The best product review apps for Shopify

Reviews are usually the first app a Shopify store adds, and for good reason: shoppers trust other shoppers more than they trust your product copy. The hard part is picking one. Most review apps collect reviews and show stars on product pages, so the real differences are in photo reviews, what you get beyond reviews, and how the price grows as your orders do.

Here are five worth a look, and who each one suits.

The short list

• Judge.me: the easiest start for a new or growing store.
• Loox: best when photos sell the product.
• Okendo: reviews plus quizzes, surveys and customer content for scaling brands.
• Yotpo Reviews: a fit for larger brands that want reviews tied into a wider marketing suite.
• Stamped: reviews and loyalty from one vendor.

Judge.me

Judge.me is the app most new stores start with. Setup takes minutes, review request emails go out automatically after delivery, and photo and video reviews are included. It’s a safe default if you want reviews live this week without a big monthly bill.

Best for: just launched and growing brands.

Loox

Loox is built around photo reviews. Its widgets put customer photos front and centre, and it nudges buyers to upload a picture with a discount on their next order. If you sell fashion, beauty or anything people want to see on a real person, Loox is a strong pick.

Best for: visual products at any stage.

Okendo

Okendo goes beyond reviews. Alongside photo and video reviews you get quizzes, surveys and tools for collecting customer content, all feeding the same customer profile. That makes more sense once you have the traffic to use it.

Best for: scaling stores and Shopify Plus brands.

Yotpo Reviews

Yotpo is one of the longest-running names in Shopify reviews. Its review app can sit alongside Yotpo’s loyalty and SMS tools, which suits larger brands that want one vendor for several jobs.

Best for: Shopify Plus brands.

Stamped

Stamped offers reviews and a loyalty programme from the same company. If you want both and would rather manage one account, it’s worth comparing against running two separate apps.

Best for: growing brands that want reviews and loyalty together.

How to choose

Start with your stage. If you’re under a few hundred orders a month, pick the app that’s fastest to set up and cheapest to run, then switch later if you outgrow it. Most review apps can import reviews from each other, so you won’t lose what you’ve collected.

Before you install, check each app’s current plans on the Shopify App Store, since prices and limits change often.