Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026
GSC Email Marketing + Popupsvs
OptiMonk
Compare GSC Email Marketing + Popups and OptiMonk for Shopify using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
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GSC Email Marketing + Popups
Email marketing with email automation, campaigns, newsletters, popups, and ready-made templates
- Rating
- 4.70
- Reviews
- 55
- Review growth · 30d
- +1 · +1.9%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 6
- Stores observed
- 1,987
OptiMonk
OptiMonk: AI Popup Builder
Popups that perfectly match your brand. Built in minutes. Designed to convert.
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 420
- Review growth · 30d
- +3 · +0.7%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 11
- Stores observed
- 747
Our read
- Ratings
- OptiMonk higher (4.80 vs 4.70)
- Review growth
- GSC Email Marketing + Popups faster (+1.9% vs +0.7%)
- Review depth
- OptiMonk 7.5× more reviews
- Adoption
- GSC Email Marketing + Popups larger (1,987 vs 747)
OngoingAI's data favors GSC Email Marketing + Popups on observed Shopify adoption (1,987 vs 747 stores), with faster recent review growth.
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 | GSC Email Marketing + Popups | OptiMonk | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.70 | 4.80 | OptiMonk +0.10 |
| Reviews | 55 | 420 | OptiMonk 7.5× |
| Review growth · 30d | +1 · +1.9% | +3 · +0.7% | GSC Email Marketing + Popups faster |
| Listed pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 6 | 11 | OptiMonk +5y |
| Stores observed | 1,987 | 747 | GSC Email Marketing + Popups leads |
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose GSC Email Marketing + Popups if…
- You need email marketing
- You need email campaigns
- You need promotions
- Recent review-growth signals matter to you
Choose OptiMonk if…
- You need sms pop-ups
- You need spin the wheel
- You need games
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
65% of listed capabilities overlap.
These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.
GSC Email Marketing + Popups only
14
- Email marketing
- Email campaigns
- Promotions
- Cross-sell emails
- Welcome emails
- Follow-up emails
- Win-back emails
- Product recommendations
- Drip campaigns
- Import and export
- Email domains
- Insights and tips
- Warning pop-ups
- Age verification
OptiMonk only
14
- SMS pop-ups
- Spin the wheel
- Games
- Consent pop-ups
- Custom pop-ups
- Custom code
- Translation
- Localization
- SMS capture list
- Campaigns
- Geolocation
- Analytics
- Tracking
- Abandoned cart
Show 26 shared capabilities
- Newsletters
- Pop-ups
- Forms
- Discounts
- Editor tool
- Templates
- AI generation
- Custom fonts
- Email capture list
- Triggers and rules
- Automations
- Targeting
- Segmentation
- Tagging
- Reporting
- A/B testing
- APIs and webhooks
- Sales pop-ups
- Email pop-ups
- Cart pop-ups
- Exit intent
- Countdown timers
- Banners
- Announcements
- Surveys
- Quizzes
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.
GSC Email Marketing + Popups
1,987
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 98%
OptiMonk
747
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 82%
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 GSC Email Marketing + Popups and OptiMonk.
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 GSC Email Marketing + Popups or OptiMonk, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.