Essential Upsell & Cross Sell vs RG Frequently Bought Together

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 4, 2026 for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell, Oct 14, 2026 for RG Frequently Bought Together.

The short answer

  • Only Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell and $3/month for RG Frequently Bought Together.
  • Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists 24 features RG Frequently Bought Together’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI recommendations, Automatic discounts, Bulk discounts.

Head to head

Detected stores

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 13,637
RG Frequently Bought Together: —

App Store reviews

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 2,472
RG Frequently Bought Together: —

New reviews, 28 days

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 56
RG Frequently Bought Together: —

Stores added, 28 days

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 380
RG Frequently Bought Together: —
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Pitch
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Categories
  • Cart customization
  • Upsell and cross-sell
  • Product display - Other
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jun 10, 2024
Sep 10, 2025
Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Reviews per month
82 last full month
1 last full month
Detected stores
13,637active installs
  • Quest Nutrition
  • Worldstar HipHop
  • Pink Rose tk
  • Gas Monkey Garage
  • Baseballism Online
+13,632 more
0active installs
Most common store size
11-50 products26%
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Top countries
  • United States21%
  • United Kingdom9%
  • Australia5%
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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.

0100200DecFebAprJunAugOctEssential Upsell & Cross Sell: 141 reviews in December 2025Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 111 reviews in January 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 120 reviews in February 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 106 reviews in March 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 110 reviews in April 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 95 reviews in May 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 83 reviews in June 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 77 reviews in July 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 62 reviews in August 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 58 reviews in September 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 82 reviews in October 2026RG Frequently Bought Together: 1 reviews in April 2026RG Frequently Bought Together: 1 reviews in May 2026
Essential Upsell & Cross SellRG Frequently Bought TogetherCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $39.99/month
$3/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · Analytics​
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $100 additional revenue generated
Starter$9.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · Analytics​
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $500 additional revenue generated
Essential$19.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · Analytics​
  • · Cart page offers
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $1000 additional revenue generated
Growth$39.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · Analytics​
  • · Cart page offers
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $2500 additional revenue generated
RG Premium$3/month
7-day free trial
Coverage
27 of 27 features100%
0 of 27 features0%
Unique strengths
  • AI recommendations
  • Automatic discounts
  • Bulk discounts
  • Bundles
  • +20 more
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Cart customization
100%11/11
0%0/11
Cart display
100%5/5
0%0/5
Checkout customization
100%2/2
0%0/2
Upselling
100%4/4
0%0/4
Upsell and cross-sell
100%16/16
0%0/16
Analytics
100%1/1
0%0/1
Customization
100%7/7
0%0/7
Offers and recommendations
100%8/8
0%0/8
2700onlybothonly
Essential Upsell & Cross SellRG Frequently Bought Together27 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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Works with also listed by another
  • Checkout
  • PageFly Landing Page Builder
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How it sells itself

Boost AOV with the Essential Upsell app, offering customizable product upsell & cross-sell & "add to cart" widgets. Display frequently bought together (FBT), related products & product addons on product page & cart drawer. Create upsell and cross-sell strategies with "also like" product recommendations, product bundles, buy x get y & one-click upsells.

Generate your store’s sales with RG Frequently Bought Together – the ultimate upsell and cross-sell app. Easily showcase smart product bundles based on customer behavior, encouraging shoppers to add multiple items to their cart. With customizable design, AI-driven suggestions, and seamless integration, you can generate more order value and improve customer experience.

Key points
  • Sell more by recommending frequently bought products & related products
  • Add automatic discounts to your upsell and cross-sell products.
  • Select from 20 pre-madde templates, all of which are easily customizable.
  • Product page upsell - Add upsell & cross-sell products to your product page.
  • Manually choose which products to display with each item
  • Set custom UI design to match your store theme
  • Customize widget position on product and cart pages
Screenshots
Essential Shopify cart page upsell and cart drawer upsell
Essential Shopify upsell app has a great supportEssential Shopify product page upsellEssential Shopify product page upsell is highly customisable
Create your own upsell bundles with manual product selection
Customize colors, fonts, and styles to match your storeRG Frequently Bought Together – Upsell & Product Bundles AppDisplay suggested bundles directly on the product page

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.

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Adoption

MeasureEssential Upsell & Cross SellRG Frequently Bought Together
Detected stores13,637as of Nov 4, 2026Not published
Net store change, 28 days−36estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 days380new and returningNot enough data
Big-brand share14%of stores of known sizeNot enough data
Top store categoriesApparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & GardenNot published
Top store countriesUnited States, United Kingdom, AustraliaNot published

Reviews

MeasureEssential Upsell & Cross SellRG Frequently Bought Together
App Store rating5.0 ★Not published
App Store reviews2,472Not published
New reviews, 28 days56Not enough data
Reviewers a year or more in11%Not enough data

Pricing

MeasureEssential Upsell & Cross SellRG Frequently Bought Together
Free planYesNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$9.99/month$3/month(ahead)
Longest free trial14 days7 days
Plans listed41

Listing

MeasureEssential Upsell & Cross SellRG Frequently Bought Together
Shopify category rank#7in Upsell and cross-sell#348in Product display - Other
Shopify App Charts#47 on the Shoplist 100Not on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyYesNo
LaunchedJun 10, 2024Sep 10, 2025
Languages1English1English
DeveloperEssential Bundles & UpsellsRadical Global

FAQ

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell and RG Frequently Bought Together: common questions

Is Essential Upsell & Cross Sell or RG Frequently Bought Together cheaper?
Only Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell and $3/month for RG Frequently Bought Together. 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?
Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists 24 the others don’t mention, such as AI recommendations, Automatic discounts, Bulk discounts, Bundles. 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 4, 2026 for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell, Oct 14, 2026 for RG Frequently Bought Together; 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 4, 2026 for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell, Oct 14, 2026 for RG Frequently Bought Together. 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.