(Updated October 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for refer a friend 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 refer a friend apps.
All tracked refer a friend 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 |
|---|---|---|
1,57855 | 5.0 | |
1,4824 | 4.9 | |
1,32722 | 5.0 | |
1,10337 | 5.0 | |
8111 | 4.9 | |
5433 | 4.7 | |
519117 | 4.9 | |
494 | 4.7 | |
49014 | 5.0 | |
34813 | 4.8 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 refer a friend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
930145 | 1,129199 | 1,385256 | 1,504119 | 1,57167 | 1,5787 | |
1,4607 | 1,4644 | 1,4739 | 1,4785 | 1,4813 | 1,4821 | |
1,23023 | 1,24717 | 1,26619 | 1,29933 | 1,32425 | 1,3273 | |
94735 | 98437 | 1,01430 | 1,05541 | 1,09843 | 1,1035 | |
7957 | 8027 | 8097 | 8101 | 8111 | 811 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 refer a friend 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 |
|---|---|---|
13 | 1,562 | |
46 | 1,323 | |
64 | 1,103 | |
90 | 1,481 | |
Not yet reached | 813 |
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REZ Preorder, Back In Stock leads refer a friend Shopify apps with 1,578 cumulative reviews and a 5.0★ average rating. Referral Candy & Affiliate (1,482 reviews) and BixGrow Affiliate Marketing (1,327 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 50.5% of all reviews across the top tier — a tight oligopoly where the leader's review flywheel is hard to break. Notable mover: RF—Barcode Labels Generator added the most new reviews this month (+117) — a strong recent install signal.
REZ Preorder, Back In Stock's 1,578-review base reflects long-running merchant adoption in refer a friend — a tenure signal for merchants who weight track record alongside current fit. Referral Candy & Affiliate (1,482 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.
REZ Preorder, Back In Stock accumulated 1,572 new reviews from Jun 2025 to Oct 2026, growing from 6 to 1,578 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for refer a friend apps. Across the top 5 plotted refer a friend 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.
REZ Preorder, Back In Stock's lead in cumulative reviews compounds in concentrated refer a friend 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 1,578 cumulative base.
REZ Preorder, Back In Stock reached 1,000 reviews in 13 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 refer a friend apps tracked here. BixGrow Affiliate Marketing in 46 months, Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy in 64 months, and Referral Candy & Affiliate took 90 months to cross the same milestone, a 77-month spread between the fastest and slowest in the set.
1 app on this chart hasn't yet crossed 1,000 reviews: CWILL Loyalty & Referrals at 813 cumulative reviews. CWILL Loyalty & Referrals is closest to the milestone — its current count puts it roughly 81% of the way to 1,000.
The 77-month gap between REZ Preorder, Back In Stock's and Referral Candy & Affiliate's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this refer a friend 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.
REZ Preorder, Back In Stock has the most reviews among refer a friend Shopify apps with 1,578 total reviews, ahead of Referral Candy & Affiliate at 1,482. 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 refer a friend 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.
RF—Barcode Labels Generator is gaining the most new reviews this month among refer a friend apps, adding 117 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
REZ Preorder, Back In Stock hit 1,000 reviews in 13 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked refer a friend 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 refer a friend apps average 4.9★ across 6,282 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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