OngoingAI

Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 28, 2026

Printful vs Gooten

Compare Printful and Gooten for Shopify using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.

Printful Latvia AS

Printful: Print on Demand

Create and sell custom products with print-on-demand dropshipping

Rating
4.80
Reviews
3,795
Review growth · 30d
+74 · +2.0%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
13
Stores observed
No footprint yet

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Gooten: Print on Demand

Gooten is a reliable print-on-demand solution built for businesses looking to scale.

Rating
3.40
Reviews
139
Review growth · 30d
+2 · +1.5%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
11
Stores observed
No footprint yet

What stands out

Printful carries 27.1× the App Store review depth; the other measurable signals are close.

Rating
Printful leads4.8 vs 3.4
Review growth
Printful faster+2.0% vs +1.5%
Review depth
Printful27.1× 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.

Printful leads total reviews and is adding them fastest over the tracked window.

Printful Gooten

Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Aug 10 – Aug 28, 2026

Printful
+74
Gooten
+2
Net new
Printful leads by +72

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.

DimensionPrintfulGootenDifference
Rating4.803.40Printful +1.40
Reviews3,795139Printful 27.1×
Review growth · 30d+74 · +2.0%+2 · +1.5%Printful faster
Listed pricingFree to installFree to installNot directly comparable
Years on Shopify1311Printful +2y

Which fits your requirements?

Choose by what you actually need.

Choose Printful if…

  • You need dropshipping
  • You need clothing and accessories
  • You need bags and luggage
  • A higher App Store rating is a priority

Choose Gooten if…

  • You need personalization
  • You need custom templates
  • You need laser crafts

Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.

Feature differences

What Printful and Gooten each do that the other doesn’t.

They cover largely the same ground — 64% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.

14only25shared7onlyPrintfulGooten
64% overlap

Printful only

14

  • Dropshipping
  • Clothing and accessories
  • Bags and luggage
  • Home and garden
  • Baby products
  • Sports products
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Japan
  • Latvia
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • United States
  • Shoes

Gooten only

7

  • Personalization
  • Custom templates
  • Laser crafts
  • Jewelry
  • Multi-shipping
  • Real-time updates
  • Inclusive pricing
25 shared capabilities
  • Pet products
  • Print on demand (POD)
  • Private labels
  • Custom packaging
  • Design tools
  • Mockup generator
  • Pack-ins
  • All-over-print
  • Bags
  • Blankets
  • Apparel
  • Embroidery
  • Hats
  • Drinkware
  • Holiday gifts
  • Home decor
  • Wall art
  • Eco-friendly
  • Organic
  • White label
  • Bulk shipping
  • Custom shipping
  • Eco shipping
  • Global fulfillment
  • Order tracking

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 Printful and Gooten.

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 28, 2026.

See who’s switching — as it happens.

Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Printful or Gooten, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.