OngoingAI

Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026

Appointment Booking App ApntlyvsAppointment Booking Cowlendar

Compare Appointment Booking App Apntly and Appointment Booking Cowlendar for Shopify event booking using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.

Appointly

Appointment Booking App Apntly

Take booking for events, appointments, services on your calendar. Calendar Appointment Booking App.

Rating
5.00
Reviews
1,557
Review growth · 30d
+15 · +1.0%
Pricing
Free plan available
Years on Shopify
5
Stores observed
99

Booking Appointment Cowlendar

Appointment Booking Cowlendar

Take unlimited bookings and appointment on your calendar. Booking app for events, rental & service

Rating
4.90
Reviews
2,177
Review growth · 30d
+26 · +1.2%
Pricing
Free plan available
Years on Shopify
4
Stores observed
No footprint yet

What stands out

Ratings
Appointment Booking App Apntly higher (5.00 vs 4.90)
Review growth
Appointment Booking Cowlendar faster (+1.2% vs +1.0%)
Review depth
Appointment Booking Cowlendar 1.4× more reviews
Adoption
Not comparable yet

Head-to-head

The signals, side by side.

Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.

DimensionAppointment Booking App ApntlyAppointment Booking CowlendarDifference
Rating5.004.90Appointment Booking App Apntly +0.10
Reviews1,5572,177Appointment Booking Cowlendar 1.4×
Review growth · 30d+15 · +1.0%+26 · +1.2%Appointment Booking Cowlendar faster
Listed pricingFree plan availableFree plan availableNot directly comparable
Years on Shopify54Appointment Booking App Apntly +1y
Stores observed99No footprint yetNot comparable

Which fits your requirements?

Choose by what you actually need.

Choose Appointment Booking App Apntly if…

  • You need custom tickets
  • You need custom css
  • You need analytics
  • A higher App Store rating is a priority

Choose Appointment Booking Cowlendar if…

  • You need download limits
  • You need custom links
  • You need ip restrictions
  • Recent review-growth signals matter to you

Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.

Feature differences

93% of listed capabilities overlap.

These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.

Appointment Booking App Apntly only

3

  • Custom tickets
  • Custom CSS
  • Analytics

Appointment Booking Cowlendar only

3

  • Download limits
  • Custom links
  • IP restrictions
Show 37 shared capabilities
  • Event booking
  • Appointments
  • Rentals
  • Classes
  • Services
  • Reservations
  • In-person
  • Online
  • Custom events
  • Calendar
  • Scheduling
  • Time slots
  • Block dates
  • Multi-booking
  • Cancel booking
  • Capacity limits
  • Ticketing
  • Event check-in
  • Data sync
  • Real-time updates
  • Email notifications
  • SMS notifications
  • Multi-language
  • Multi-location
  • Payments
  • Deposits
  • Staff management
  • Booking pages
  • Calendar widget
  • Custom forms
  • Custom notifications
  • Branding
  • Digital products
  • Courses
  • Videos
  • Custom
  • Email delivery

Observed adoption

Who actually runs each, on real stores.

The stores OngoingAI’s weekly census observes running each app, and the platform each skews toward — observed presence, not vendor-reported install totals.

Adoption comparison unavailable — a publishable footprint exists for only one app.

Appointment Booking App Apntly

99

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 100%

Appointment Booking Cowlendar

No reliable footprint yet

OngoingAI hasn’t observed enough high-confidence installations to publish an adoption count. This does not mean zero installations.

Scope

What this comparison measures.

What it measures

Shopify App Store ratings, review counts and 30-day review growth, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Appointment Booking App Apntly and Appointment Booking Cowlendar.

What it doesn’t

Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.

Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Aug 25, 2026.

See who’s switching — as it happens.

Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Appointment Booking App Apntly or Appointment Booking Cowlendar, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.