Shopify app comparison · updated Sep 16, 2026
Recharge vs Seal
Compare Recharge and Seal for Shopify using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
Recharge
Recharge Subscriptions App
The subscription platform built for the world’s fastest-growing brands.
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 3,121
- Review growth · 30d
- +161 · +5.4%
- Pricing
- Free trial available
- Years on Shopify
- 12
- Stores observed
- 4,441
Seal Subscriptions
Seal Subscriptions App
Grow predictable revenue with product subscriptions, memberships, free trials and subscription boxes
- Rating
- 4.90
- Reviews
- 3,083
- Review growth · 30d
- +124 · +4.2%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 6
- Stores observed
- 5,585
Our read
Seal has the stronger observed market footprint in OngoingAI's data — it appears on 1.3× more tracked stores. Ratings and recent review growth are closer.
- Rating
- Seal leads slightly4.9 vs 4.8
- Review growth
- Recharge faster+5.4% vs +4.2%
- Review depth
- Similar volume
- Observed adoption
- Seal1.3× more tracked stores
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.
Recharge Subscriptions App leads total reviews and is adding them fastest over the tracked window.
Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Aug 18 – Sep 16, 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 | Recharge | Seal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.80 | 4.90 | Seal +0.10 |
| Reviews | 3,121 | 3,083 | Level |
| Review growth · 30d | +161 · +5.4% | +124 · +4.2% | Recharge faster |
| Listed pricing | Free trial available | Free plan available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 12 | 6 | Recharge +6y |
| Stores observed | 4,441 | 5,585 | Seal leads |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
Recharge
4.73 avg · 2,982 reviews
Seal
4.90 avg · 3,021 reviews
| Signal | Recharge | Seal | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 89% | 93% | Seal leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | 4.92 | 4.93 | Level |
| Replies to reviews | 41% | 16% | Recharge leads |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | 44% | 63% | Seal leads |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 58% | 18% | Recharge leads |
| Top market | United States 66% | United States 53% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 2,982 | 3,021 | — |
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 Recharge if…
- You need product bundles
- You need fixed bundles
- You need multipacks
- Recent review-growth signals matter to you
Choose Seal if…
- You need loyalty and rewards
- You need reward programs
- You need custom programs
- 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 Recharge and Seal each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 55% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Recharge only
18
- Product bundles
- Fixed bundles
- Multipacks
- Mix-and-match bundles
- Variant bundles
- Infinite option bundles
- Build a box
- Gift boxes
- Mystery boxes
- Sample packs
- Upsell bundles
- Cross-sell bundles
- Frequently bought together
- Related products
- Custom bundles
- Quantity breaks
- Volume discounts
- Flat discounts
Seal only
7
- Loyalty and rewards
- Reward programs
- Custom programs
- Shipping rates
- Free shipping
- Free products
- Donations
22 shared capabilities
- Subscriptions
- Curated subscriptions
- Replenishment subscriptions
- Access subscriptions
- Memberships
- Services
- Subscription boxes
- Digital products
- Physical products
- Custom subscriptions
- Recurring payments
- Subscribe and save
- Fixed pricing
- Tiered pricing
- Freemium
- Trial periods
- Usage-based pricing
- Per-user pricing
- One-time payment
- Dynamic pricing
- Custom pricing
- Discounts
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.
Recharge
4,441
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
Seal
5,585
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
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 Recharge and Seal.
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 Sep 16, 2026.
See who’s switching — as it happens.
Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Recharge or Seal, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.