Peopletail Rewards vs Referral Candy & Affiliate

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Sep 28, 2025 for Peopletail Rewards, Nov 12, 2026 for Referral Candy & Affiliate.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: Peopletail Rewards 5.0 from 2 reviews and Referral Candy & Affiliate 4.9 from 1,481 reviews.
  • Referral Candy & Affiliate lists 26 features Peopletail Rewards’s listing doesn’t mention, including Achievement tracking, Affiliate links, Affiliate programs.

Head to head

Detected stores

Peopletail Rewards: —
Referral Candy & Affiliate: 817

App Store reviews

Peopletail Rewards: 2
Referral Candy & Affiliate: 1,481

Stores added, 28 days

Peopletail Rewards: —
Referral Candy & Affiliate: 20
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Pitch

We make it easy for affiliates to sell your products and earn.

Reach new customers with a referral marketing program

Categories
  • Affiliate programs
  • Loyalty and rewards
  • Affiliate programs
Languages
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  • English
Launched
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Sep 28, 2010
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Built for Shopify
Reviews per month
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5 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
817active installs
  • ALOHAS
  • Revice
  • The 'Pause Life by Dr. Mary Claire Haver
  • Platanomelón
  • Pvolve
+812 more
Most common store size
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11-50 products34%
Top countries
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  • United States37%
  • United Kingdom14%
  • Germany6%

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

0510SepJanMarMayJulSepOctPeopletail Rewards: 2 reviews in September 2022Referral Candy & Affiliate: 3 reviews in December 2025Referral Candy & Affiliate: 6 reviews in January 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 9 reviews in February 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 5 reviews in March 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 6 reviews in April 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 7 reviews in May 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 4 reviews in June 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 9 reviews in July 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 4 reviews in August 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 3 reviews in September 2026Referral Candy & Affiliate: 5 reviews in October 2026
Peopletail RewardsReferral Candy & AffiliateCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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From $39 to $799/month
Plans
PlanFree to install
Basic$39/month
7-day free trial10.5% success fee on referral sales
  • · All features on every plan
  • · For brands getting started
Grow$79/month
7-day free trial3.5% success fee on referral sales
  • · All features on every plan
  • · For brands scaling referral revenue
Scale$249/month
7-day free trial1.5% success fee on referral sales
  • · All features on every plan
  • · For high-volume where margins matter
Enterprise$799/month
7-day free trial0.25% success fee on referral sales
  • · All features on every plan
  • · Dedicated onboarding & account manager
Coverage
0 of 27 features0%
27 of 27 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • Achievement tracking
  • Affiliate links
  • Affiliate programs
  • Analytics
  • +22 more
Affiliate programs
0%0/15
100%15/15
Affiliate experience
0%0/3
100%3/3
Commission options
0%0/3
100%3/3
Payments
0%0/1
100%1/1
Referral management
0%0/8
100%8/8
Loyalty and rewards
0%0/12
100%12/12
Program types
0%0/5
100%5/5
Rewards you can offer
0%0/7
100%7/7
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Peopletail RewardsReferral Candy & Affiliate27 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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Works with also listed by another
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  • Checkout
  • Customer accounts
  • ReCharge
  • Klaviyo
  • Skio
  • Awtomic
  • Appstle
  • Loop
How it sells itself

Introducing Peopletail Rewards Peopletail Rewards is a Shopify app that provides you an easy way to unlock the sales channel of affiliates. You can build a community of affiliates that can help you sell products and earn rewards.

Grow your brand with referral & affiliate programs, instead of expensive ads. ReferralCandy helps you get more sales by rewarding loyal customers and working with affiliates. Our new Referral Expert, a built-in AI assistant, helps you launch and fine-tune campaigns from your store's real data. You already own the best acquisition channels: your own customers & affiliates.

Key points
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  • Set up a referral or affiliate program and get the first sales within 30 minutes
  • Enable post-purchase popups, emails and pages to enroll customers in the program
  • Automate customer rewards: Cash and coupons for one-off and subscription sales
  • Customize your referral program with your logo, images and brand colors
Screenshots
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referralcandy affiliate shopify referral app refer a friend
referral candy generate revenuereferral candy track affiliate sales data dashboard

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasurePeopletail RewardsReferral Candy & Affiliate
Detected storesNot published817as of Nov 12, 2026
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough data20new and returning
Big-brand shareNot enough data22%of stores of known size
Top store categoriesNot publishedHealth & Beauty, Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Apparel & Accessories
Top store countriesNot publishedUnited States, United Kingdom, Germany

Reviews

MeasurePeopletail RewardsReferral Candy & Affiliate
App Store rating5.0 ★(ahead)4.9 ★
App Store reviews21,481(ahead)
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data0
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough data13%

Pricing

MeasurePeopletail RewardsReferral Candy & Affiliate
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$39/month
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed14

Listing

MeasurePeopletail RewardsReferral Candy & Affiliate
Shopify category rankNot enough data#12in Affiliate programs
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s charts#16 in Affiliate programs
Built for ShopifyNoYes
LaunchedNot publishedSep 28, 2010
LanguagesNot published1English
DeveloperPeopletailReferralCandy

FAQ

Peopletail Rewards and Referral Candy & Affiliate: common questions

Which has better reviews, Peopletail Rewards or Referral Candy & Affiliate?
On the Shopify App Store: Peopletail Rewards 5.0 from 2 reviews and Referral Candy & Affiliate 4.9 from 1,481 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Referral Candy & Affiliate lists 26 the others don’t mention, such as Achievement tracking, Affiliate links, Affiliate programs, Analytics. 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 Sep 28, 2025 for Peopletail Rewards, Nov 12, 2026 for Referral Candy & Affiliate; 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 Sep 28, 2025 for Peopletail Rewards, Nov 12, 2026 for Referral Candy & Affiliate. 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.