Amazingly Simple Affiliate App vs Shortly — Affiliate Marketing

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Amazingly Simple Affiliate, Nov 3, 2026 for Shortly.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: Amazingly Simple Affiliate 5.0 from 1 reviews and Shortly 4.8 from 176 reviews.
  • Shortly lists 27 features Amazingly Simple Affiliate’s listing doesn’t mention, including Affiliate links, Analytics, Auto-tracking.

Head to head

Detected stores

Amazingly Simple Affiliate: —
Shortly: 992

App Store reviews

Amazingly Simple Affiliate: 1
Shortly: 176
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Pitch

Boost sales by turning visitors into instant influencers.

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Categories
  • Affiliate programs
  • Affiliate programs
  • Order tracking
Languages
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  • English
Launched
Jun 25, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Built for Shopify
Reviews per month
1 last full month
1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
992active installs
  • KAZO
  • Bad Birdie
  • OnlyFans Merch
  • Glitterbels
  • ELAN
+987 more
Most common store size
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11-50 products26%
Top countries
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  • United States34%
  • United Kingdom6%
  • Germany4%

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

01020OctNovJanMarMayJulSepOctAmazingly Simple Affiliate App: 1 reviews in October 2021Amazingly Simple Affiliate App: 1 reviews in January 2022Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 12 reviews in November 2025Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 4 reviews in December 2025Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 7 reviews in January 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 3 reviews in February 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 14 reviews in March 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 11 reviews in April 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 15 reviews in May 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 9 reviews in June 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 3 reviews in July 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 4 reviews in August 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 4 reviews in September 2026Shortly — Affiliate Marketing: 1 reviews in October 2026
Amazingly Simple AffiliateShortlyCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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From $9.99 to $29.99/month
Plans
FreeFree to install
Affiliate referral sale fee on settled orders (> 30 days) based on payout % set by merchant.
FreeFree to install
Only for development (sandbox) stores.
  • · Limited Features
Basic$9.99/month
7-day free trial+$10 Shopify Plus
  • · Add up-to 50 Influencers
  • · Create up to 100 Trackable Short Links
  • · Influencers Portal
  • · Track Orders
Premium$19.99/month
7-day free trial+$10 Shopify Plus
  • · Add up-to 100 Influencers
  • · Coupons Tracking
  • · Create up to 500 Trackable Short Links
  • · Influencers Portal
  • · Live Chat Support
  • · Track Orders
Pro$29.99/month
7-day free trial+$20 Shopify Plus
  • · Branded Influencers Portal
  • · Create Unlimited Trackable Short Links
  • · Live Chat Support
  • · Track Orders
  • · Unlimited Affiliate Programs
  • · Unlimited Influencers
Coverage
0 of 29 features0%
29 of 29 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • Affiliate links
  • Analytics
  • Auto-tracking
  • Automated rules
  • +23 more
Affiliate programs
0%0/21
100%21/21
Affiliate experience
0%0/8
100%8/8
Commission options
0%0/4
100%4/4
Payments
0%0/2
100%2/2
Referral management
0%0/7
100%7/7
Order tracking
0%0/8
100%8/8
Notifications
0%0/5
100%5/5
Tracking
0%0/3
100%3/3
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Amazingly Simple AffiliateShortly29 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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Works with also listed by another
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  • Checkout
  • Facebook/Youtube/Google/IG
  • Email/SMS/Twitter/TikTok/Snap
  • SMS Marketing—Email Marketing
  • Bio Links—Youtube Video Links
  • 1000+ Integrations
  • Affiliate Marketing/filiale
How it sells itself

Easily create affiliate links to share with your influencers or allow store visitors to grab their own affiliate links with a unique store widget. You can also add buyer discounts to affiliate links, incentivizing your affiliates and encouraging more sales.

This powerful Marketing Tool that allows you to generate trackable links for email marketing, Influencer marketing, Affiliate links, and Social media campaigns links. This app also provides conversion tracking and Traffic insights flow from each short link.

Key points
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  • Merchants can Track sales, revenue, orders, and clicks from each Short Link
  • Affiliate Programs: Dashboard From where can see progress
  • Marketing with custom message bar & Preloaded checkout links
  • Track Affiliate links & Make data-driven decisions with click & sales tracking
Screenshots
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Offer discounts - Affiliate Programs
Affiliate links Track traffic - Affiliate ProgramsAffiliate links Affiliate ProgramsTrack sales by influencers - Affiliate Programs

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.

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Adoption

MeasureAmazingly Simple AffiliateShortly
Detected storesNot published992as of Nov 3, 2026
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough data20%of stores of known size
Top store categoriesNot publishedApparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden
Top store countriesNot publishedUnited States, United Kingdom, Germany

Reviews

MeasureAmazingly Simple AffiliateShortly
App Store rating5.0 ★(ahead)4.8 ★
App Store reviews1176(ahead)
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough data18%

Pricing

MeasureAmazingly Simple AffiliateShortly
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$9.99/month
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed14

Listing

MeasureAmazingly Simple AffiliateShortly
Shopify category rankNot enough data#13in Affiliate programs
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s charts#12 in Affiliate programs
Built for ShopifyNoYes
LaunchedJun 25, 2021Apr 28, 2021
LanguagesNot published1English
DeveloperNextLeadShortly

FAQ

Amazingly Simple Affiliate and Shortly: common questions

Which has better reviews, Amazingly Simple Affiliate or Shortly?
On the Shopify App Store: Amazingly Simple Affiliate 5.0 from 1 reviews and Shortly 4.8 from 176 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Shortly lists 27 the others don’t mention, such as Affiliate links, Analytics, Auto-tracking, Automated rules. 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Amazingly Simple Affiliate, Nov 3, 2026 for Shortly; estimated figures are labeled.

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 Oct 13, 2026 for Amazingly Simple Affiliate, Nov 3, 2026 for Shortly. 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.