Carti Assured Badges 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Carti Assured Badges, Nov 8, 2026 for Essential Trust Badges & Icons.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Carti Assured Badges 5.0 from 1 reviews and Essential Trust Badges & Icons 5.0 from 1,163 reviews.
- Only Essential Trust Badges & Icons lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99/month for Carti Assured Badges and $6.99/month for Essential Trust Badges & Icons.
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons lists 32 features Carti Assured Badges’s listing doesn’t mention, including Announcement bar, Auto-position, Backgrounds.
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.
Basic plan
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.
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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 |  Carti Assured Badges |  Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 7,059 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −70 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 90 |
| 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 | Carti Assured Badges | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 1,163(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0(ahead) | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 4% |
Pricing
| Measure | Carti Assured Badges | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $3.99/month(ahead) | $6.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Carti Assured Badges | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #402 | #6(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #2 in Badges and icons |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Aug 25, 2022 | Jun 2, 2023 |
| Languages | 1 | 7 |
| Developer | Carti Apps | Essential Apps |
FAQ
Carti Assured Badges and Essential Trust Badges & Icons: common questions
- Is Carti Assured Badges or Essential Trust Badges & Icons cheaper?
- Only Essential Trust Badges & Icons lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99/month for Carti Assured Badges 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, Carti Assured Badges or Essential Trust Badges & Icons?
- On the Shopify App Store: Carti Assured Badges 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 32 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Auto-position, Backgrounds, Borders. 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 13, 2026 for Carti Assured Badges, Nov 8, 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Carti Assured Badges, Nov 8, 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.