(Updated September 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for two-way messaging 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 two-way messaging apps.
All tracked two-way messaging 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 |
|---|---|---|
3,149114 | 4.6 | |
1,35859 | 4.5 | |
1,2031 | 4.9 | |
47830 | 4.9 | |
2502 | 4.8 | |
2303 | 4.6 | |
1644 | 5.0 | |
1301 | 4.9 | |
116 | 2.8 | |
11610 | 4.8 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 two-way messaging 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2,62936 | 2,873244 | 3,038165 | 3,151113 | 3,256105 | 3,33983 | |
1,14958 | 1,21970 | 1,30283 | 1,36462 | 1,42359 | 1,49875 | |
1,2011 | 1,2021 | 1,202 | 1,2031 | 1,2041 | 1,2051 | |
39626 | 42024 | 45131 | 48231 | 50422 | 52319 | |
2463 | 246 | 2482 | 2502 | 2522 | 2553 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 two-way messaging 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 |
|---|---|---|
44 | 1,144 | |
75 | 1,369 | |
114 | 3,027 | |
Not yet reached | 468 | |
Not yet reached | 249 |
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Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS leads two-way messaging Shopify apps with 3,149 cumulative reviews and a 4.6★ average rating. Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing (1,358 reviews) and Postscript SMS Marketing (1,203 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 79.4% 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.
Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS's 3,149-review base reflects long-running merchant adoption in two-way messaging — a tenure signal for merchants who weight track record alongside current fit. Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing (1,358 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.
Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS accumulated 1,563 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026, growing from 1,776 to 3,339 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for two-way messaging apps. Across the top 5 plotted two-way messaging 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.
Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS's lead in cumulative reviews compounds in concentrated two-way messaging 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 3,339 cumulative base.
Postscript SMS Marketing reached 1,000 reviews in 44 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 two-way messaging apps tracked here. Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing in 75 months, and Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS took 114 months to cross the same milestone, a 70-month spread between the fastest and slowest in the set.
2 apps on this chart haven't yet crossed 1,000 reviews: TxtCart AI: SMS Marketing at 468, Super: Gift Wrap, Gift Message at 249 cumulative reviews. TxtCart AI: SMS Marketing is closest to the milestone — its current count puts it roughly 47% of the way to 1,000.
The 70-month gap between Postscript SMS Marketing's and Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this two-way messaging 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.
Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS has the most reviews among two-way messaging Shopify apps with 3,149 total reviews, ahead of Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing at 1,358. 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 two-way messaging 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 two-way messaging 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.
Postscript SMS Marketing hit 1,000 reviews in 44 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked two-way messaging 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 two-way messaging apps average 4.8★ across 6,257 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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