Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026
Privyvs
OptinMonster Email Popups
Compare Privy and OptinMonster Email Popups for Shopify email marketing using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
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
OptinMonster
OptinMonster Email Popups
OptinMonster turns traffic into sales, one pop-up at a time, with personalized onsite retargeting.
- Rating
- 2.40
- Reviews
- 15
- Review growth · 30d
- +0 · +0.0%
- Pricing
- Free trial available
- Years on Shopify
- 9
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
What stands out
- Ratings
- Privy higher (4.50 vs 2.40)
- Review growth
- Similar over 30 days
- Review depth
- Privy 248.1× more reviews
- 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 | Privy | OptinMonster Email Popups | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.50 | 2.40 | Privy +2.10 |
| Reviews | 3,968 | 15 | Privy 248.1× |
| Review growth · 30d | +0 · +0.0% | +0 · +0.0% | Level |
| Listed pricing | From $24/month | Free trial available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 11 | 9 | Privy +2y |
| Stores observed | 172 | No footprint yet | Not comparable |
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose Privy if…
- You need sms campaigns
- You need landing pages
- You need upsell emails
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Choose OptinMonster Email Popups if…
- You need surveys
- You need ai generation
- You need localization
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
55% of listed capabilities overlap.
These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Privy only
18
- SMS campaigns
- Landing pages
- Upsell emails
- Cross-sell emails
- Cart emails
- Checkout emails
- Welcome emails
- Follow-up emails
- Price drop emails
- Back-in-stock emails
- Win-back emails
- Drip campaigns
- Custom campaigns
- Templates
- Email domains
- Triggers and rules
- Tracking
- SMS marketing
OptinMonster Email Popups only
18
- Surveys
- AI generation
- Localization
- Custom code
- Custom fonts
- Bulk editing
- Geolocation
- APIs and webhooks
- Sales pop-ups
- Email pop-ups
- SMS pop-ups
- Cart pop-ups
- Rewards
- Spin the wheel
- Countdown timers
- Banners
- Announcements
- Games
Show 22 shared capabilities
- Email marketing
- Email campaigns
- Newsletters
- Pop-ups
- Forms
- Discounts
- Promotions
- Exit intent
- Abandoned cart
- Browse abandonment
- Editor tool
- Import and export
- Consent collection
- Email capture list
- SMS capture list
- Automations
- Targeting
- Segmentation
- Tagging
- Reporting
- Analytics
- A/B testing
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.
Adoption comparison unavailable — a publishable footprint exists for only one app.
Privy
172
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
OptinMonster Email Popups
No reliable footprint yet
OngoingAI hasn’t observed enough high-confidence installations to publish an adoption count. This does not mean zero installations.
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 Privy and OptinMonster Email Popups.
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 Privy or OptinMonster Email Popups, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.