Shopify app comparison · updated Sep 16, 2026
Awtomic vs Recharge
Compare Awtomic and Recharge for Shopify using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
Awtomic
Awtomic Subscriptions
Easily sell and manage Wine Clubs, Subscriptions, Bundles, Build-a-box, and Add-ons.
- Rating
- 5.00
- Reviews
- 35
- Review growth · 30d
- +1 · +2.9%
- Pricing
- Free trial available
- Years on Shopify
- 5
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
Recharge
Recharge Subscriptions App
The subscription platform built for the world’s fastest-growing brands.
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 3,121
- Review growth · 30d
- +161 · +5.4%
- Pricing
- Free trial available
- Years on Shopify
- 12
- Stores observed
- 4,467
What stands out
Recharge carries 86.7× the App Store review depth; the other measurable signals are close.
- Rating
- Awtomic leads5.0 vs 4.8
- Review growth
- Recharge faster+5.4% vs +2.9%
- Review depth
- Recharge86.7× more reviews
- Observed adoption
- Not comparable yet
Review trajectory
How each app's Shopify reviews are moving.
Daily App Store review counts since we began tracking — who's gaining reviews fastest, who holds the larger base, and how the race is developing.
Recharge Subscriptions App leads total reviews and is adding them fastest over the tracked window.
Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Aug 18 – Sep 15, 2026
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.
| Dimension | Awtomic | Recharge | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5.00 | 4.80 | Awtomic +0.20 |
| Reviews | 35 | 3,121 | Recharge 86.7× |
| Review growth · 30d | +1 · +2.9% | +161 · +5.4% | Recharge faster |
| Listed pricing | Free trial available | Free trial available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 5 | 12 | Recharge +7y |
| Stores observed | No footprint yet | 4,467 | Not comparable |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
Awtomic
4.97 avg · 34 reviews
Recharge
4.73 avg · 2,982 reviews
| Signal | Awtomic | Recharge | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 97% | 89% | Awtomic leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | — | 4.92 | Level |
| Replies to reviews | 18% | 41% | Recharge leads |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | — | 44% | Level |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 15% | 58% | Recharge leads |
| Top market | United States 74% | United States 66% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 34 | 2,982 | — |
Based on public merchant reviews, with newer feedback given more weight. OngoingAI matches each review to an identifiable store and the app they use.
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose Awtomic if…
- You need wholesale bundles
- You need percentage discounts
- You need cart discounts
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Choose Recharge if…
- You need freemium
- You need usage-based pricing
- You need per-user pricing
- 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
What Awtomic and Recharge each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 78% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Awtomic only
5
- Wholesale bundles
- Percentage discounts
- Cart discounts
- Free shipping
- Donations
Recharge only
9
- Freemium
- Usage-based pricing
- Per-user pricing
- One-time payment
- Multipacks
- Infinite option bundles
- Cross-sell bundles
- Frequently bought together
- Volume discounts
31 shared capabilities
- Product bundles
- Fixed bundles
- Mix-and-match bundles
- Variant bundles
- Build a box
- Gift boxes
- Mystery boxes
- Sample packs
- Subscription boxes
- Upsell bundles
- Related products
- Digital products
- Physical products
- Custom bundles
- Fixed pricing
- Tiered pricing
- Quantity breaks
- Discounts
- Flat discounts
- Subscriptions
- Dynamic pricing
- Custom pricing
- Curated subscriptions
- Replenishment subscriptions
- Access subscriptions
- Memberships
- Services
- Custom subscriptions
- Recurring payments
- Subscribe and save
- Trial periods
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.
Awtomic
No reliable footprint yet
OngoingAI hasn’t observed enough high-confidence installations to publish an adoption count. This does not mean zero installations.
Recharge
4,467
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
Scope
What this comparison measures.
What it measures
Shopify App Store ratings and review counts, rating distribution, developer reply rates, reviewer tenure and geography, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Awtomic and Recharge.
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 Sep 16, 2026.
See who’s switching — as it happens.
Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Awtomic or Recharge, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.