added the most new reviews this month (+114) — a strong recent install signal.
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups's 4,231-review base reflects long-running merchant adoption in birthday messages — a tenure signal for merchants who weight track record alongside current fit. Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS (3,149 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.
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups accumulated 43 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026, growing from 4,188 to 4,231 cumulative reviews — a steady addition rate for birthday messages apps. Across the top 5 plotted birthday messages 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.
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups's lead in cumulative reviews compounds in concentrated birthday messages 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 4,231 cumulative base.
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups reached 1,000 reviews in 23 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 birthday messages apps tracked here. Hextom: Free Shipping Bar in 38 months, Brevo PushOwl: Email,Push,SMS in 58 months, Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing in 75 months, and Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS took 114 months to cross the same milestone, a 91-month spread between the fastest and slowest in the set.
All 5 apps in this set have crossed 1,000 reviews, with current cumulative counts now ranging from 1,369 (Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing) to 3,964 (Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups) — a 2.9× difference, showing how far ahead the leader has continued to build past the milestone.
The 91-month gap between Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups's and Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this birthday messages set — the leader found its merchant audience early, while late-rampers took multiple years to reach the same review depth. For merchants comparing these apps today, slower-ramping apps may have closed the functionality gap but still operate on smaller review bases.
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups has the most reviews among birthday messages Shopify apps with 4,231 total reviews, ahead of Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS at 3,149. 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 birthday messages 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.
Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS is gaining the most new reviews this month among birthday messages apps, adding 114 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups hit 1,000 reviews in 23 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked birthday messages Shopify apps. Use the "Fastest to 1,000 Reviews" chart above to compare against other apps or change the milestone (5,000, 10,000, etc.).
The top 5 birthday messages apps average 4.8★ across 13,182 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.
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