Appstle℠ Subscriptions App vs Subscribfy Subscriptions App
Unique to Appstle℠ Subscriptions App: Selling products
Unique to Subscribfy Subscriptions App: Marketing & conversion
| Field |
Appstle℠ Subscriptions App
|
Subscribfy Subscriptions App
|
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Appstle Inc. | Subscribfy |
| Rating | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Review count | 8645 | 20 |
| Categories | Selling products | Marketing & conversion |
| Subscription types | Yes — pay-as-you-go & prepaid plans, plus build-a-box and bundles (try-before-you-buy not mentioned)1 | Yes — Subscribe & Save, prepaid, try-before-you-buy ($0 trial; >7-day trials need Shopify Plus)2 |
| Failed-payment recovery | Yes — payment retry plus churn/cancellation control tools1 | Yes — Basic or AI retry timing, 1-12 attempts over 1-15 days, auto-pause option, recovery analytics3 |
| Loyalty points program | Partial — loyalty perks/rewards (discounts, free products, free shipping); not a points-earning program1 | Yes — points program with 14 live earning rules, 5 coupon types, tiers; go-live via support4 |
| Paid VIP memberships | Partial — via separate Appstle Memberships app (membership plans, member perks, recurring payments)1 | Yes — VIP + Elite recurring tiers: credits, member discounts, product locks, free trial, gifting5 |
| Store credits | Partial — Shopify store-credit edit access; no built-in earn/spend credit program described1 | Yes — earn/spend/expire or reconcile to gift card; multi-currency; POS redemption6 |
| Wallet passes | — | Partial — Apple Wallet with geo push, campaigns, POS QR; Google Wallet not available yet7 |
| Referral program | — | Yes — two-sided rewards (points/coupon/store credit); 30-day cookie attribution8 |
| Migration tooling | Yes — hands-on migration from other apps and platforms (no source platforms named on listing)1 | Yes — free white-glove, zero downtime, 9 documented platforms, 12-72h (no Seal migration page)9 |
| Integrations | Yes — Klaviyo, Gorgias, Growave, PageFly, Stripe, Zapier, plus Shopify POS/Flow/Checkout1 | Yes — 12 named incl. Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Attentive, Postscript, HubSpot, Yotpo, Smile.io, Gorgias10 |
| API & webhooks | Yes — Admin & Storefront REST APIs (X-API-Key) plus Svix-powered webhooks with retries and signatures11 | Yes — REST APIs (loyalty, membership, churn, credits, portal) + HMAC-signed webhooks (no retries documented)12 |
| Free plan & entry price | Yes — free plan up to $500/mo subscription revenue; paid plans from $10/mo (Starter)1 | Yes — free Starter plan up to 100 active subscribers, no monthly or transaction fees13 |
| Multilingual storefront | Partial — widget/portal translated via Langify/Transcy integrations14 | Partial — translation editor; English + French out of the box, other languages via support15 |
| Shopify App Store | Appstle℠ Subscriptions App | Subscribfy Subscriptions App |
Sources (15)
- Shopify App Store listing — https://apps.shopify.com/subscriptions-by-appstle
- Subscribfy documentation — Product subscriptions
- Subscribfy documentation — Settings
- Subscribfy documentation — Loyalty
- Subscribfy documentation — Membership
- Subscribfy documentation — Store credits
- Subscribfy documentation — Wallet pass
- Subscribfy documentation — Referral
- Subscribfy documentation — Migrations
- Subscribfy documentation — Integrations
- Vendor documentation — https://developers.subscription.appstle.com/
- Subscribfy documentation — Webhook events API
- Subscribfy documentation — Changelog 2026-05
- Vendor documentation — https://intercom.help/appstle/en/articles/8482690-langify-integration-subscriptions
- Subscribfy documentation — Translations