Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026
Printfulvs
Printify
Compare Printful and Printify for Shopify dropshipping 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
- 3,777
- Review growth · 30d
- +56 · +1.5%
- Pricing
- Free to install
- Years on Shopify
- 13
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
Printify
Printify: Print on Demand
Create and sell custom products worldwide – no inventory required.
- Rating
- 4.70
- Reviews
- 4,397
- Review growth · 30d
- +63 · +1.5%
- Pricing
- Free to install
- Years on Shopify
- 11
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
What stands out
- Ratings
- Printful higher (4.80 vs 4.70)
- Review growth
- Similar over 30 days
- Adoption
- Not comparable yet
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 | Printful | Printify | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.80 | 4.70 | Printful +0.10 |
| Reviews | 3,777 | 4,397 | Printify 1.2× |
| Review growth · 30d | +56 · +1.5% | +63 · +1.5% | Printful faster |
| Listed pricing | Free to install | Free to install | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 13 | 11 | Printful +2y |
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose Printful if…
- You need home and garden
- You need japan
- You need mexico
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Choose Printify if…
- You need health and beauty
- You need arts and crafts
- You need automotive
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
80% of listed capabilities overlap.
These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Printful only
7
- Home and garden
- Japan
- Mexico
- Spain
- Private labels
- Custom packaging
- Custom shipping
Printify only
8
- Health and beauty
- Arts and crafts
- Automotive
- Czechia
- Germany
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- Personalization
Show 32 shared capabilities
- Dropshipping
- Clothing and accessories
- Bags and luggage
- Baby products
- Sports products
- Pet products
- Australia
- Canada
- Latvia
- United States
- Print on demand (POD)
- Design tools
- Mockup generator
- Pack-ins
- All-over-print
- Bags
- Blankets
- Apparel
- Embroidery
- Hats
- Shoes
- Drinkware
- Holiday gifts
- Home decor
- Wall art
- Eco-friendly
- Organic
- White label
- Bulk shipping
- Eco shipping
- Global fulfillment
- Order tracking
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 Printful and Printify.
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.
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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 Printful or Printify, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.