Star Product Reviews App vs Varto Product Reviews

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.

The short answer

  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90/month for Star Product Reviews and $4.99/month for Varto Product Reviews.
  • Star Product Reviews lists 5 features Varto Product Reviews’s listing doesn’t mention, including Automations, Custom requests, Import and export.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Product reviews
  • Product reviews
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
May 13, 2024
May 7, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
1 last full month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Momentum

New reviews each month

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

011SepJanMarStar Product Reviews App: 1 reviews in September 2025Star Product Reviews App: 1 reviews in January 2026Star Product Reviews App: 1 reviews in March 2026
Star Product ReviewsVarto Product ReviewsCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $9.90/month
From $0 to $4.99/month
Plans
StarterFree
  • · Customization
  • · Review moderation
  • · Review widget & star rating
  • · Rich snippets (SEO)
  • · Unlimited product reviews
  • · Unlimited review photos
Unlimited$9.90/month
  • · Advanced customization
  • · Everything in Starter
  • · Priority support
FreeFree
  • · 1 campaign
  • · Auto-scroll slider
  • · Customizable theme blocks
  • · Feedback moderation
  • · Star & numeric ratings
  • · Storefront list & slider display
Pro$4.99/month
  • · AI-Designed Forms
  • · Everything in Free
  • · Unlimited campaigns
Coverage
9 of 12 features75%
7 of 12 features58%
Unique strengths
  • Automations
  • Custom requests
  • Import and export
  • Review summaries
  • +1 more
  • Carousels
  • Surveys
  • Voting
Product reviews
75%9/12
58%7/12
Display options
60%3/5
80%4/5
Ways to collect reviews
86%6/7
43%3/7
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Star Product ReviewsVarto Product Reviews12 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

Star empowers eCommerce to collect product reviews driving sales. With a straightforward approach, we ensure quality reviews positively impacting the purchasing journey. Without complications, we provide an efficient service for your e-commerce. Try it now.

Create targeted review campaigns for products, collections, services, or your whole store. Start from 33 ready-made presets, build forms with eight flexible field types, or generate a tailored form with AI on Pro. Collect feedback on your storefront, moderate submissions before publishing, and display approved reviews in customizable lists or sliders with sorting and helpfulness voting.

Key points
  • Manage product reviews quickly and easily, without complications.
  • Real-time moderation and publication.
  • Track the performance of your products.
  • A lightweight app that doesn't compromise your website's performance.
  • Customizable forms
  • Content moderation
  • Full styling flexibility
Screenshots
Drive engagement
Build trust, boost sales!Improve performance
Collect valuable feedbacks
Build custom formsBuild. Collect. Improve.Improve your sales

All the numbers

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A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.

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Adoption

MeasureStar Product ReviewsVarto Product Reviews
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureStar Product ReviewsVarto Product Reviews
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureStar Product ReviewsVarto Product Reviews
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$9.90/month$4.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trialNot listedNot listed
Plans listed22

Listing

MeasureStar Product ReviewsVarto Product Reviews
Shopify category rank#298(ahead)in Product reviews#403in Product reviews
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedMay 13, 2024May 7, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperFortunatoVarto Apps

FAQ

Star Product Reviews and Varto Product Reviews: common questions

Is Star Product Reviews or Varto Product Reviews cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90/month for Star Product Reviews and $4.99/month for Varto Product Reviews. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Star Product Reviews lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Automations, Custom requests, Import and export, Review summaries. Varto Product Reviews lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Carousels, Surveys, Voting. 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; 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. 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.