Gift & Ship Direct vs TryTogether: Gift a Sample
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 Gift & Ship Direct, Oct 27, 2026 for TryTogether.
The short answer
Head to head
Free Plan
- · Gift without address
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureNo recipient address? No problem! Gift & Ship Direct adds a "Send as a Gift" option to your products. The buyer pays and provides the recipient's email or phone number. The recipient gets a branded link to enter their own shipping details securely. The order then appears in your admin for normal fulfillment.
After checkout, a block on your Thank you page invites the shopper to send a sample to a friend. You choose which product variants are eligible and cap the samples per send, the friends one order can reach, and the sample orders your store creates each month.
- Lets customers send gifts using only the recipient's email or phone number.
- Delight recipients with automated, branded gift notifications via email or SMS.
- Gift orders appear in your dashboard for fulfillment with no new workflows.
- Choose exactly which product variants shoppers can send as samples.
- Cap samples per send, friends per order, and sample orders each month.
- Track every send, its status and its order, on one page in your admin.
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 |  Gift & Ship Direct |  TryTogether |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Gift & Ship Direct | TryTogether |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Gift & Ship Direct | TryTogether |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Gift & Ship Direct | TryTogether |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #59 | #33(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 3, 2025 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Evergreen Ideation | Tangent |
FAQ
Gift & Ship Direct and TryTogether: common questions
- 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 Gift & Ship Direct, Oct 27, 2026 for TryTogether; 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 Gift & Ship Direct, Oct 27, 2026 for TryTogether. 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.