Dock vs The Print Bar

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Aug 11, 2026 for Dock, Oct 13, 2026 for The Print Bar.

The short answer

  • The Print Bar lists 12 features Dock’s listing doesn’t mention, including Apparel, Bags, Drinkware.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Dock: —
The Print Bar: 6
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Pitch
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Categories
  • Print on demand (POD)
  • Print on demand (POD)
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jul 16, 2026
Aug 3, 2022
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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5 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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—
Top countries
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Momentum

New reviews each month

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

035MarJulThe Print Bar: 1 reviews in March 2026The Print Bar: 5 reviews in July 2026
DockThe Print BarCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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Plans
FreeFree
FreeFree to install
You will be charged the agreed production price of each item we ship
Coverage
2 of 14 features14%
13 of 14 features93%
Unique strengths
  • Custom packaging
  • Apparel
  • Bags
  • Drinkware
  • Eco shipping
  • +8 more
Print on demand (POD)
14%2/14
93%13/14
Product customization
50%2/4
75%3/4
Products
0%0/7
100%7/7
Shipping options
0%0/3
100%3/3
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DockThe Print Bar14 features listed across both App Store listings

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Integrations

DockNo rating yetThe Print Bar5.0(6)
Works with also listed by another
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How it sells itself

Dock turns your store into a custom-print shopfront backed by Solopress, a UK trade printer. Embed a configurator on any product page: customers choose size, material, finishing and sides, see live pricing, and upload artwork. Synced products and paid orders flow straight to Solopress for production and tracked delivery — no manual re-keying. You set your own retail prices.

Use our custom design tool to see your design on our huge range of tee’s, hoodies, hats, totes and more! Decorate with digital printing or embroidery and get it rush ordered to your customers ASAP. Manage your orders, payments and designs all from the convenience of your Partner Portal.

Key points
  • Live, accurate print pricing on your product pages as customers configure
  • Customers upload print-ready artwork, checked automatically before production
  • Paid orders auto-submit to Solopress for production and tracked UK delivery
  • One-click sync of your print catalogue from Dock into Shopify
  • Start selling with zero risk and no stock to buy
  • Easily link your POD to existing Shopify products
  • Create designs from our huge range
Screenshots
Print configurator: choose size, material, sides and quantity
Dock admin: connected to the Hub, sync productsDock: live-priced print, fulfilled by SolopressOrder summary with live VAT-inclusive price and Add to Basket
Sync your designs easily with our Partner Portal
Graphic that says “Say Something on Something and Sell it”.You design it we'll print it and ship itChoose from our huge range

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureDockThe Print Bar
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureDockThe Print Bar
App Store ratingNot published5.0 ★
App Store reviewsNot published6
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureDockThe Print Bar
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listedNo monthly plan listed
Longest free trialNot listedNot listed
Plans listed11

Listing

MeasureDockThe Print Bar
Shopify category rank#134in Print on demand (POD)#36(ahead)in Print on demand (POD)
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJul 16, 2026Aug 3, 2022
Languages1English1English
DeveloperSolopressThe Print Bar

FAQ

Dock and The Print Bar: common questions

What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Dock lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Custom packaging. The Print Bar lists 12 the others don’t mention, such as Apparel, Bags, Drinkware, Eco shipping. 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 Aug 11, 2026 for Dock, Oct 13, 2026 for The Print Bar; 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 Aug 11, 2026 for Dock, Oct 13, 2026 for The Print Bar. 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.