Printaura vs Printlooper
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Printaura, Oct 28, 2026 for Printlooper.
The short answer
- Printaura lists 5 features Printlooper’s listing doesn’t mention, including Apparel, Custom packaging, Custom shipping.
Head to head
We print & ship your orders under your brand, hassle free
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
Basic Plan
- · 5% + $0.79 platform fee per order
- · Up to 50 active product listings
- · Visual analytics
Pro Plan
- · 4% platform fee, no per-order fee
- · Up to 100 active product listings
- · Visual Analytics
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featurePrintAura helps you launch or grow a print-on-demand brand without managing inventory or fulfillment? PrintAura helps Shopify merchants create, publish, and fulfill custom products with ease. Push new products, connect existing listings, and manage listings directly from the PrintAura dashboard. Orders can be automatically fulfilled and shipped for a seamless hands-off workflow.
Printlooper gives your store three ways to add products without holding stock. Print on demand: list 3D-printed designs licensed from independent designers, or custom merch with your own art, made only after a customer buys. Dropshipping: list ready-made products from independent maker shops that ship from their own stock. Or generate an exclusive 3D model with AI. Price it with live margins and publish to Shopify.
- Automatic order processing
- Listing management
- Product creation
- Browse a marketplace of ready-to-sell product designs
- Select your supplier. Then select from their materials & color options.
- Automatically generate product images for each material and variant.
- Sync products and variants directly to your Shopify store.
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 |  Printaura |  Printlooper |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Printaura | Printlooper |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.2 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 12 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Printaura | Printlooper |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $19/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Printaura | Printlooper |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #189(ahead) | #211 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #5 on Pricing moves in Print on demand (POD) |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jan 23, 2014 | Feb 10, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Printaura.com | Printlooper LLC |
FAQ
Printaura and Printlooper: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Printaura lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Apparel, Custom packaging, Custom shipping, Global fulfillment. Printlooper lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Order tracking, Pack-ins, Real-time updates. 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 14, 2026 for Printaura, Oct 28, 2026 for Printlooper; 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 14, 2026 for Printaura, Oct 28, 2026 for Printlooper. 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.