Dataships: Compliant Opt‑Ins vs Listrak: Email, SMS & Identity
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 5, 2026.
The short answer
- Listrak is detected on 1.9× as many Shopify stores as Dataships: 213 vs 111 as of Nov 5, 2026.
- On the Shopify App Store: Dataships 5.0 from 74 reviews and Listrak 5.0 from 23 reviews.
- Listrak lists 40 features Dataships’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Abandoned cart, AI generation.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- 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.
Custom
- · A/B testing, holdout groups, & reporting
- · Checkout, thank-you & forms collection
- · Consent rules engine & audit records
- · Custom consent wording
- · Dedicated CSM & privacy team
- · Email, SMS & WhatsApp channel collection
Free
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureGrow email, SMS, and WhatsApp opt-ins everywhere you collect them: pop-ups, checkout, and the confirmation page. Dataships decides the right consent ask for every shopper based on location, consent history, and channel preference, then writes a timestamped record and syncs it to marketing platforms and the rest of your stack. Every ask is enforced against 100+ global privacy laws.
Turn Shopify customer data into personalized experiences that drive more revenue. Listrak helps retailers turn Shopify customer, product, order, and behavioral data into personalized experiences across Email, SMS, RCS, Push, and Onsite.
- Dynamic Consent Collection: Optimized checkboxes based on the contact's location
- Trusted Compliance Engine: Comprehensive validation and audit-ready consent logs
- Seamless Integration: Klaviyo list management and status syncing in real-time
- Sustained Compliant Growth: Continuously maintaining each contact's status
- Real-time tracking: Conversion metrics, browse activity, cart activity, and more
- Direct, real-time API sync: Consume customer, order and product catalog updates
- Automated coupon generation and Product Recommendations across campaigns
- Cross-channel AI-powered predictive segmentation and targeting
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 |  Dataships |  Listrak |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 111 | 213(ahead) |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +3 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 7 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 50% |
| Top store categories | Health & Beauty, Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland | United States, Canada, United Kingdom |
Reviews
| Measure | Dataships | Listrak |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 74(ahead) | 23 |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 77% | Not enough data |
FAQ
Dataships and Listrak: common questions
- Which is more popular, Dataships or Listrak?
- Listrak is detected on 1.9× as many Shopify stores as Dataships: 213 vs 111 as of Nov 5, 2026.
- Which has better reviews, Dataships or Listrak?
- On the Shopify App Store: Dataships 5.0 from 74 reviews and Listrak 5.0 from 23 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Dataships lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Geolocation. Listrak lists 40 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Abandoned cart, AI generation, Analytics. 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 5, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
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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 5, 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.