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Effortlessly run referral & affiliate campaigns with ReferralCandy. Automate rewards, track performance, and integrate with Klaviyo, Recharge, and more apps.
From $39/month. Prices are the published USD list prices on the Shopify App Store and exclude usage charges.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Basic | $39/month |
| Grow | $79/month |
| Scale | $249/month |
| Enterprise | $799/month |
The ladder spans 20× from the cheapest paid plan to the most expensive, so the price you start on is unlikely to be the price you stay on — check which limit moves you up a tier.
98% of ratings are 4 or 5 stars, and 10 merchants have left a 1-star review.
Across the 60 most recent reviews, the merchants writing them were mostly in United States, United Kingdom, Australia. 15% had been running the app for a year or more before reviewing it. The developer replied to 98% of them.
At $39/mo to start, Referral Candy & Affiliate is priced above the category — the median entry price across 7 apps in this category is $14.99/mo.
Aggregated from 57 reviews with written feedback — we analyse the sentiment behind the ratings, we don't reprint reviews.
From our daily App Store rank tracking and review history — signals a static listing doesn't show.
Measured against the 17 reviewed apps in Affiliate programs, where it currently sits at #2 of 27 listings.
| Referral Candy & Affiliate | Affiliate programs median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Reviews | 1,411 | 31 |
That is 46× the review volume of the typical app in this category — the rating is carrying a lot more evidence than most.
We track Shopify App Store search results daily. Referral Candy & Affiliate currently sits at #1 for “referral”, and is in the top 10 for 8 of the terms we track it on.
| Search term | Position | How contested |
|---|---|---|
| referral | #1 | Hard(76/100) |
| candy rack | #2 | Brutal(81/100) |
| referrly | #2 | Hard(74/100) |
| affiliate marketing referrly | #4 | Hard(73/100) |
| affiliate program | #5 | Hard(66/100) |
| affiliate | #6 | Hard(72/100) |
| affiliates | #6 | Hard(66/100) |
| recharge | #6 | Moderate(50/100) |
| affiliate marketing | #11 | Moderate(49/100) |
| loop | #13 | Moderate(55/100) |
| coupon code | #14 | Moderate(43/100) |
| watches | #21 | Hard(65/100) |
Its most contested win is “candy rack” at #2, a term we score 81/100 for difficulty — the apps competing for it hold thousands of reviews between them.
Showing its 12 strongest positions of 17 tracked search terms.
The most-reviewed apps in Affiliate programs, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UpPromote Affiliate Marketing | 4.9 | 3,622 | $29.99/mo | compare |
| BixGrow Affiliate Marketing | 4.9 | 1,235 | $14.99/mo | compare |
| Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy | 5 | 1,019 | $5/mo | compare |
| Affilitrak Affiliate Marketing | 5 | 223 | — | compare |
| BLP Referral Program Affiliate | 4.9 | 199 | $59.90/mo | compare |
| Shortly — Affiliate Marketing | 4.8 | 151 | $9.99/mo | compare |
| Multi Vendor ‑ Puppet Vendors | 4.9 | 117 | $49/mo | compare |
| AOD External Links Button | 4.9 | 31 | $2.99/mo | compare |
Built by ReferralCandy, on the App Store since September 2010.
No. Referral Candy & Affiliate has no free plan; the cheapest paid plan is $39 per month.
Referral Candy & Affiliate publishes 4 plans: Basic at $39/month, Grow at $79/month, Scale at $249/month, Enterprise at $799/month. These are list prices from the Shopify App Store and exclude any usage-based charges.
Referral Candy & Affiliate holds 4.9 out of 5 from 1,411 merchant reviews, with 98% of them at 4 or 5 stars. That is a large enough sample to take the rating seriously — only about 2% of apps on the store reach 1,000 reviews.
Referral Candy & Affiliate currently ranks #1 for "referral" in Shopify App Store search, based on our daily rank tracking.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Affiliate programs are UpPromote Affiliate Marketing, BixGrow Affiliate Marketing and Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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