Shopify app comparison · refreshed

Printify vs Gelato

Two Shopify apps in the dropshipping category, compared on the dimensions merchants actually weigh: ratings, review momentum, pricing, customer-support sentiment, bugs, and what reviewers uniquely call out. Built from 4,565 live Shopify App Store reviews.

Printify

Printify: Print on Demand

Create and sell custom products worldwide – no inventory required.

Rating
4.70
Reviews
3,724
Δ reviews · 49d
+348
Δ rating · 49d
+0.00
Pricing
From $39/mo
Built for Shopify
No

Gelato

Gelato: Print on Demand

Print on demand for your ecommerce business

Rating
4.80
Reviews
841
Δ reviews · 48d
+14
Δ rating · 48d
+0.00
Pricing
From $29/mo
Built for Shopify
No

Scorecard

The decision, by the numbers.

Each row reads directly from the live App Store listing and the observed review-stats history. No editorialising on top.

DimensionPrintifyGelatoEdge
Rating4.704.80Gelato +0.10
Reviews3,724841Printify 4.4×
Δ reviews · 49d+348+14Printify +334
App Store launch20152020Printify +5y
Paid plan from$39/mo$29/moGelato cheaper
Built for ShopifyNoNotied

Trajectory

Momentum and risk profile.

Review momentum

Reviews gained since first observed snapshot · past 49d

050100150200250300350May 28Jul 15
Printify+348
Gelato+14

Star distribution

Share of reviews at each star tier — wider 1- and 2-star bands read as a fatter tail of negative experiences.

Printify

3,724 reviews

80.7%13.9%1.4%0.8%3.1%

Gelato

841 reviews

89.3%3.4%1.2%1.4%4.6%
5★4★3★2★1★

Feature footprint

How similar are these apps, really?

Every capability tag both apps list on the Shopify App Store, mapped into shared ground and side-specific edges. Same taxonomy on both sides — Shopify’s own.

Printify only

15

Shared

23

Gelato only

21

52% of the larger app’s capability tags are shared with the other. Meaningful overlap with distinct edges.

Capabilities by Shopify category

39 · 44 total

Sourcing locations

Dropshipping

8
25

Products

Print on demand (POD)

14
10

Products you can sell

Dropshipping

8
2

Product customization

Print on demand (POD)

4
5

Shipping options

Print on demand (POD)

5
2
PrintifyGelato

Printify only

15

  • Bags and luggage
  • Health and beauty
  • Baby products
  • Sports products
  • Pet products
  • Automotive
  • Czechia
  • Latvia
  • Pack-ins
  • All-over-print
  • Blankets
  • Shoes
  • Bulk shipping
  • Eco shipping
  • Order tracking

Shared

23

  • Clothing and accessories
  • Arts and crafts
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Design tools
  • Mockup generator
  • Personalization
  • Bags
  • Apparel
  • Embroidery
  • Hats
  • Drinkware
  • Holiday gifts
  • Home decor
  • Wall art
  • Eco-friendly
  • Organic
  • White label
  • Global fulfillment

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

Side-by-side by axis

What merchants actually say.

Semantic search across the review corpus, bucketed by sentiment, with the strongest positive and negative quotes per side.

customer support

Printify

50 mentions

86% positive · avg rating 4.34

Customer service is prompt and supportive. Our account manager is the best! However, I don't need another email about my request has been received. I already try to give reviews. Just pick one please
Bad Magic Productions · 5★ · 2022-04-21
The inability to speak with a person makes seemingly small issues march larger. We have to use Gemini, Youtube, and other resources at times to find the answers to our questions. We understand that they want to keep the cost down and having actual customer service reps to answer a call over mundane issues is expensive. Even Google and Meta have live people to help if only to help escalate issues faster or to the appropriate department. Once we have a steady customer base we are going to look into production on our own as Printify doesn't have the customer support we require at times.
FIVE TIDES APPAREL · 1★ · 2026-05-31

Gelato

20 mentions

90% positive · avg rating 4.55

Gelato has been great! Customer support is excellent and the quality of the products is very good! They have 24/7 live chat and they always want to help. On top of this they have a customer success manager for you. Thank you Laura and team! Vicente and Mariana
Just Lyne · 5★ · 2022-03-21
WORST APP & TERRIBLE SUPPORT! Dissatisfied with this gelato app due to several recurring issues that have severely impacted our operations and tarnished our customer relationships. Notably, a critical system error prevented customers from adding items to their cart, which significantly affected our sales. The support team incorrectly blamed our theme when the fault was clearly on their end. Additionally, unresolved saving errors continue to hinder our business operations. We also faced a shipping and printing error, resulting in unnecessary charges due to stock unavailability. The lack of accountability and resolution from the support team is unacceptable.
The GROOMI · 1★ · 2024-05-12

pricing

Printify

2 mentions

50% positive · avg rating 3.50

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Gelato

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

ease of use

Printify

100 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 4.91

The ease of the interface and the layout of the site itself.
ShadowCrafts Studio · 5★ · 2024-03-17

Gelato

100 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 4.97

sehr gut und einfach zu bedienen und alles ist easy zu managen
Middle Alley 2 · 5★ · 2026-02-06

onboarding

Printify

3 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 5.00

makes getting started on either your own or a customers ideas easy.
Perspective Prints LLC · 5★ · 2024-04-28

Gelato

0 mentions

0% positive · avg rating

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

bugs

Printify

5 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 5.00

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Gelato

2 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 4.50

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

performance

Printify

12 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 4.83

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

Gelato

9 mentions

100% positive · avg rating 5.00

No standout quotes yet — corpus is still warming.

What each is known for

Themes reviewers raise.

The topics that surface most across reviews — the shared backbone and what each app is uniquely known for.

Printify

  • customer-support106
  • product-quality49
  • ease-of-use26
  • pricing23
  • bug15
  • reliability12
  • performance11
  • inventory-management9

Uniquely ease-of-use · bug · reliability · inventory-management

Gelato

  • customer-support3
  • product-quality2
  • pricing1
  • communication1
  • product-issues1
  • bugs1
  • api-issues1
  • performance1

Uniquely product-issues · api-issues · misleading-claims · technical-issues

Shared themes

customer-supportproduct-qualitypricingperformancecommunicationbugs

Same Shopify categories

DropshippingPrint on demand (POD)

Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing, and the “Built for Shopify” flag come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily. Trend deltas compare the snapshot from 365 days ago against today. Sentiment counts and quotes are derived from semantic search across the live review corpus, bucketed by rating sign — every quote on this page is a real review, not a paraphrase. Snapshot generated .

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