Notify Customers SMS Marketing vs SAM by Textmunication
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 19, 2026 for Notify Customers SMS Marketing, Oct 13, 2026 for SAM by Textmunication.
The short answer
- SAM by Textmunication lists 10 features Notify Customers SMS Marketing’s listing doesn’t mention, including Birthday messages, Cart recovery, Feedback requests.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Australia
- · $5 USD credit toward your first campaign
- · Add text message automations
- · Create customer segments
- · Manage opt-outs
- · Schedule campaigns for later
- · Send SMS (text) messages
UK and Europe
- · $5 USD credit toward your first campaign
- · Add text message automations
- · Create customer segments
- · Manage opt-outs
- · Schedule campaigns for later
- · Send SMS (text) messages
US and Canada
- · $5 USD credit toward your first campaign
- · Add text message automations
- · Create customer segments
- · Manage opt-outs
- · Schedule campaigns for later
- · Send SMS (text) and MMS (image) messages
Start
- · 2 Keywords
- · 750 SMS credits per month
- · All SAM Features
- · SAM AI
- · Shopify Integration
Walk
- · 2 Keywords
- · 2000 SMS credits per month
- · All SAM Features
- · SAM AI
- · Shopify Integration
Run
- · 2 Keywords
- · 8000 SMS credits per month
- · All SAM Features
- · SAM AI
- · Shopify Integration
Sprint
- · 12000 SMS credits per month
- · 2 Keywords
- · All SAM Features
- · SAM AI
- · Shopify Integration
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSMS marketing for small businesses — no monthly fees, pay-as-you-go from $0.03/text in the US and Canada. Turn one-time shoppers into repeat customers: send bulk SMS and MMS campaigns, schedule them in advance, and reply 1-on-1. Automate abandoned cart, win-back, and review request texts. Sync customers from Shopify or upload a CSV, then build segments. Manage opt-outs and stay compliant.
SAM helps merchants communicate with customers through SMS and MMS messaging across different stages of the customer journey. Merchants can use the SAM to send promotional messages, transactional updates, and support-related notifications while respecting customer consent preferences.
- Automatically sync customers from Shopify to Notify, or upload a customer list.
- Send texts with images and schedule campaigns for future delivery.
- View campaign replies and start 1-on-1 text conversations.
- SMS Campaigns
- Automated Messaging i.e. Topics based updates for Shopify Orders
- Opt-In/Opt-out Management
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 |  Notify Customers SMS Marketing |  SAM by Textmunication |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Notify Customers SMS Marketing | SAM by Textmunication |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 23 | 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 | Notify Customers SMS Marketing | SAM by Textmunication |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Notify Customers SMS Marketing | SAM by Textmunication |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #18(ahead) | #155 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 7, 2025 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Notify Customers LLC | Textmunication, Inc. |
FAQ
Notify Customers SMS Marketing and SAM by Textmunication: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Notify Customers SMS Marketing lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Compliance, Custom segments, Custom sender ID, Segmentation. SAM by Textmunication lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Birthday messages, Cart recovery, Feedback requests, One-time password (OTP). 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 19, 2026 for Notify Customers SMS Marketing, Oct 13, 2026 for SAM by Textmunication; 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 19, 2026 for Notify Customers SMS Marketing, Oct 13, 2026 for SAM by Textmunication. 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.