YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing

Shopify sms marketing app by inkOfPixel·Send targeted SMS campaigns and automate customer messaging to increase sales and engagement rates

Snapshot

4.60(67 reviews)#23of 146 inSMS marketing

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

CategoriesSMS marketing

Rating

4.60

67 reviews

Pricing

From $0/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

Yes

Years live

5

launched Jul 13, 2020

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

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28-day Δ

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Rating change

7-day Δ

+0.00

28-day Δ

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#67#67#67#66#665.003.752.501.250.00May 28Jun 5Jun 14Jun 22Jul 1Total reviewsRating (0–5)
YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing added 0 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing sits day-by-day in SMS marketing.

Position across the SMS marketing 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 SMS marketing leaderboard →

#1#3#5#7#9May 28May 31Jun 4Jun 8Jun 12YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing · #7Brevo PushOwl · #6TxtCart AI · #8
Best position observed: #3. YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing slipped 2 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Keyword rank over time

Where YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing shows up in App Store search.

Daily position on the Shopify App Store search-results page for every tracked term YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing ranks on. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so strong ranks sit at the top. Best so far: #9 on "email marketing".

#8#27#45#64#82May 28Jun 5Jun 14Jun 23Jul 2email marketingabandoned cart
2 terms, 71 daily observations. Tracked daily from Ongoing.AI's App Store search snapshots — gaps are days the app fell off the captured pages entirely.

  • email marketing

    #10

    best #9

    −1 positions

  • abandoned cart

    #81

    best #67

    −4 positions

Catalog position

Where YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the SMS marketing category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in SMS marketing

#23

of 146 active apps

Review count percentile

85th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

61th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

5

since 2020

Listing change cadence

What YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing 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

4.60(67 reviews)
  • 90%positive84
  • 2%neutral2
  • 8%negative7

Popular mentions

  • bugs
  • customer support

Top themes

  1. bugs1
  2. customer support1

What merchants praise

“Dopo l'aggiornamento alla nuova versione l'app fa davvero la differenza. Davvero super. Funziona benissimo. Super gentili e disponibili. Staff sempre in linea per ogni problema. After the update to the new version the app really makes a difference. Really super. Works great. Super friendly and helpful. Staff always on line for any problem.”
JustMary.fun · 5★

What merchants complain about

“very limited features and is annoying that you cannot remove their stop sms link which accounts for 50% of the sms message length limit.”
CRISAN Beauty · 1★ · 2025-11-06

Plans

YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing pricing tiers.

Free

Free to install

    Capabilities

    What YSMS can do.

    The 22 capabilities YSMS lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

    Managing campaigns

    12
    • Bulk messaging
    • Compliance
    • Custom sender ID
    • Translation
    • Personalized messages
    • Scheduled messages
    • Templates
    • Conversion metrics
    • Real-time analytics
    • ROI tracking
    • Segmentation
    • Custom segments

    Workflow automation

    10
    • Cart recovery
    • Birthday messages
    • Discount codes
    • Feedback requests
    • Order confirmations
    • Payment reminders
    • Product recommendations
    • Order tracking
    • Welcome messages
    • Win-back campaigns

    FAQ

    YSMS — frequently asked questions.

    What is YSMS on Shopify?
    YSMS, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as YSMS ‑ SMS Marketing, is a Shopify app in the SMS marketing category. Transform SMS marketing with YSMS's automation suite. Create targeted campaigns using advanced segmentation, recover abandoned carts automatically, and send timely notifications for back-in-stock items and order updates. Track real-time performance with analytics showing clicks, conversions, and ROI. With pre-built templates, Shopify Flow integration, and multi-language support, YSMS makes SMS marketing accessible to any store. It averages 4.60 out of 5 across 67 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does YSMS cost?
    YSMS is priced at $0/month on the Shopify App Store.
    When was YSMS launched?
    YSMS launched on July 13, 2020 — over 5 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 67 merchant reviews.
    Is YSMS Built for Shopify?
    Yes — YSMS 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 YSMS alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare YSMS with Privy, Shopify Messaging, Klaviyo, and AfterShip 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 YSMS?
    8% of analyzed merchant reviews are negative. The pain points most often raised in critical reviews are bugs and customer support — see the review fingerprint above for the per-merchant detail.

    Alternatives

    Apps merchants pick instead.

    Privy Operations

    Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups

    4.50★4,038

    Known for: billing-issues

    Shopify

    Shopify Messaging

    4.70★3,871

    Known for: bug

    Klaviyo

    Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS

    4.70★2,941

    Known for: pricing

    AfterShip

    AfterShip Email Marketing,SMS

    4.70★1,943

    Known for: pricing

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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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