Digital Product Subscriptions vs LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 8, 2026.

The short answer

LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks is detected on 11× as many Shopify stores as Digital Product Subscriptions: 105 vs 10 as of Nov 8, 2026.
On the Shopify App Store: Digital Product Subscriptions 4.6 from 18 reviews and LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks 4.8 from 224 reviews.
Only LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Digital Product Subscriptions and $8.99/month for LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks.
LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks lists 8 features Digital Product Subscriptions’s listing doesn’t mention, including Access code, Custom download pages, File encryption.

Head to head

Detected stores

105

App Store reviews

224

New reviews, 28 days

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OverviewOverview

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

Pitch

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Developer

Content Vault LLC

LDT Team

UsageUsage

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

Reviews per month

1 last full month

4 last full month

Detected stores

10active installs

+5 more

105active installs

+100 more

Most common store size

101-200 products30%

11-50 products36%

Top countries

United Kingdom20%
Austria10%
Canada10%

United States31%
Germany9%
France7%

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

Digital Product SubscriptionsLDT Digital Downloads & EbooksCompleted months only

PricingPricing

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

Free options

Free planFree trial

Monthly range

From $29 to $99/month

From $0 to $49.99/month

Plans

PAY AS YOU GOFree to install

4.95% + $0.25 per transaction

· 1 GB Storage
· All file types supported
· Automatic download emails
· Limit to 2 subscription plans
· Unlimited bandwidth

STARTER$29/month

10-day free trial1.95% + $0.15 per transaction

· 10 GB Storage
· Advanced fraud detection
· All file types supported
· Automatic download emails
· Custom email address
· IP restrictions

SCALE$49/month

10-day free trial0.95% + $0.10 per transaction

· 150 GB Storage
· Advanced fraud detection
· All file types supported
· Automatic download emails
· Custom email address
· IP restrictions

PLUS$99/month

10-day free trial0.50% + $0.00 per transaction

· 500 GB Storage
· All features from Scale plan
· All file types supported
· Dedicated onboarding assistance
· Early access to new features
· Priority live chat support

FreeFree

· 500MB Storage - 30 orders/month
· Add your brand, your own email sender
· Automatic download email, Thank You page
· Find Digital Order Form, Download by URL
· Order Status, Customer Account page
· Require consent before access content

Starter$8.99/month

7-day free trialNo extra fee, unlimited download bandwidth

· 15GB Storage
· Automation
· Custom Sender email
· Download limit number/days
· License Notification
· PDF / EPUB watemarking

Enterprise$19.99/month

7-day free trialNo extra fee, unlimited download bandwidth

· 300GB Storage
· API endpoints
· Check Fraudulent, IP limitation
· Media player, PDF/E-book online reader
· PDF password encryption
· PRIORITY support

Ultra$49.99/month

7-day free trialAnd any custom plan to fit your business ...

· 1TB(1024GB) Storage
· API endpoints
· DEVELOPER support
· ENTERPRISE+
· Media player, PDF/E-book online reader
· NO EXTRA FEE

FeaturesFeatures

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

Coverage

25 of 33 features76%

27 of 33 features82%

Unique strengths

Access subscriptions
Custom subscriptions
Digital products
IP restrictions
+2 more

Access code
Custom download pages
File encryption
License key
+4 more

Digital products

71%20/28

96%27/28

Download management

75%9/12

100%12/12

File security

29%2/7

86%6/7

Product types

100%9/9

Subscriptions

100%5/5

0%0/5

Pricing you can set

100%1/1

0%0/1

Subscription types

100%4/4

0%0/4

Digital Product SubscriptionsLDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks33 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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IntegrationsIntegrations

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

Works with also listed by another

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Checkout
Customer accounts
Shopify Flow
Digital downloads
Digital products
Adaptive Streaming
PDF
Courses
Ebooks

MessagingMessaging

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

How it sells itself

Content Vault helps you sell digital subscriptions and digital products with flexible subscription billing. Create digital subscription tiers, monthly memberships, and recurring subscriptions for courses, ebook downloads, & exclusive membership content. Offer instant access or drip content on a schedule.

Sell any file type: PDF, ebook, video, audio, course or license key. Attach files to a product or variant and the app emails a branded download link once the order is paid. Buyers open files in your storefront portal, read or stream them in the built-in viewers, and find them again from the customer account and order status pages.

Key points

Flexible digital product subscriptions for PDFs, music, videos, ebooks & more.
Allow unlimited access or create scheduled re-occurring content releases.
Automate recurring payments and manage renewals effortlessly.
Easily manage subscriptions, payments, and content delivery all in one app.

Attach any files and license keys to your products or variants automatically.
Customize email template any languages, email branding, tracking email status
Show a beautiful and customized download portal to your customer.
Limiting downloads, adaptive stream video/audio, pdf stamping, pdf password

Screenshots

Seamless customer experience for downloading digital content

Vault Access and Content Drip Digital Subscriptions

Automated emails for new subscriptions and content drops

One Click Setup for Digital Content Subscriptions on Shopify

Installed withInstalled with

Digital Product Subscriptions4.6(18)LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks4.8(224)

Most often alongside

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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.

Differences only

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

Measure	Digital Product Subscriptions	LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks
Detected stores	10as of Nov 8, 2026	105(ahead)as of Nov 8, 2026
Net store change, 28 days	0estimated	0estimated
Stores added, 28 days	Not enough data	Not enough data
Big-brand share	Not enough data	Not enough data
Top store categories	Arts & Entertainment, Software, Apparel & Accessories	Media, Apparel & Accessories, Arts & Entertainment
Top store countries	United Kingdom, Austria, Canada	United States, Germany, France

Reviews

Measure	Digital Product Subscriptions	LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks
App Store rating	4.6 ★	4.8 ★(ahead)
App Store reviews	18	224(ahead)
New reviews, 28 days	Not enough data	3
Reviewers a year or more in	Not enough data	32%

Pricing

Measure	Digital Product Subscriptions	LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks
Free plan	Not listed	Yes
Lowest paid monthly plan	$29/month	$8.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trial	10 days	7 days
Plans listed	4	4

Listing

Measure	Digital Product Subscriptions	LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks
Shopify category rank	#27in Digital products	#15(ahead)in Digital products
Shopify App Charts	Not on this week’s charts	#6 in Digital products
Built for Shopify	Yes	Yes
Launched	Apr 7, 2025	Jun 8, 2023
Languages	1English	24English, French, German
Developer	Content Vault LLC	LDT Team

FAQ

Digital Product Subscriptions and LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks: common questions

Which is more popular, Digital Product Subscriptions or LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks?: LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks is detected on 11× as many Shopify stores as Digital Product Subscriptions: 105 vs 10 as of Nov 8, 2026.
Is Digital Product Subscriptions or LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks cheaper?: Only LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Digital Product Subscriptions and $8.99/month for LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks. 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, Digital Product Subscriptions or LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks?: On the Shopify App Store: Digital Product Subscriptions 4.6 from 18 reviews and LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks 4.8 from 224 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?: Digital Product Subscriptions lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Access subscriptions, Custom subscriptions, Digital products, IP restrictions. LDT Digital Downloads & Ebooks lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Access code, Custom download pages, File encryption, License key. 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 8, 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 8, 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.