Age Verification — Agefence vs HonestGate: Age Gate App
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, Oct 13, 2026 for HonestGate.
The short answer
- Age Verification lists 8 features HonestGate’s listing doesn’t mention, including Banners, Compliance reports, Consent pop-ups.
Head to head
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
HonestGate Annual
- · Built-in support ticket portal
- · Configurable image retention
- · Manual review in Shopify admin
- · No per-ID verification fees
- · Optional fulfillment hold
- · Post-checkout ID image upload
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
Accept payment, then request an ID check. HonestGate Age Gate App is simple to use and easy to integrate! Add a theme-aware storefront age prompt without editing code. Staff review the first ID in Shopify admin; later eligible orders from the same customer account can reuse that approval. Private image access, raw-image deletion, approval-expiry controls, and an optional fulfillment hold support the workflow.
- 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
- Add a theme-aware age prompt without editing storefront code
- Request an ID image only after Shopify confirms payment
- Manually review the first ID from one Shopify admin queue
- Reuse an approval for eligible customer-account orders
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 |  HonestGate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Age Verification | HonestGate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | HonestGate |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $3.95/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Age Verification | HonestGate |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #377 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 13, 2024 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Appiers | The Ad Genius LLC |
FAQ
Age Verification and HonestGate: 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. HonestGate lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Buttons, Data privacy, Remember me. 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, Oct 13, 2026 for HonestGate; 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, Oct 13, 2026 for HonestGate. 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.