ShipLab vs Shiptheory
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 ShipLab, Oct 13, 2026 for Shiptheory.
The short answer
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
Earth
- · 0.03 Per Shipment
- · 1 Channels
- · 1 Users
- · 2 Carriers
- · Email Support
- · Limited to 1,500 Shipments P/M
Saturn
- · 0.03 Per Shipment
- · 3 Carriers
- · 3 Channels
- · 3 Users
- · Limited to 3,000 Shipments P/M
- · Tailored Onboarding
Jupiter
- · 0.02 Per Shipment
- · 10 Users
- · Limited to 8,000 Shipments P/M
- · Premium Carriers
- · Premium Channels
- · Tailored Onboarding
Cosmos
- · 0.02 Per Shipment
- · Extended Support
- · Limited to 20,000 Shipments P/M
- · Tailored Onboarding
- · Unlimited Carriers
- · Unlimited Channels
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShipLab connects your Shopify store to carriers like UPS and DHL. Show live rates at checkout, create labels automatically or in bulk, track packages, handle returns and schedule pickups — all from Shopify Admin. Offer pickup points: UPS Access Point, DHL Service Point, Canada Post post office, set at checkout and changeable after paying.
Shiptheory helps save retailers time and money by automating repetitive tasks such as booking shipments and printing shipping labels. Connect to dozens of domestic and international carriers, and manage shipments from all of them in a single easy-to-use dashboard.
- Live carrier rates at checkout based on weight and destination
- Create shipping labels — single, bulk, or automatic
- Customize shipping rates with flexible rules per country
- Track packages and generate return labels
- Carriers worldwide including Royal Mail, UPS, FedEx, DPD
- Onboarding and technical support from experts for businesses of any size
- Automatically create Shopify shipping labels and print without pressing a button
- Create flexible shipping rules based on destination, weight, SKUs and more
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 |  ShipLab |  Shiptheory |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ShipLab | Shiptheory |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 50 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | ShipLab | Shiptheory |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $62/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ShipLab | Shiptheory |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #342 | #49(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 4, 2026 | Oct 13, 2022 |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Developer | Extmag | Shiptheory |
FAQ
ShipLab and Shiptheory: common questions
- 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 ShipLab, Oct 13, 2026 for Shiptheory; 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 ShipLab, Oct 13, 2026 for Shiptheory. 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.