Printify: Print on Demand vs Printing Brands
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 Printify, Feb 18, 2026 for Printing Brands.
The short answer
- Printify lists 33 features Printing Brands’s listing doesn’t mention, including All-over-print, Arts and crafts, Australia.
Head to head
Create and Sell Custom Products, We Handle the Rest.
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 24/7 merchant support
- · 5 online stores
- · Manual order creation
- · Product Creator
- · Unlimited number of product designs
Premium
- · 10 stores per account
- · 1:1 Mentorship and support with Sellers
- · ALL Free plan features
- · Order management with Printify Connect
- · Up to 33% discount on products
Free to Install
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featurePrintify lets anyone create amazing custom products with no production or shipping responsibilities, and no inventory. Easily add your designs to over 1,300 popular products, including apparel, accessories, home decor, and more. Order management is automated, so you can focus on the important stuff – designing products and promoting your store.
This app connects your Shopify store to a full-service print-on-demand platform that automates product creation, fulfillment, and shipping. Merchants can design products, publish them to their store, and let the system handle orders, printing, tracking, and returns automatically. With personalization support, real-time inventory sync, and DHL integration, it simplifies every step from design to delivery.
- Wide selection of custom products with great prices
- Upload your designs quickly and easily
- Zero risk as you don’t have to buy stock upfront
- Simple creation process for new items
- Seamless Shopify Integration
- Automated Fulfillment & DHL Shipping
- Real-Time Inventory & Returns 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 |  Printify |  Printing Brands |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 1,861 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −9 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 105 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 6% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Arts & Entertainment | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Printify | Printing Brands |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 4,363 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 13 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 13% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Printify | Printing Brands |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $39/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Printify | Printing Brands |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #9(ahead) | #173 |
| Shopify App Charts | #4 in Print on demand (POD) | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Sep 8, 2015 | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Printify | Printing Brands |
FAQ
Printify and Printing Brands: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Printify lists 33 the others don’t mention, such as All-over-print, Arts and crafts, Australia, Automotive. Printing Brands lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Custom templates. 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 Printify, Feb 18, 2026 for Printing Brands; 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 Printify, Feb 18, 2026 for Printing Brands. 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.