Primer | Sweepstakes vs SweepPea: Buy‑to‑Enter Sweeps
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 Primer, Nov 9, 2026 for SweepPea.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Primer 5.0 from 1 reviews and SweepPea 4.9 from 10 reviews.
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $50/month for Primer and $29/month for SweepPea.
- SweepPea lists 9 features Primer’s listing doesn’t mention, including Anniversary, Birthday, Conversion tracking.
Head to head
- United States
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · 1 Draft Sweepstakes (Not Activatable)
- · CSV Export Preview
- · Free Installation
- · Theme Block Preview
- · Yotpo Loyalty Integration Setup
Lead Generation
- · 1 Live Sweepstakes at a time
- · 6,250 entrants in a calendar month
- · Collect First, Last, Email, and Phone
- · ESP Integration
- · Free Entries
Growth
- · 1 Competition Type
- · 1 Live Sweepstakes at a time
- · 3 Sweepstakes Types
- · 6,250 entrants in a calendar month
- · Email Entry Custom Code
- · Paid & Free Entry Modes
Free Plan
- · 10 Participants and Purchases
- · 24/7 Email and Phone Support
- · Custom Extensions
- · Random Winner Drawing Tool
- · Set Entries Per Dollar Spent
- · Show Entries Awarded per Product
Crescendo
- · 1 Buy-to-Enter Sweepstakes
- · Award Entries Per Dollar Spent
- · Display Bonus entries per product
- · Email, Chat & AI support
- · Free Entry "No Purchase Necessary" Form
- · Official Rules Creator tool
Forte
- · 2 Buy-to-Enter Sweepstakes
- · All Crescendo features, plus
- · Email, Chat, AI & Phone support (9-5 ET)
- · Human sweepstakes expert guidance
- · Up to 5,000 Sales transactions
Presto
- · 3 Entry Types: Buy, Web/Social, Donate
- · API V3 & MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- · All Forte features, plus
- · Award entries for shares and follows
- · Custom Form-to-Enter page
- · Services: Drawing, Affidavits, and 1099s
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureRunning a sale is the default move when you want more traffic, more sign-ups, or more purchases. But over time it becomes a trap. Customers learn to wait. Margins get thinner. And the promotion stops feeling special. Sweepstakes work differently. People get genuinely excited. They share them with friends. They come back to see if they won. And you only give away one prize instead of discounting your whole catalog.
Drive sales by offering your customers a chance to win big! Award sweepstakes entries for every dollar spent! Your customers can earn chances to win prizes simply by purchasing your products. Sweeppea makes it easy to run sweepstakes and giveaway promotions that build sales and order value. Getting started is simple!
- Create loyalty-based sweepstakes with points-per-entry and entry caps
- Optional free entry (AMOE) with customer login and per-customer limits
- Track paid and free entries in one pool and export participants for drawings
- Unlimited Participants and Sales Transactions
- Create Official & Abbreviated Rules for your store and ads for legal compliance.
- A Free Entry method form provided for "No purchase necessary." legal compliance.
- Draw Winners Randomly
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 |  Primer |  SweepPea |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 1 |
| 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 | Business & Industrial |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States |
Reviews
| Measure | Primer | SweepPea |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★(ahead) | 4.9 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 10(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Primer and SweepPea: common questions
- Is Primer or SweepPea cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $50/month for Primer and $29/month for SweepPea. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Primer or SweepPea?
- On the Shopify App Store: Primer 5.0 from 1 reviews and SweepPea 4.9 from 10 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Primer lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Fair selection. SweepPea lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Anniversary, Birthday, Conversion tracking, Form fields. 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 Primer, Nov 9, 2026 for SweepPea; 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 Primer, Nov 9, 2026 for SweepPea. 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.