Referral Candy & Affiliate

Shopify affiliate programs app by ReferralCandy·Your all-in-one affiliate & referral marketing solution.

Snapshot

4.90(1,449 reviews)#2of 225 inAffiliate programs

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

CategoriesAffiliate programsLoyalty and rewards

Rating

4.90

1,449 reviews

Pricing

From $39/mo

free_trial

Built for Shopify

Yes

Years live

15

launched Sep 28, 2010

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

7-day Δ

+0

28-day Δ

-3

Rating change

7-day Δ

+0.00

28-day Δ

+0.00

1,4541,4511,4491,4471,4445.003.752.501.250.00May 28Jun 5Jun 14Jun 22Jul 1Total reviewsRating (0–5)
Referral Candy & Affiliate lost 3 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where Referral Candy & Affiliate sits day-by-day in Affiliate programs.

Position across the Affiliate programs 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 Affiliate programs leaderboard →

#7#10#13#15#18May 28Jun 5Jun 14Jun 23Jul 2Referral Candy & Affiliate · #10Referral Program ‑ Shopjar · #9impact.com Affiliate Marketing · #11
Best position observed: #9. Referral Candy & Affiliate climbed 1 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Keyword rank over time

Where Referral Candy & Affiliate shows up in App Store search.

Daily position on the Shopify App Store search-results page for every tracked term Referral Candy & Affiliate ranks on. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so strong ranks sit at the top. Best so far: #94 on "loyalty".

#93#94#95#96#97May 30May 31Jun 2Jun 3Jun 5loyalty
1 term, 5 daily observations. Tracked daily from Ongoing.AI's App Store search snapshots — gaps are days the app fell off the captured pages entirely.

  • loyalty

    #96

    best #94

    −1 positions

Catalog position

Where Referral Candy & Affiliate sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Affiliate programs category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Affiliate programs

#2

of 225 active apps

Review count percentile

100th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

75th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

15

since 2010

Listing change cadence

What Referral Candy & Affiliate 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

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 30

2026-06-28 → 2026-06-29

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

4.90(1,449 reviews)
  • 98%positive1,475
  • 1%neutral10
  • 1%negative19

Popular mentions

  • customer support

Top themes

  1. customer support1

What merchants praise

“Quick setup, professional templates and flexible rewards make this a great value referral app. Analytics could be stronger and mobile interface needs work, but the ROI is excellent for small/mid-sized businesses without development resources. Jessa was super helpful!”
Tappwater · 5★

What merchants complain about

“The only communication with customer service is by email, no phone number to call, and they take a few days in responding. The app doesn't even work like it is supposed to and keeps spamming my customer with invitations that don´t even work”
THE PARABALL · 1★

Plans

Referral Candy & Affiliate pricing tiers.

Basic

$39/month

  • All features on every plan
  • For brands getting started

Grow

$79/month

  • All features on every plan
  • For brands scaling referral revenue

Scale

$249/month

  • All features on every plan
  • For high-volume where margins matter

Enterprise

$799/month

  • All features on every plan
  • Dedicated onboarding & account manager

Capabilities

What Referral Candy & Affiliate can do.

The 39 capabilities Referral Candy & Affiliate lists across each of its 2 categories, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

Affiliate programs

Commission options

7
  • Automated rules
  • Tracking
  • Custom commission
  • Performance bonuses
  • Product commission
  • Royalties
  • Tiered benefits

Referral management

10
  • Achievement tracking
  • Affiliate links
  • Analytics
  • Auto-tracking
  • Bulk link generation
  • Discounts
  • Email tracking
  • Post-purchase pop-ups
  • Fraud protection
  • Real-time tracking

Affiliate experience

7
  • Custom dashboards
  • Page creation
  • Custom registration
  • Branded portal
  • Custom links and discounts
  • Custom forms
  • Custom branding

Payments

1
  • PayPal

Loyalty and rewards

Program types

6
  • Reward programs
  • VIP tiers
  • Affiliate programs
  • Referrals
  • Cash back programs
  • Custom programs

Rewards you can offer

8
  • Discounts
  • Coupons
  • Gifts
  • Cash back
  • Store credit
  • Free products
  • Commission
  • Custom rewards

FAQ

Referral Candy & Affiliate — frequently asked questions.

What is Referral Candy & Affiliate on Shopify?
Referral Candy & Affiliate is a Shopify app in the Affiliate programs category. Grow your brand with referral & affiliate programs, instead of expensive ads. ReferralCandy helps you get more sales by rewarding loyal customers and working with affiliates. Our new Referral Expert, a built-in AI assistant, helps you launch and fine-tune campaigns from your store's real data. You already own the best acquisition channels: your own customers & affiliates. Automate your rewards and payouts, reward your customers to spread the word, and watch new orders come in. It averages 4.90 out of 5 across 1,449 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Referral Candy & Affiliate cost?
Referral Candy & Affiliate has 4 paid plans on the Shopify App Store, starting at $39/month and going up to $799/month.
Is Referral Candy & Affiliate free?
No, Referral Candy & Affiliate is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $39/month on the Shopify App Store.
When was Referral Candy & Affiliate launched?
Referral Candy & Affiliate launched on September 28, 2010 — over 15 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 1,449 merchant reviews.
Is Referral Candy & Affiliate Built for Shopify?
Yes — Referral Candy & Affiliate carries Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. This certification is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value, and is reviewed by the Shopify team rather than self-declared by the developer.
What are the best Referral Candy & Affiliate alternatives?
Merchants commonly compare Referral Candy & Affiliate 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 complaints come up about Referral Candy & Affiliate?
1% of analyzed merchant reviews are negative. The pain points most often raised in critical reviews are customer support — see the review fingerprint above for the per-merchant detail.

Alternatives

Apps merchants pick instead.

Appstle Inc.

Appstle℠ Subscriptions App

5.00★7,597

Known for: pricing

Smile.io

Smile: Loyalty Program Rewards

4.90★4,275

Stamped.io

Stamped Reviews & Loyalty

4.70★3,613

Known for: pricing

UpPromote

UpPromote Affiliate Marketing

4.90★3,499
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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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