Free Gift Contest Popup vs ViralSweep Giveaways Contests
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 Free Gift Contest Popup, Nov 9, 2026 for ViralSweep Giveaways Contests.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $2.99/month for Free Gift Contest Popup and $49/month for ViralSweep Giveaways Contests.
- ViralSweep Giveaways Contests lists 33 features Free Gift Contest Popup’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Analytics, Anniversary.
Head to head
Collect shopper emails by offering a prize with your product!
Giveaways, Sweepstakes, Contests, Competitions, Raffles
- United States
- Australia
- Canada
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Standard Plan
Starter Plan
- · Basic Integrations
- · Comments & Social Actions
- · Contests
- · Instant Wins
- · Milestones
- · Purchases - 100 orders
Business Plan
- · +More
- · Email Notification
- · Hashtag App
- · Premium Integrations
- · Purchases - 1,000 orders
- · Sales Tracking
Premium Plan
- · A/B Testing
- · API
- · Business Plan Features AND
- · Collect Payments
- · Multiple Languages
- · Purchases App - 5,000 orders
Elite
- · 1 Promotion Built For You Per Month
- · Manage 6 Brands and 6 Users
- · Premium Plan Features AND
- · Purchases App - Unlimited
- · White Glove Service
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureNeed help growing your contact list? Free Gift Contest Popup is not an ordinary popup app that offers shoppers a standard discount. Instead, in exchange for an email address, shoppers get entered into your contest to win one of your products. You can still show a discount code either before or after the shopper submits their email address.
ViralSweep offers easy management of giveaways, sweepstakes, contests, raffles & waitlists, all while helping you boost sales & go viral! You can quickly create custom promotion pages to collect entries, analyze entrant data with charts & graphs, and easily select & notify winners. Even incentivize social media sharing to boost your promotion’s reach, generating additional leads and sales.
- Easily create contests with custom options that match your store's brand.
- Let the app automatically select a random winner.
- The built in email feature lets you easily contact the winner within the app.
- Create your giveaway or raffle in minutes & share it easily with your customers
- Give bonus entries for completing social media actions: like, share, & more
- Run purchase-based giveaways to reward entries based on spend $1 spent = 1 entry
- Refer friends or complete social actions to move up spots on the waitlist
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 |  Free Gift Contest Popup |  ViralSweep Giveaways Contests |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 359 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −9 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 5 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 31% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Food, Beverages & Tobacco |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Australia, Canada |
Reviews
| Measure | Free Gift Contest Popup | ViralSweep Giveaways Contests |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.5 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 149 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Free Gift Contest Popup | ViralSweep Giveaways Contests |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $2.99/month(ahead) | $49/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Free Gift Contest Popup | ViralSweep Giveaways Contests |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #390 | #8 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #1 in Giveaways and contests |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Dec 10, 2019 | Aug 21, 2013 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Boost Hub Business Solutions | ViralSweep |
FAQ
Free Gift Contest Popup and ViralSweep Giveaways Contests: common questions
- Is Free Gift Contest Popup or ViralSweep Giveaways Contests cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $2.99/month for Free Gift Contest Popup and $49/month for ViralSweep Giveaways Contests. 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?
- ViralSweep Giveaways Contests lists 33 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Analytics, Anniversary, Auto-entry. 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 Free Gift Contest Popup, Nov 9, 2026 for ViralSweep Giveaways Contests; 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 Free Gift Contest Popup, Nov 9, 2026 for ViralSweep Giveaways Contests. 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.