Gleam Competitions

Shopify giveaways and contests app by Gleam·Easily set up and run Giveaways, Contests & Sweepstakes that drive real user engagement.

Snapshot

3.60(31 reviews)#9of 53 inGiveaways and contests

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

CategoriesGiveaways and contestsPop-ups

Rating

3.60

31 reviews

Pricing

From $59/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

12

launched Dec 4, 2013

Last updated

Jul 1, 2026

Shopify listing

Recent activity

Review trajectory.

Daily review count and rating drift. The blue line is cumulative review count; the dashed amber overlay is the rating on the right axis. Boring is good — sudden swings stand out against an otherwise stable curve.

New reviews

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Rating change

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#32#32#32#31#315.003.752.501.250.00May 28May 31Jun 3Jun 6Jun 10Total reviewsRating (0–5)
Gleam Competitions added 0 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where Gleam Competitions sits day-by-day in Giveaways and contests.

Position across the Giveaways and contests page, snapshot daily. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so the strongest ranks sit at the top of the chart. Open the full Giveaways and contests leaderboard →

#15#17#19#20#22May 28May 31Jun 4Jun 8Jun 12Gleam Competitions · #17Woorise · #16Prizo · #18
Best position observed: #17. Gleam Competitions climbed 4 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Gleam Competitions sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Giveaways and contests category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Giveaways and contests

#9

of 53 active apps

Review count percentile

85th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

50th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

12

since 2013

Listing change cadence

What Gleam Competitions 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.

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Shopify Lastmod · Jul 2

2026-06-30 → 2026-07-01

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2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

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PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

3.60(31 reviews)
  • 86%positive70
  • 0%neutral0
  • 14%negative11

Popular mentions

  • bugs
  • onboarding
  • ease of use

Top themes

  1. bugs1
  2. onboarding1
  3. ease of use1

What merchants praise

“We absolutely LOVE GLEAM! One of our favorite apps. And Stuart is VERY on top of things. http://titansurvival.com”
Titanparacord · 5★

What merchants complain about

“Unfortunately this app just requires plan upgrade after plan upgrade in order to get any real use from it. The final straw for me was not being able to use competition hashtag entries unless I upgraded to an almost $400USD / month plan! Until you upgrade to the next plans from the last plans (all payable immediately) you won't really know easily, what you are in for.”
ZAC MOTOR SPORT · 2★

Plans

Gleam Competitions pricing tiers.

Free

Free

  • Embed in Shopify Store
  • Unlimited Campaigns
  • Display Winners in Widget
  • Hosted Landing Page
  • Verified Action
  • Advanced Fraud Detection

Pro

$59/month

  • Prize Images
  • Post-Entry Notifications
  • Viral Share
  • User Data
  • Pixel Tracking
  • Custom Landing Pages
  • Post-Entry Redirect
  • Basic Photo Contests

Business

$179/month

  • Custom Post-Entry Emails
  • Custom Fields
  • Import External Entries
  • Subscriber List Promotion
  • Custom CSS
  • Event Mode
  • Remove 'Powered by Gleam'

Premium

$499/month

  • Leaderboard Embed
  • 5 Team Size
  • Entry API
  • Post Entry + Integration Webhooks
  • Custom SMTP
  • Whitelabel Social Apps

Capabilities

What Gleam Competitions can do.

The 63 capabilities Gleam Competitions lists across each of its 2 categories, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

Giveaways and contests

Campaign types

6
  • Instant win
  • Refer-a-friend
  • Photo contests
  • Video contests
  • Raffles
  • Sweepstakes

Submission management

13
  • Auto-entry
  • Survey rewards
  • Subscription entry
  • Social sharing entry
  • Custom entry
  • Geolocation
  • Auto-winner selection
  • Fair selection
  • Voting
  • Email confirmation
  • Conversion tracking
  • A/B testing
  • Analytics

Customization

9
  • Branding
  • Email templates
  • Custom CSS
  • Discount codes
  • Form fields
  • Landing pages
  • Post-entry emails
  • Multi-language
  • Storefront widget

Pop-ups

Pop-up types

17
  • Sales pop-ups
  • Email pop-ups
  • Cart pop-ups
  • Exit intent
  • Discounts
  • Rewards
  • Countdown timers
  • Newsletters
  • Forms
  • Banners
  • Announcements
  • Surveys
  • Warning pop-ups
  • Age verification
  • Consent pop-ups
  • Reviews pop-up
  • Custom pop-ups

Managing pop-ups

18
  • Editor tool
  • Templates
  • Custom code
  • Custom fonts
  • Translation
  • Localization
  • Email capture list
  • Campaigns
  • Triggers and rules
  • Automations
  • Targeting
  • Geolocation
  • Segmentation
  • Reporting
  • Analytics
  • A/B testing
  • Tracking
  • APIs and webhooks

FAQ

Gleam Competitions — frequently asked questions.

What is Gleam Competitions on Shopify?
Gleam Competitions is a Shopify app in the Giveaways and contests category. Gleam Competitions is a Contest + Sweepstakes widget you can set up with a combination of entry methods that will drive traffic to your shop & increase real user engagement from visitors. Entrants have to complete actions such as subscribe to your email list or interact on social media in exchange for a chance to win your prize. Giveaway marketing is easy: Collect emails from visitors who want to win your prize, then keep them engaged with sales funnels & discounts after the giveaway is over. It averages 3.60 out of 5 across 31 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Gleam Competitions cost?
Gleam Competitions offers a free plan and 3 paid plans starting at $59/month and going up to $499/month. The free plan includes Embed in Shopify Store, Unlimited Campaigns, Display Winners in Widget, and Hosted Landing Page. The paid plans unlock advanced features beyond what's available on the free tier.
Is Gleam Competitions free?
Yes — Gleam Competitions offers a free plan alongside paid options. The free plan includes Embed in Shopify Store, Unlimited Campaigns, and Display Winners in Widget. Paid plans start at $59/month for advanced features.
When was Gleam Competitions launched?
Gleam Competitions launched on December 4, 2013 — over 12 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 31 merchant reviews.
Is Gleam Competitions Built for Shopify?
Gleam Competitions 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 Gleam Competitions alternatives?
Merchants commonly compare Gleam Competitions with Pop Convert, SendWILL Popup Email Marketing, Smile, and Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS. 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 complaints come up about Gleam Competitions?
14% of analyzed merchant reviews are negative. The pain points most often raised in critical reviews are bugs, onboarding, and ease of use — see the review fingerprint above for the per-merchant detail.

Alternatives

Apps merchants pick instead.

Pop Convert

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4.90★8,311

Known for: pricing

SendWILL

SendWILL Popup Email Marketing

4.90★7,080

Known for: customer-support

Smile.io

Smile: Loyalty Program Rewards

4.90★4,275

Omnisend

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS

4.80★2,971

Known for: customer-support

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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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