ADU: Automatic Discounts vs MultiTier Discounts
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for ADU, Nov 6, 2026 for MultiTier Discounts.
The short answer
- Only MultiTier Discounts lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for ADU and $5.99/month for MultiTier Discounts.
- MultiTier Discounts lists 14 features ADU’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Automations, Campaigns.
Head to head
Father's Day Buy More Save More - Tiered Discounts, GWP, BOGO
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Test the waters
- · No base monthly fee
Basic Essentials
Startup
BUSINESS
Free
- · 2 active campaigns
- · Automatic discounts
- · Percentage discounts
- · Product, collection & price rules
- · Quantity break offers
- · Scheduling and usage limits
Starter
- · 10 active campaigns
- · Buy X Get Y campaigns
- · Cart total reward offers
- · Code and automatic discounts
- · Custom widget messages
- · Fixed amount discounts
Pro
- · Advanced audience targeting
- · Cart-aware widgets
- · Code and automatic discounts
- · Country-based targeting
- · Customer tag targeting
- · Full-set and Buy X Get Y offers
Plus
- · Custom mystery gift title at checkout
- · Everything in Pro
- · Guided compatibility validation and acti
- · Original or neutral mystery gift image
- · Original variant, SKU, inventory, and fu
- · Server-side free-gift checkout safety
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAutomatically apply smart discounts across your store. Create BOGO, tiered, or gift-with-purchase offers and let the app auto apply the best deal to each cart. Schedule and stack discounts. Simplify promotions, avoid coupon errors, and increase your average order value with automatic, rule-based discounts that run seamlessly in the background.
Create Buy X Get Y, full-set, and trigger-based discount campaigns without custom development. Merchants can build product, collection, variant, tag, quantity, price, and cart-total offers, choose automatic or code-based discounts, control stacking rules, and show matching widgets on product and cart pages.
- Set up and manage automatic discounts based on predefined rules and conditions
- Apply bulk discounts to drive sales and reward customers for larger orders
- Manage all your promotions, aligning them seamlessly with your store's design
- Pre-built promotions - activate ready-to-use promotions with a single click
- Build Buy X Get Y and full-set discounts with flexible trigger logic
- Trigger offers by product, collection, variant, tag, quantity, or cart total
- Choose step-by-step unlocks or require the full set in cart
- Run automatic or code-based campaigns with stacking 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 |  ADU |  MultiTier Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 434 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | +1 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 7 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 20% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Food, Beverages & Tobacco | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | ADU | MultiTier Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.3 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 194 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | ADU | MultiTier Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month | $5.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ADU | MultiTier Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #268(ahead) | #484 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 4, 2016 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 8 |
| Developer | Staytuned | MerchantCanvas |
FAQ
ADU and MultiTier Discounts: common questions
- Is ADU or MultiTier Discounts cheaper?
- Only MultiTier Discounts lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for ADU and $5.99/month for MultiTier Discounts. 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?
- ADU lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Banners, Bulk discounts, Cart discounts, Checkout discounts. MultiTier Discounts lists 14 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Automations, Campaigns, Cross-sell discounts. 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 for ADU, Nov 6, 2026 for MultiTier Discounts; 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 for ADU, Nov 6, 2026 for MultiTier Discounts. 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.