Age Verification — Agefence vs AgeGuard ‑ Age Verify Gate
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Age Verification, Nov 9, 2026 for AgeGuard.
The short answer
- Age Verification lists 8 features AgeGuard’s listing doesn’t mention, including Banners, Compliance reports, Consent pop-ups.
Head to head
- Brazil
- Canada
- India
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Standard
- · Analytics and chart
- · Birth date verification
- · Complete popup customizations
- · Cover & Background image
- · Set consent expiration time
- · Show popup on specific pages
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAge verification popup helps your store prevent under age access by users with easy age consent and date of birth consent usually known as age verification. Keep your site secure and avoid compliance risks with Agefence
AgeGuard adds an age verification gate to your Shopify store, helping you stay compliant when selling alcohol, tobacco, vape, CBD, or other age-restricted products. Choose between simple button confirmation or date of birth verification. Set your minimum age from 13 to 25. Customize colors, fonts, text, and logo directly in the Theme Editor. A browser cookie remembers verified visitors.
- Ensure compliance with Age verification popup
- Customize popup directly in your theme editor
- Fully responsive and supported wide range of screen resolution
- Smooth user experience across all devices
- One-click setup in Theme Editor — no code, live in 30 seconds
- Two modes: simple button confirmation or date of birth verification
- Fully customizable colors, fonts, text, logo, and button styles
- Privacy-first; only a browser cookie, zero personal data collected
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 |  Age Verification |  AgeGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 9 |
| 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 | Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Arts & Entertainment, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | Brazil, Canada, India |
Reviews
| Measure | Age Verification | AgeGuard |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 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 | Age Verification | AgeGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $3.95/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Age Verification | AgeGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #209 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 13, 2024 | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Appiers | Future |
FAQ
Age Verification and AgeGuard: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Age Verification lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Banners, Compliance reports, Consent pop-ups, Custom pop-ups. 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 14, 2026 for Age Verification, Nov 9, 2026 for AgeGuard; 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 14, 2026 for Age Verification, Nov 9, 2026 for AgeGuard. 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.