Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026
GSC Email Marketing + Popupsvs
Privy
Compare GSC Email Marketing + Popups and Privy for Shopify email marketing 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
Privy Operations
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups
Your all-in-one ecommerce platform to grow your sales with popups, email, and SMS marketing.
- Rating
- 4.50
- Reviews
- 3,968
- Review growth · 30d
- +0 · +0.0%
- Pricing
- From $24/month
- Years on Shopify
- 11
- Stores observed
- 172
Our read
- Ratings
- GSC Email Marketing + Popups higher (4.70 vs 4.50)
- Review growth
- GSC Email Marketing + Popups faster (+1.9% vs +0.0%)
- Review depth
- Privy 70.9× more reviews
- Adoption
- GSC Email Marketing + Popups larger (1,987 vs 172)
OngoingAI's data favors GSC Email Marketing + Popups on observed Shopify adoption (1,987 vs 172 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 | Privy | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.70 | 4.50 | GSC Email Marketing + Popups +0.20 |
| Reviews | 55 | 3,968 | Privy 70.9× |
| Review growth · 30d | +1 · +1.9% | +0 · +0.0% | GSC Email Marketing + Popups faster |
| Listed pricing | Free plan available | From $24/month | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 6 | 11 | Privy +5y |
| Stores observed | 1,987 | 172 | GSC Email Marketing + Popups leads |
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose GSC Email Marketing + Popups if…
- You need product recommendations
- You need ai generation
- You need custom fonts
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Choose Privy if…
- You need sms campaigns
- You need landing pages
- You need upsell emails
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
63% 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
15
- Product recommendations
- AI generation
- Custom fonts
- Insights and tips
- APIs and webhooks
- Sales pop-ups
- Email pop-ups
- Cart pop-ups
- Countdown timers
- Banners
- Announcements
- Surveys
- Quizzes
- Warning pop-ups
- Age verification
Privy only
15
- SMS campaigns
- Landing pages
- Upsell emails
- Cart emails
- Checkout emails
- Abandoned cart
- Browse abandonment
- Price drop emails
- Back-in-stock emails
- Custom campaigns
- Consent collection
- SMS capture list
- Tracking
- Analytics
- SMS marketing
Show 25 shared capabilities
- Email marketing
- Email campaigns
- Newsletters
- Pop-ups
- Forms
- Discounts
- Promotions
- Cross-sell emails
- Welcome emails
- Follow-up emails
- Win-back emails
- Drip campaigns
- Editor tool
- Templates
- Import and export
- Email domains
- Email capture list
- Triggers and rules
- Automations
- Targeting
- Segmentation
- Tagging
- Reporting
- A/B testing
- Exit intent
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%
Privy
172
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
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 Privy.
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 Privy, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.