Advanced Shipping Rates vs RF ‑ Advanced Custom Shipping
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 23, 2026 for Advanced Shipping Rates, Oct 13, 2026 for RF.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $12/month for Advanced Shipping Rates and $7.99/month for RF.
- RF lists 10 features Advanced Shipping Rates’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom rules, Customer-based, Delivery date.
Head to head
Shipment Rate by State, City, ZipCode, Price or Weight
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
BASIC
- · Fallback shipping rate
- · Rates by weight, quantity or cart value
- · Unlimited shipping rates
- · Unlimited zip codes, cities & countries
- · Zip code ranges & wildcards
ADVANCED
- · Everything in Basic
- · Excluded shipping areas
- · Free shipping products
- · Scheduled free shipping
ENTERPRISE
- · CSV import & export
- · Delivery dates on Order status page
- · Delivery dates on Thank you page
- · Everything in Advanced
- · Free for development stores
- · Product & cart page shipping calculator
Starter
- · 1 Rate Blender node
- · 7-day free trial (live mode)
- · All condition & logic node types
- · Free Initial Rules Setup
- · Unlimited Testing Phase
- · Unlimited product groups
Growth
- · All condition & logic node types
- · Free Initial Rules Setup
- · Rate simulator & test runs
- · Unlimited Testing Phase
- · Unlimited product groups
- · Up to 12 delivery methods
Unlimited
- · All condition & logic node types
- · Dedicated onboarding session
- · Free Initial Rules Setup
- · Rate simulator & test runs
- · Unlimited Rate Blender & Override nodes
- · Unlimited Testing Phase
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSet the exact shipping price for every order. Create unlimited rates for postal codes (with wildcards and ranges), cities, states or countries, and price them by weight, item quantity, cart value or a flat rate. Add free shipping over a minimum spend, schedule it for sales, and choose products that always ship free or never do. A fallback rate keeps checkout working when no rate matches.
Every other shipping app gives you a table. RateForge gives you a canvas. Drag conditions, logic gates, and rate actions onto an infinite canvas, connect them visually, publish, done. No forms, no dropdowns, no developer. Build simple flat rates in seconds or complex multi-condition logic in minutes. Simulate with real cart data before going live.
- Specify the shipping zones by city, state, zip/postal code, and country.
- Calculate rates based on the cart’s weight, total price, and quantity of items.
- Offer free shipping on minimum spend and add specific dates.
- Specify free shipping products.
- Drag-and-drop shipping logic. no code, no forms, no limits
- Simulate rates with real cart data before touching live checkout
- Your rules appear natively in Shopify checkout, fully branded
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 |  Advanced Shipping Rates |  RF |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Advanced Shipping Rates | RF |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 3.2 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 3 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Advanced Shipping Rates | RF |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $12/month | $7.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Advanced Shipping Rates | RF |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #230(ahead) | #350 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 11, 2021 | May 19, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | LogicEverest | Cryptix Solutions |
FAQ
Advanced Shipping Rates and RF: common questions
- Is Advanced Shipping Rates or RF cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $12/month for Advanced Shipping Rates and $7.99/month for RF. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Advanced Shipping Rates lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Address validation. RF lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Custom rules, Customer-based, Delivery date, Delivery time. 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 23, 2026 for Advanced Shipping Rates, Oct 13, 2026 for RF; 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 23, 2026 for Advanced Shipping Rates, Oct 13, 2026 for RF. 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.