Lærke ‑ AI Chatbot vs SelfiChat

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 8, 2026 for Lærke, Oct 13, 2026 for SelfiChat.

The short answer

  • Only SelfiChat lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Lærke and $19.99/month for SelfiChat.
  • Lærke lists 5 features SelfiChat’s listing doesn’t mention, including Agent avatar, Color and font, Greetings.

Head to head

Detected stores

Lærke: 5
SelfiChat: —

App Store reviews

Lærke: 1
SelfiChat: —
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Pitch
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Categories
  • Chat
  • Chat
Languages
  • Danish
  • English
  • English
  • French
Launched
May 20, 2026
Jun 22, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
5active installs
  • Geekd
  • WeCoverYou
+3 more
0active installs
Most common store size
10,001-100,000 products60%
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Top countries
  • Denmark80%
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $29 to $299/month
From $0 to $129.99/month
Plans
Starter$29/month
7-day free trial$0.10 per message beyond 500 per month, up to $50 extra max - you approve the cap when subscribing.
  • · 500 messages included per month
  • · 7-day free trial
  • · Conversation review and corrections
  • · Full personalisation: tone, voice, brand
  • · Optional customer order lookups
  • · Suggested questions and FAQ buttons
Growth$99/month
7-day free trial$0.07 per message beyond 2,500 per month, up to $200 extra max - you approve the cap when subscribing.
  • · 2,500 messages included per month
  • · 7-day free trial
  • · Conversation review and corrections
  • · Full personalisation: tone, voice, brand
  • · Optional customer order lookups
  • · Suggested questions and FAQ buttons
Scale$299/month
7-day free trial$0.05 per message beyond 10,000 per month, up to $500 extra max - you approve the cap when subscribing.
  • · 10,000 messages included per month
  • · 7-day free trial
  • · Conversation review and corrections
  • · Full personalisation: tone, voice, brand
  • · Optional customer order lookups
  • · Suggested questions and FAQ buttons
FreeFree
  • · 20 AI conversations per month
  • · 35+ languages supported
  • · Auto-generated FAQ from your store
  • · GDPR compliant by default
  • · Smart escalation to your inbox
Starter$19.99/month
  • · 100 AI conversations per month
  • · 35+ languages supported
  • · Auto-generated FAQ from your store
  • · Describe your shop feature
  • · Priority email support
  • · Smart escalation to your inbox
Pro$44.99/month
  • · 500 AI conversations per month
  • · Advanced conversation analytics
  • · Conversation export
  • · Custom FAQ editor
  • · Custom widget branding
  • · Everything in Starter
Business$129.99/month
  • · 1500 AI conversations per month
  • · Dedicated account manager
  • · Dedicated account manager
  • · Everything in Pro
  • · Phone and chat support
  • · Priority feature requests
Coverage
11 of 13 features85%
8 of 13 features62%
Unique strengths
  • Agent avatar
  • Color and font
  • Greetings
  • Order updates
  • +1 more
  • Live chat
  • Multi-language
Chat
85%11/13
62%8/13
Automated responses
100%5/5
40%2/5
Customization
100%5/5
60%3/5
Real-time messaging
33%1/3
100%3/3
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LærkeSelfiChat13 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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Integrations

Lærke5.0(1)SelfiChatNo rating yet
Works with also listed by another
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How it sells itself

Lærke is an AI chat assistant that actually knows your store. It answers shoppers from your real Shopify catalog, collections, and policies - never generic guesses, never out-of-stock items. Every conversation lands in your admin; a single edit teaches the bot how to handle similar questions next time. Configure tone, language, colours, and starter questions in one page.

SelfiChat is a customer support assistant built by Elarix Dev Ltd, a UK company. It scans your store policies, products, and pages, then generates ready-to-use FAQ in 30 seconds. The AI assistant Lea answers in your store's voice and escalates complex cases to your inbox. The widget supports 35+ languages, includes order lookup and product search, and works 24/7. GDPR-compliant with zero customer data storage.

Key points
  • Grounded answers from your real catalog and shop policies
  • Review every conversation and correct any answer that wasn't correct
  • Personalise tone, voice, appearance, suggested questions, FAQ buttons
  • Optional order lookups for signed-in shoppers, inside the chat
  • Auto-generated FAQ from your store policies, products and pages in 30 seconds
  • AI assistant Lea answers in 35+ languages with your store's voice and rules
  • Order lookup, product search, and policy answers from one storefront widget
  • Smart escalation to human inbox when AI confidence drops below threshold
Screenshots
Lærke answering a shopper's product question with real items
The Lærke chat bubble on a Shopify storefront with teaserLærke answering a shopper's product question with real itemsReviewing a conversation, rating it, and correcting an answer
AI-generated FAQ suggestions ready for one-click publish
SelfiChat widget open on storefront with quick actionsSelfiChat dashboard with conversation and message statsselfichat-real-1-storefront-widget.png

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

MeasureLærkeSelfiChat
Detected stores5as of Nov 8, 2026Not published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesElectronicsNot published
Top store countriesDenmarkNot published

Reviews

MeasureLærkeSelfiChat
App Store rating5.0 ★Not published
App Store reviews1Not published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureLærkeSelfiChat
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$29/month$19.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trial7 daysNot listed
Plans listed34

Listing

MeasureLærkeSelfiChat
Shopify category rank#559(ahead)in Chat#640in Chat
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedMay 20, 2026Jun 22, 2026
Languages2Danish, English2English, French
DeveloperSPARTAHIVEElarix Dev

FAQ

Lærke and SelfiChat: common questions

Is Lærke or SelfiChat cheaper?
Only SelfiChat lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Lærke and $19.99/month for SelfiChat. 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?
Lærke lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Agent avatar, Color and font, Greetings, Order updates. SelfiChat lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Live chat, Multi-language. 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 8, 2026 for Lærke, Oct 13, 2026 for SelfiChat; 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 8, 2026 for Lærke, Oct 13, 2026 for SelfiChat. 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.