Shopify app comparison · updated Sep 16, 2026
GiftKart vs Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit
Compare GiftKart and Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit for Shopify using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
Zura Technologies
GiftKart: Cashback Rewards
No Points, No coupons, No loyalty math. Simple & Seamless rewards with Cashback using store credits!
- Rating
- 4.90
- Reviews
- 113
- Review growth · 30d
- +10 · +9.7%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 5
- Stores observed
- 729
Rise.ai
Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit
AI-powered customer retention with gift cards, store credit, loyalty, rewards, cashback & refunds
- Rating
- 4.70
- Reviews
- 755
- Review growth · 30d
- +49 · +6.9%
- Pricing
- Free trial available
- Years on Shopify
- 12
- Stores observed
- 1,123
Our read
Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit has the stronger observed market footprint in OngoingAI's data — it appears on 1.5× more tracked stores and carries 6.6× the App Store review depth. Ratings and recent review growth are closer.
- Rating
- GiftKart leads4.9 vs 4.7
- Review growth
- GiftKart faster+9.7% vs +6.9%
- Review depth
- Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit6.6× more reviews
- Observed adoption
- Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit1.5× more tracked stores
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.
Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit 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 | GiftKart | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.90 | 4.70 | GiftKart +0.20 |
| Reviews | 113 | 755 | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit 6.6× |
| Review growth · 30d | +10 · +9.7% | +49 · +6.9% | GiftKart faster |
| Listed pricing | Free plan available | Free trial available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 5 | 12 | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit +7y |
| Stores observed | 729 | 1,123 | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit leads |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
GiftKart
4.96 avg · 105 reviews
Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit
4.82 avg · 704 reviews
| Signal | GiftKart | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 96% | 91% | GiftKart leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | 4.67 | 3.86 | GiftKart leads |
| Replies to reviews | 6% | 54% | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit leads |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | — | 85% | Level |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 3% | 24% | Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit leads |
| Top market | United States 47% | United States 64% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 105 | 704 | — |
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 GiftKart if…
- You need membership perks
- You need custom rewards
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
- Recent review-growth signals matter to you
Choose Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit if…
- You need physical
- You need sms
- You need in-person
- A larger observed Shopify footprint is reassuring
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
What GiftKart and Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 65% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
GiftKart only
2
- Membership perks
- Custom rewards
Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit only
14
- Physical
- SMS
- In-person
- Memberships
- VIP tiers
- Referrals
- Subscriptions
- Wishlists
- Stamp or punch cards
- Custom programs
- Gifts
- Free shipping
- Free products
- Early access
26 shared capabilities
- Loyalty and rewards
- Reward programs
- Gift card programs
- Cash back programs
- Digital wallets
- Gift cards
- Cash back
- Store credit
- POS rewards
- Branded
- Bulk
- Digital
- Reloadable
- Custom amounts
- Custom design
- Custom email
- Redemption page
- Balance page
- Gift messages
- Expiry date
- Reminders
- Gift card import
- Bulk send
- Custom date
- Scheduled 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.
GiftKart
729
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit
1,123
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 GiftKart and Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit.
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 GiftKart or Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.