Shopify app comparison · refreshed
Gelato vs Printify
Two Shopify apps in the dropshipping category, compared on the dimensions merchants actually weigh: ratings, review momentum, pricing, customer-support sentiment, bugs, and what reviewers uniquely call out. Built from 4,565 live Shopify App Store reviews.
Gelato
Gelato: Print on Demand
Print on demand for your ecommerce business
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 841
- Δ reviews · 48d
- +14
- Δ rating · 48d
- +0.00
- Pricing
- From $29/mo
- Built for Shopify
- No
Printify
Printify: Print on Demand
Create and sell custom products worldwide – no inventory required.
- Rating
- 4.70
- Reviews
- 3,724
- Δ reviews · 49d
- +348
- Δ rating · 49d
- +0.00
- Pricing
- From $39/mo
- Built for Shopify
- No
Scorecard
The decision, by the numbers.
Each row reads directly from the live App Store listing and the observed review-stats history. No editorialising on top.
Trajectory
Momentum and risk profile.
Review momentum
Reviews gained since first observed snapshot · past 48d
Star distribution
Share of reviews at each star tier — wider 1- and 2-star bands read as a fatter tail of negative experiences.
Gelato
841 reviews
Printify
3,724 reviews
Feature footprint
How similar are these apps, really?
Every capability tag both apps list on the Shopify App Store, mapped into shared ground and side-specific edges. Same taxonomy on both sides — Shopify’s own.
Gelato only
21
Shared
23
Printify only
15
Capabilities by Shopify category
44 · 39 total
Sourcing locations
Dropshipping
Products
Print on demand (POD)
Products you can sell
Dropshipping
Product customization
Print on demand (POD)
Shipping options
Print on demand (POD)
Gelato only
21
- Brazil
- Chile
- China
- Denmark
- France
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Portugal
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- Private labels
- Custom packaging
Shared
23
- Clothing and accessories
- Arts and crafts
- Australia
- Canada
- Germany
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Design tools
- Mockup generator
- Personalization
- Bags
- Apparel
- Embroidery
- Hats
- Drinkware
- Holiday gifts
- Home decor
- Wall art
- Eco-friendly
- Organic
- White label
- Global fulfillment
Printify only
15
- Bags and luggage
- Health and beauty
- Baby products
- Sports products
- Pet products
- Automotive
- Czechia
- Latvia
- Pack-ins
- All-over-print
- Blankets
- Shoes
- Bulk shipping
- Eco shipping
- Order tracking
Side-by-side by axis
What merchants actually say.
Semantic search across the review corpus, bucketed by sentiment, with the strongest positive and negative quotes per side.
customer support
Gelato
90% positive · avg rating 4.55
“Gelato has been great! Customer support is excellent and the quality of the products is very good! They have 24/7 live chat and they always want to help. On top of this they have a customer success manager for you. Thank you Laura and team! Vicente and Mariana”
“WORST APP & TERRIBLE SUPPORT! Dissatisfied with this gelato app due to several recurring issues that have severely impacted our operations and tarnished our customer relationships. Notably, a critical system error prevented customers from adding items to their cart, which significantly affected our sales. The support team incorrectly blamed our theme when the fault was clearly on their end. Additionally, unresolved saving errors continue to hinder our business operations. We also faced a shipping and printing error, resulting in unnecessary charges due to stock unavailability. The lack of accountability and resolution from the support team is unacceptable.”
Printify
86% positive · avg rating 4.34
“Customer service is prompt and supportive. Our account manager is the best! However, I don't need another email about my request has been received. I already try to give reviews. Just pick one please”
“The inability to speak with a person makes seemingly small issues march larger. We have to use Gemini, Youtube, and other resources at times to find the answers to our questions. We understand that they want to keep the cost down and having actual customer service reps to answer a call over mundane issues is expensive. Even Google and Meta have live people to help if only to help escalate issues faster or to the appropriate department. Once we have a steady customer base we are going to look into production on our own as Printify doesn't have the customer support we require at times.”
pricing
Gelato
0% positive · avg rating —
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
Printify
50% positive · avg rating 3.50
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
ease of use
Gelato
100% positive · avg rating 4.97
“sehr gut und einfach zu bedienen und alles ist easy zu managen”
Printify
100% positive · avg rating 4.91
“The ease of the interface and the layout of the site itself.”
onboarding
Gelato
0% positive · avg rating —
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
Printify
100% positive · avg rating 5.00
“makes getting started on either your own or a customers ideas easy.”
bugs
Gelato
100% positive · avg rating 4.50
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
Printify
100% positive · avg rating 5.00
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
performance
Gelato
100% positive · avg rating 5.00
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
Printify
100% positive · avg rating 4.83
No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.
What each is known for
Themes reviewers raise.
The topics that surface most across reviews — the shared backbone and what each app is uniquely known for.
Gelato
- customer-support3
- product-quality2
- pricing1
- communication1
- product-issues1
- bugs1
- api-issues1
- performance1
Uniquely product-issues · api-issues · misleading-claims · technical-issues
Printify
- customer-support106
- product-quality49
- ease-of-use26
- pricing23
- bug15
- reliability12
- performance11
- inventory-management9
Uniquely ease-of-use · bug · reliability · inventory-management
Shared themes
Same Shopify categories
Methodology
Where the numbers come from.
Ratings, review counts, pricing, and the “Built for Shopify” flag come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily. Trend deltas compare the snapshot from 365 days ago against today. Sentiment counts and quotes are derived from semantic search across the live review corpus, bucketed by rating sign — every quote on this page is a real review, not a paraphrase. Snapshot generated .
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