Gather

Shopify loyalty and rewards app by Gather·Gather activates your customer to customer referral channel, with automation and personalisation.

Snapshot

5.00(16 reviews)#91of 360 inLoyalty and rewards

Ongoing.AI tracks Gather daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

CategoriesLoyalty and rewards

Rating

5.00

16 reviews

Pricing

From $350/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

10

launched Jun 10, 2016

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Catalog position

Where Gather sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Loyalty and rewards category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Loyalty and rewards

#91

of 360 active apps

Review count percentile

75th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

66th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

10

since 2016

Listing change cadence

What Gather has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

Listing changes · last 21 days+15shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-07 → 2026-06-13shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-13 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-19shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-19 → 2026-06-20shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-20 → 2026-06-23shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-23 → 2026-06-27shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-27 → 2026-06-30Jun 11, 26Jun 21, 26Jul 2, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-27 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 28

2026-06-23 → 2026-06-27

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 25

2026-06-20 → 2026-06-23

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

5.00(16 reviews)
  • 100%positive38
  • 0%neutral0
  • 0%negative0

Popular mentions

  • customer support
  • email capture
  • conversion optimization
  • ease of use
  • pricing
  • features
  • email marketing

Top themes

  1. customer support2
  2. email capture1
  3. conversion optimization1
  4. ease of use1
  5. pricing1
  6. features1
  7. email marketing1

What merchants praise

“I use this app to grow our customer email database and also to reduce cart abandonment. The support I received throughout the setup process was amazing. I thoroughly recommend this app!”
Sexyland · 5★

Plans

Gather pricing tiers.

Get Started

Free

  • No commission fees
  • Up to $1000 worth of referred sales
  • Up to 250 Advocates
  • Multiple campaigns
  • All features Included

Business Plan

$350/month

  • No commission fees
  • 5000 Advocates & 500k site views / month
  • Unlimited referrals
  • All features Included
  • Multiple campaigns
  • Set up consultation

Capabilities

What Gather can do.

The 19 capabilities Gather lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

Program types

7
  • Reward programs
  • VIP tiers
  • Affiliate programs
  • Referrals
  • Gift card programs
  • Contests
  • Custom programs

Rewards you can offer

12
  • Discounts
  • Coupons
  • Gifts
  • Gift cards
  • Shipping rates
  • Free shipping
  • Free products
  • Early access
  • Exclusive access
  • Events
  • Services
  • Custom rewards

FAQ

Gather — frequently asked questions.

What is Gather on Shopify?
Gather, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as Gather: Refer a Friend, is a Shopify app in the Loyalty and rewards category. Activate your customer base as a new, acquisition channel. Deploy a high ROAS, low CPA acquisition channel through your existing customer base. Embed the Refer a Friend experience on your site with a click of a button. With Gather you can deploy a single or tiered reward system for your referral program. Deploy single or double sided referral program. Deploy a referral program for either sales growth of email / sms lead-gen. It averages 5.00 out of 5 across 16 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Gather cost?
Gather offers a free plan and a single paid plan at $350/month. The free plan includes No commission fees, Up to $1000 worth of referred sales, Up to 250 Advocates, and Multiple campaigns. The paid plan unlocks advanced features like additional integrations, automations, and deeper customization.
Is Gather free?
Yes — Gather offers a free plan alongside paid options. The free plan includes No commission fees, Up to $1000 worth of referred sales, and Up to 250 Advocates. Paid plans start at $350/month for advanced features.
When was Gather launched?
Gather launched on June 10, 2016 — over 10 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 16 merchant reviews.
Is Gather Built for Shopify?
Gather does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
What are the best Gather alternatives?
Merchants commonly compare Gather with Appstle℠ Subscriptions, Smile, Stamped Reviews & Loyalty, and UpPromote Affiliate Marketing. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.
What do merchants praise about Gather?
100% of analyzed merchant reviews skew positive. The themes most often cited in positive reviews are customer support, email capture, and conversion optimization — see the review fingerprint above for the full breakdown.

Alternatives

Apps merchants pick instead.

Appstle Inc.

Appstle℠ Subscriptions App

5.00★7,597

Known for: feature-removal

Smile.io

Smile: Loyalty Program Rewards

4.90★4,275

Stamped.io

Stamped Reviews & Loyalty

4.70★3,613

Known for: performance

UpPromote

UpPromote Affiliate Marketing

4.90★3,468
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Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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