Courses Plus vs Shopify Digital Products
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 2, 2026.
The short answer
- Shopify Digital Products is detected on 2.3× as many Shopify stores as Courses Plus: 635 vs 278 as of Nov 2, 2026.
- On the Shopify App Store: Courses Plus 4.9 from 326 reviews and Shopify Digital Products 4.8 from 1,785 reviews.
- Only Courses Plus lists a free plan.
- Courses Plus lists 16 features Shopify Digital Products’s listing doesn’t mention, including Access subscriptions, Amazon S3 storage, Custom download pages.
Head to head
Turn your store into online courses platform
Sell digital products in your store
- United States
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Demo
- · AI courses generation
- · Course progress tracking
- · FREE migration from other platform / LMS
- · PDF, Audio uploads, Video hosting
- · Public and One-time payment courses
- · WYSIWYG editor and SCORM import support
Basic
- · All features from Demo plan + ∞ storage
- · Certificates
- · Courses rating
- · Drip content
- · Limited-time course access
- · Theme app blocks
Professional
- · All features from Basic plan + ∞ storage
- · Learning paths
- · Manual invitation of attendees
- · Quizzes (manual or AI-generated)
- · Subscriptions
- · Tag-based course access
Enterprise
- · AI quiz generation, bulk student invites
- · API & webhooks
- · All features from Professional plan +
- · IP protection
- · Memberships and Course bundles
- · Premium onboarding and support
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCourses Plus turns your store into a full learning platform. Build lessons from video, audio, text, PDFs and quizzes, then sell them as regular products through your own checkout: one-off, as bundles, memberships or subscriptions. Students get a dashboard, progress tracking and branded PDF certificates. Managers can enrol teams and follow their results. Moving from Teachable, Kajabi or Thinkific?
Sell digital products like e-books, digital art, graphics, and more from your Shopify store with the Digital Products app. Whether you’re a content creator or a business of any size, this app integrates seamlessly with your Shopify store, making it quick and simple to add digital files or links to new or existing products, track orders, send access links to customers, and more.
- Create and sell your own online courses
- Provide tests and exams with quizzes
- Monitor customers progress and quiz scores
- Generate PDF certificates for students who successfully completed your courses
- Add PDFs, JPEGs, ZIP files and more to any product right from the app.
- Set custom download limits and send links any time upon purchase.
- Combine digital files with physical or digital product variants.
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Courses Plus |  Shopify Digital Products |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 278 | 635(ahead) |
| Net store change, 28 days | −4 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 3 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 22% | 18% |
| Top store categories | Health & Beauty, Services, Media | Apparel & Accessories, Arts & Entertainment, Media |
| Top store countries | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | United States, United Kingdom, Canada |
Reviews
| Measure | Courses Plus | Shopify Digital Products |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★(ahead) | 4.8 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 326 | 1,785(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | 6 | 88(ahead) |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 24% | 43%(ahead) |
Pricing
| Measure | Courses Plus | Shopify Digital Products |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Courses Plus | Shopify Digital Products |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #13 | #10(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | #2 in Digital products | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Jan 9, 2020 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Languages | 1 | 20 |
| Developer | Architechpro OÜ | Shopify |
FAQ
Courses Plus and Shopify Digital Products: common questions
- Which is more popular, Courses Plus or Shopify Digital Products?
- Shopify Digital Products is detected on 2.3× as many Shopify stores as Courses Plus: 635 vs 278 as of Nov 2, 2026.
- Is Courses Plus or Shopify Digital Products cheaper?
- Only Courses Plus lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Courses Plus or Shopify Digital Products?
- On the Shopify App Store: Courses Plus 4.9 from 326 reviews and Shopify Digital Products 4.8 from 1,785 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Courses Plus lists 16 the others don’t mention, such as Access subscriptions, Amazon S3 storage, Custom download pages, Custom links. Shopify Digital Products lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Download limits, Email delivery, File hosting, Games. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 2, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
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How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 2, 2026. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.