Alia: Email & SMS Popups vs Poplix: Popup Builder
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026.
The short answer
- Alia is detected on 5997× as many Shopify stores as Poplix: 5,997 vs 1 as of Nov 9, 2026.
- Paid plans start at $100/month for Alia and $9.99/month for Poplix.
- Alia lists 28 features Poplix’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Age verification, AI generation.
Head to head
- United States
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- Slovakia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
20,000 visitors/mo
- · All features
- · Capture email and SMS
- · Live chat & email support
- · Up to 20,000 monthly visitors
50,000 visitors/mo
- · All features
- · Capture email and SMS
- · Live chat & email support
- · Up to 50,000 monthly visitors
100k visitors/mo
- · All features
- · Capture email and SMS
- · Live chat & email support
- · Up to 100,000 monthly visitors
300k visitors/mo
- · All features
- · Larger plans available on website
- · Live chat & email support
- · Up to 300,000 monthly visitors
Pro
- · Branded popup with live preview
- · Consent and email marketing sync
- · Desktop and mobile layouts
- · Different popup per market
- · Discount code after signup
- · Page targeting and timing rules
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCapture more email and SMS signups and increase opt-in rates with high-converting popups that adapt to each visitor. Alia is a Shopify popup builder that uses AI and machine learning trained on real merchant data to capture subscribers, optimizing performance across site-wide metrics like revenue, AOV, CVR, bounce rate and more.
Poplix adds a branded signup popup to your online store and saves every subscriber as a Shopify customer, so your list grows where you already market. Design it with a live preview: text, colors, images and separate desktop and mobile layouts. Collect marketing consent with a checkbox and sync email marketing status to Shopify.
- Educate shoppers effectively with multi-media content on your brand and products
- Grow your customer list by collecting user emails, phone numbers and survey data
- Reward shoppers with customizable discounts, free shipping, and custom rewards
- Integrate with email/SMS providers, advanced analytics dashboard, A/B testing
- Fully customizable popup design — colors, fonts, images
- Per-market popup settings for international stores
- Email consent captured and synced to Shopify customers
- Page targeting and display frequency controls
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 | Alia |  Poplix |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 5,997(ahead) | 1 |
| Net store change, 28 days | +68 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 81 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 39% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Health & Beauty, Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden | Sporting Goods |
| Top store countries | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | Slovakia |
Reviews
| Measure | Alia | Poplix |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.6 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 114 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Alia and Poplix: common questions
- Which is more popular, Alia or Poplix?
- Alia is detected on 5997× as many Shopify stores as Poplix: 5,997 vs 1 as of Nov 9, 2026.
- Is Alia or Poplix cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $100/month for Alia and $9.99/month for Poplix. 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?
- Alia lists 28 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Age verification, AI generation, Analytics. Poplix lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Banners, Consent 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 Nov 9, 2026; 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 Nov 9, 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.