Shopify app comparison · updated Sep 15, 2026
Printify vs Gelato
Compare Printify and Gelato for Shopify dropshipping using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
Printify
Printify: Print on Demand
Create and sell custom products worldwide – no inventory required.
- Rating
- 4.70
- Reviews
- 4,340
- Review growth · 30d
- -23 · -0.5%
- Pricing
- Free to install
- Years on Shopify
- 11
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
Gelato
Gelato: Print on Demand
Print on demand for your ecommerce business
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 1,022
- Review growth · 30d
- +29 · +2.9%
- Pricing
- Free to install
- Years on Shopify
- 6
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
What stands out
Printify carries 4.2× the App Store review depth; the other measurable signals are close.
- Rating
- Gelato leads slightly4.8 vs 4.7
- Review growth
- Gelato faster+2.9% vs -0.5%
- Review depth
- Printify4.2× 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.
Printify leads total reviews, while Gelato is adding them faster over the tracked window.
Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Aug 17 – Sep 14, 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 | Printify | Gelato | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.70 | 4.80 | Gelato +0.10 |
| Reviews | 4,340 | 1,022 | Printify 4.2× |
| Review growth · 30d | -23 · -0.5% | +29 · +2.9% | Gelato faster |
| Listed pricing | Free to install | Free to install | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 11 | 6 | Printify +5y |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
Printify
4.73 avg · 4,462 reviews
Gelato
4.81 avg · 1,027 reviews
| Signal | Printify | Gelato | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 83% | 92% | Gelato leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | 4.65 | 4.80 | Gelato leads |
| Replies to reviews | 61% | 73% | Gelato leads |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | 64% | 94% | Gelato leads |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 11% | 8% | Printify leads |
| Top market | United States 76% | United States 42% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 4,462 | 1,027 | — |
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 Printify if…
- You need bags and luggage
- You need health and beauty
- You need baby products
Choose Gelato if…
- You need brazil
- You need chile
- You need china
- 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
What Printify and Gelato each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 48% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Printify only
21
- Bags and luggage
- Health and beauty
- Baby products
- Sports products
- Pet products
- Automotive
- Czechia
- Latvia
- Pack-ins
- All-over-print
- Blankets
- Shoes
- Home decor
- Wall art
- Eco-friendly
- Organic
- White label
- Bulk shipping
- Eco shipping
- Global fulfillment
- Order tracking
Gelato only
21
- Brazil
- Chile
- China
- Denmark
- France
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Portugal
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- Private labels
- Custom packaging
19 shared capabilities
- Dropshipping
- Clothing and accessories
- Arts and crafts
- Australia
- Canada
- Germany
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Print on demand (POD)
- Design tools
- Mockup generator
- Personalization
- Bags
- Apparel
- Embroidery
- Hats
- Drinkware
- Holiday gifts
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 Printify and Gelato.
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 Sep 15, 2026.
See who’s switching — as it happens.
Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Printify or Gelato, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.