PenguinCOD

Name: PenguinCOD: Partial COD & OTP
Price: 6.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.00 (18 reviews)
Author: Form Fever Technologies Private Limited

Shopify pay later app by Form Fever Technologies Private Limited·All-in-one COD management with OTP verification, partial prepaid, COD fees and zone-based rules

Snapshot yesterday

5.00(18 reviews)#21of 81 inPay later

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

CategoriesPay later

Rating

5.00

18 reviews

Pricing

From $6/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

Years live

launched Dec 19, 2025

Last updated

Jun 30, 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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28-day Δ

Rating change

7-day Δ

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28-day Δ

+0.00

PenguinCOD added 0 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where PenguinCOD sits day-by-day in Pay later.

Position across the Pay later 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 Pay later leaderboard →

Best position observed: #13. PenguinCOD slipped 3 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where PenguinCOD sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Pay later category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Pay later

#21

of 81 active apps

Review count percentile

75th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

66th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

since 2025

Listing change cadence

What PenguinCOD 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.

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 30

2026-06-27 → 2026-06-29

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 28

2026-06-25 → 2026-06-27

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

5.00(18 reviews)

96%positive22
0%neutral0
4%negative1

Top themes

What merchants praise

“I love that this app works exactly as described. The support team is responsive, setup is quick, and managing COD with partial deposits is seamless. It really gives you peace of mind when running a Shopify store.”

Dehmar · 5★

What merchants complain about

“Totally a waste of time. It has so many time lag issues once we click on any payment option, user bounces back till it reaches the checkout page. Do not use, Not Recommended. It's support system is run by its owner himself and he shows attitude once I asked about the time lag issue, he said,"If you expect it to do something it was not designed to do then that is not my problem".”

Brinda Farming · 1★

Plans

PenguinCOD pricing tiers.

Free to Use

Free

Upto 30 Orders/month
Upto 100 OTP/Phone Verifications/month
Take Partial Payment/Deposit Upfront
Prepaid discount and COD Charges/Fee
Shiprocket Integration for Partial COD
Setup Rules to limit COD payments
Customise Popup Design
No SMS or transaction charges in India

Starter

$6/month

Upto 500 Orders/month
Upto 600 OTP/Phone Verifications/month
Take Partial Payment/Deposit Upfront
Prepaid discount and COD Charges/Fee
Shiprocket Integration for Partial COD
Setup Rules to limit COD payments
Customise Popup Design
No SMS or transaction charges in India

Growth

$25/month

Unlimited Monthly Orders
Upto 5000 OTP/Phone Verifications/month
Take Partial Payment/Deposit Upfront
Prepaid discount and COD Charges/Fee
Shiprocket Integration for Partial COD
Setup Rules to limit COD payments
Customise Popup Design
No SMS or transaction charges in India

Unlimited

$99/month

Unlimited Monthly Orders
Unlimited OTP/Phone Verifications
Take Partial Payment/Deposit Upfront
Prepaid discount and COD Charges/Fee
Shiprocket Integration for Partial COD
Setup Rules to limit COD payments
Customise Popup Design
No SMS or transaction charges in India

Capabilities

What PenguinCOD can do.

The 7 capabilities PenguinCOD lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

COD management

Custom fees
Prepaid incentives
Hide payment type
Sort payment types
One-time password (OTP)
Phone confirmation
SMS confirmation

FAQ

PenguinCOD — frequently asked questions.

What is PenguinCOD on Shopify?

PenguinCOD, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as PenguinCOD: Partial COD & OTP, is a Shopify app in the Pay later category. Reduce RTO and stop fake COD orders with OTP verification and partial prepaid deposits. Collect a small upfront payment on cash on delivery orders to ensure genuine buyers. Add COD fees to recover shipping costs and offer prepaid discounts to shift customers toward online payments. Block COD for specific regions using zone-based rules. Set order value limits and collection-based restrictions for full control. Ready to set up in minutes with a clean, intuitive interface. It averages 5.00 out of 5 across 18 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.

How much does PenguinCOD cost?

PenguinCOD offers a free plan and 3 paid plans starting at $6/month and going up to $99/month. The free plan includes Upto 30 Orders/month, Upto 100 OTP/Phone Verifications/month, Take Partial Payment/Deposit Upfront, and Prepaid discount and COD Charges/Fee. The paid plans unlock advanced features beyond what's available on the free tier.

Is PenguinCOD free?

Yes — PenguinCOD offers a free plan alongside paid options. The free plan includes Upto 30 Orders/month, Upto 100 OTP/Phone Verifications/month, and Take Partial Payment/Deposit Upfront. Paid plans start at $6/month for advanced features.

When was PenguinCOD launched?

PenguinCOD launched on December 19, 2025. In that time it has gathered 18 merchant reviews.

Is PenguinCOD Built for Shopify?

PenguinCOD 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 PenguinCOD alternatives?

Merchants commonly compare PenguinCOD with Releasit COD Form & Upsells, COD King‑Part COD & OTP Verify, EasySell COD Form & Upsells, and Releasit COD Fee. 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.

Alternatives

Apps merchants pick instead.

Releasit

Releasit COD Form & Upsells

4.90★2,663

Known for: customer-support

Notifik Technologies LLP - COD King

COD King‑Part COD & OTP Verify

4.90★926

Tyslo

EasySell COD Form & Upsells

4.90★888

Known for: customer-support

Releasit

Releasit COD Fee

4.80★586

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 yesterday.

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