(Updated October 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for chat box 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 chat box apps.
All tracked chat box 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 |
|---|---|---|
8,156467 | 5.0 | |
1,86848 | 5.0 | |
1,81937 | 4.9 | |
1,31632 | 4.7 | |
1,15855 | 4.7 | |
8616 | 5.0 | |
6727 | 4.5 | |
53414 | 4.9 | |
4687 | 5.0 | |
3719 | 4.7 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 chat box Shopify apps over the past year — a longitudinal view of which apps keep accumulating reviews and which have flattened.
| App | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1,78435 | 1,82238 | 1,87149 | 1,91140 | 1,94534 | 1,9505 | |
1,73944 | 1,78445 | 1,82339 | 1,85734 | 1,86811 | 1,8691 | |
1,25341 | 1,28532 | 1,31833 | 1,33517 | 1,34914 | 1,3501 | |
65515 | 66510 | 6738 | 69724 | 7047 | 704 | |
12742 | 17851 | 22042 | 359139 | 508149 | 52214 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 chat box 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 |
|---|---|---|
22 | 8,871 | |
33 | 1,870 | |
39 | 1,946 | |
90 | 1,223 | |
129 | 1,347 |
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Appstle℠ Subscriptions App leads chat box Shopify apps with 8,156 cumulative reviews and a 5.0★ average rating. BON Loyalty Program & Rewards (1,868 reviews) and Chatty AI Chatbot & Live Chat (1,819 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 68.8% of all reviews across the top tier — a clear leadership tier with a meaningful long tail behind them. Notable mover: Appstle℠ Subscriptions App added the most new reviews this month (+467) — a strong recent install signal.
Appstle℠ Subscriptions App (8,156) and BON Loyalty Program & Rewards (1,868) sit close enough on cumulative reviews that current velocity matters more than the totals — for chat box merchants, the apps adding reviews fastest right now (rather than the ones with the highest absolute count) are usually a better signal of current product-market fit.
BON Loyalty Program & Rewards accumulated 840 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, growing from 1,110 to 1,950 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for chat box apps. Across the top 5 plotted chat box 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.
Comparing chat box apps on review trend slope rather than absolute count is the sharper signal — an app gaining reviews fast is winning current merchants, while BON Loyalty Program & Rewards's 1,950 cumulative base reflects long-running adoption that may or may not still be translating to new installs.
Appstle℠ Subscriptions App reached 1,000 reviews in 22 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 chat box apps tracked here. Chatty AI Chatbot & Live Chat in 33 months, BON Loyalty Program & Rewards in 39 months, Kiwi Size Chart & Recommender in 90 months, and Tidio: AI Chatbot & Live Chat took 129 months to cross the same milestone, a 107-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 1,223 (Kiwi Size Chart & Recommender) to 8,871 (Appstle℠ Subscriptions App) — a 7.3× difference, showing how far ahead the leader has continued to build past the milestone.
The 107-month gap between Appstle℠ Subscriptions App's and Tidio: AI Chatbot & Live Chat's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this chat box 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.
Appstle℠ Subscriptions App has the most reviews among chat box Shopify apps with 8,156 total reviews, ahead of BON Loyalty Program & Rewards at 1,868. 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 chat box 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.
Appstle℠ Subscriptions App is gaining the most new reviews this month among chat box apps, adding 467 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
Appstle℠ Subscriptions App hit 1,000 reviews in 22 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked chat box 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 chat box apps average 4.9★ across 15,257 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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