(Updated October 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for payouts 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 payouts apps.
All tracked payouts 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 |
|---|---|---|
3,66889 | 4.9 | |
3,20365 | 4.8 | |
1,99411 | 5.0 | |
1,98527 | 5.0 | |
1,4859 | 4.9 | |
1,470118 | 4.9 | |
1,26918 | 5.0 | |
1,17915 | 5.0 | |
1,0331 | 4.8 | |
1,02329 | 5.0 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 payouts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3,475112 | 3,584109 | 3,67490 | 3,783109 | 3,86380 | 3,863 | |
3,08961 | 3,14051 | 3,20666 | 3,27771 | 3,33659 | 3,336 | |
1,92333 | 1,95936 | 1,98829 | 2,02436 | 2,04925 | 2,049 | |
1,96519 | 1,98419 | 1,99410 | 2,0006 | 2,01313 | 2,013 | |
1,268112 | 1,35789 | 1,477120 | 1,57396 | 1,684111 | 1,684 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 payouts 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 |
|---|---|---|
51 | 2,045 | |
52 | 3,843 | |
56 | 3,323 | |
74 | 2,014 | |
91 | 1,481 |
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UpPromote Affiliate Marketing leads payouts Shopify apps with 3,668 cumulative reviews and a 4.9★ average rating. QuickBooks Online (3,203 reviews) and Data Export IO: Report (1,994 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 48.4% of all reviews across the top tier — a fragmented review landscape with reviews spread broadly. Notable mover: Matrixify: Data Export Import added the most new reviews this month (+118) — a strong recent install signal.
Payouts reviews are spread broadly — UpPromote Affiliate Marketing (3,668), QuickBooks Online (3,203), and Data Export IO: Report (1,994) all carry meaningful review bases. With this distribution, review velocity and rating differentiate payouts apps better than total reviews alone.
UpPromote Affiliate Marketing accumulated 1,993 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, growing from 1,870 to 3,863 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for payouts apps. Across the top 5 plotted payouts 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 payouts apps on review trend slope rather than absolute count is the sharper signal — an app gaining reviews fast is winning current merchants, while UpPromote Affiliate Marketing's 3,863 cumulative base reflects long-running adoption that may or may not still be translating to new installs.
Report Pundit: Custom Reports reached 1,000 reviews in 51 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 payouts apps tracked here. UpPromote Affiliate Marketing in 52 months, QuickBooks Online in 56 months, Data Export IO: Report in 74 months, and Referral Candy & Affiliate took 91 months to cross the same milestone, a 40-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 1,481 (Referral Candy & Affiliate) to 3,843 (UpPromote Affiliate Marketing) — a 2.6× difference, showing how far ahead the leader has continued to build past the milestone.
The 40-month gap between Report Pundit: Custom Reports's and Referral Candy & Affiliate's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this payouts 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.
UpPromote Affiliate Marketing has the most reviews among payouts Shopify apps with 3,668 total reviews, ahead of QuickBooks Online at 3,203. 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 payouts 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.
Matrixify: Data Export Import is gaining the most new reviews this month among payouts apps, adding 118 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
Report Pundit: Custom Reports hit 1,000 reviews in 51 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked payouts 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 payouts apps average 4.9★ across 12,706 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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