BadgeMate vs Essential Trust Badges & Icons
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of May 31, 2026 for BadgeMate, Nov 9, 2026 for Essential Trust Badges & Icons.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: BadgeMate 5.0 from 1 reviews and Essential Trust Badges & Icons 5.0 from 1,163 reviews.
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for BadgeMate and $6.99/month for Essential Trust Badges & Icons.
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons lists 17 features BadgeMate’s listing doesn’t mention, including Announcement bar, Auto-position, Cart page.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free Forever
- · 24×7 standard support
- · 5 templates for up to 20 products
- · 50+ FREE professional badge templates
- · Badge display based on specific products
- · Basic animations for enhanced experience
- · Simple stack positioning
Pro
- · Access to 200+ premium badge designs
- · Create your own custom badges
- · Everything in Free Plan
- · Priority email support
- · Unlimited templates for up to 50 product
Advanced
- · All features from Free & Pro Plans
- · Perfect for large and dynamic catalogues
- · Unlimited templates for unlimited produc
Free Plan
- · Huge icon library
- · One product page banner or 3 icon block
- · Unlimited product page payment icons
- · Up to 5000 monthly views
Starter
- · Everything in Free
- · Unlimited Product page blocks
- · Unlimited icons in a block
- · Up to 20,000 monthly views
- · Upload your own icons
Essential
- · Add blocks using product tags
- · Everything in Starter
- · Geolocation targeting
- · Translations
- · Unlimited cart page blocks
- · Up to 50,000 monthly views
Professional
- · All premium features
- · Everything in Essential
- · Unlimited monthly views
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBadgeMate helps merchants display trust badges on their storefront to improve customer confidence and drive sales. The app makes it easy to generate, customize, and place badges—no code required. Whether it's secure checkout, shipping, or satisfaction guarantees, BadgeMate ensures your store looks more credible and trustworthy at every step of the customer journey.
Essential Icon & Trust Badge Banners - Use product badges to build trust. Effortlessly personalize and select the placement of banners or payment gateway icons on product page or any custom location. Upload your own custom icons to stand out & have a trusted site.
- Customize badge text, icon, size, and colors — fully theme-compatible with no co
- Assign different trust badges to individual products
- Access a rich library of prebuilt trust badges including security, payment, ship
- Icon & trust badges banner library: diverse options for features and guarantees
- Banner customization: edit size, font, & color to match brand identity
- Flexible placement: add banners to product pages, or any custom location
- Upload your own icons: personalize your store with unique guarantee icons
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 |  BadgeMate |  Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 7,252 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −67 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 89 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 6% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, United Kingdom, France |
Reviews
| Measure | BadgeMate | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 1,163(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 4% |
Pricing
| Measure | BadgeMate | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $6.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | BadgeMate | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #6 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #2 in Badges and icons |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Aug 1, 2025 | Jun 2, 2023 |
| Languages | 1 | 7 |
| Developer | Nivera AI | Essential Apps |
FAQ
BadgeMate and Essential Trust Badges & Icons: common questions
- Is BadgeMate or Essential Trust Badges & Icons cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for BadgeMate and $6.99/month for Essential Trust Badges & Icons. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, BadgeMate or Essential Trust Badges & Icons?
- On the Shopify App Store: BadgeMate 5.0 from 1 reviews and Essential Trust Badges & Icons 5.0 from 1,163 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons lists 17 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Auto-position, Cart page, Collection pages. 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 May 31, 2026 for BadgeMate, Nov 9, 2026 for Essential Trust Badges & Icons; 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 May 31, 2026 for BadgeMate, Nov 9, 2026 for Essential Trust Badges & Icons. 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.