FirstTime Discount vs FirstTry: Product Trial Promos
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Jul 17, 2026 for FirstTime Discount, Oct 14, 2026 for FirstTry.
The short answer
- FirstTry lists 1 features FirstTime Discount’s listing doesn’t mention, including Automations.
Head to head
Discounts for new customers
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Lite
- · 14 customer's languages are supported
- · Automatic at cart and checkout
- · Cart, Product and Listing theme blocks
- · Free for up to 25 orders with promo
- · Optionally compute from compare at price
- · Per-product, first purchase only
Pro
- · All Lite features plus+
- · Scheduling
- · Target by customer tag
- · Unlimited promotions
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureFirstTime Discount is designed to help merchants provide exclusive discounts to first time users/consumers which is different from any other discounts. This enables merchants to track, understand and optimize their new user conversion. So start selling to your new users and get excellent conversions.
FirstTry adds an automatic first-purchase discount to the products you choose. Each customer gets the deal once per product — the first time they buy it — so you can let shoppers try trial sizes and new lines at lower risk. Built on Shopify Functions, the discount applies by itself at checkout with no codes. Storefront badges show eligible products only to customers who can still claim them.
- Provides the ability to create discount offer for the newly registered customer.
- You can give a flat rate discount or percentage discount to the new customer.
- Control the deadline for the created discount from the app dashboard.
- One-time, per-product first-purchase discount — once per customer
- Applies automatically at checkout — no discount codes needed
- Storefront badges show the deal only to still-eligible customers
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 |  FirstTime Discount |  FirstTry |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | FirstTime Discount | FirstTry |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | FirstTime Discount | FirstTry |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $15.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 30 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | FirstTime Discount | FirstTry |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #603(ahead) | #816 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 21, 2019 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 5 |
| Developer | Galaxy Weblinks Inc. | SMALLROCKS STUDIO LTD |
FAQ
FirstTime Discount and FirstTry: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- FirstTry lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Automations. 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 Jul 17, 2026 for FirstTime Discount, Oct 14, 2026 for FirstTry; 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 Jul 17, 2026 for FirstTime Discount, Oct 14, 2026 for FirstTry. 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.