Shopify app comparison · updated Oct 1, 2026
Judge.me vs Ryviu
Compare Judge.me and Ryviu for Shopify product reviews using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
Judge.me
Judge.me Product Reviews App
Sell more with unlimited product reviews, UGC, star ratings, Google reviews and testimonials
- Rating
- 5.00
- Reviews
- 47,796
- Review growth · 30d
- +2,409 · +5.3%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 11
- Stores observed
- 101,970
Ryviu
Ryviu: Loyalty & Reviews App
Win shopper trust and grow repeat sales with reviews, Q&A, and loyalty rewards
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 519
- Review growth · 30d
- +1 · +0.2%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 7
- Stores observed
- 1,971
Our read
Judge.me has the stronger observed market footprint in OngoingAI's data — it appears on 51.7× more tracked stores and carries 91.9× the App Store review depth. Ratings and recent review growth are closer.
- Rating
- Judge.me leads5.0 vs 4.8
- Review growth
- Judge.me faster+5.3% vs +0.2%
- Review depth
- Judge.me91.9× more reviews
- Observed adoption
- Judge.me51.7× more tracked stores
Review trajectory
How each app's Shopify reviews are moving.
Daily App Store review counts since we began tracking — who's gaining reviews fastest, who holds the larger base, and how the race is developing.
Judge.me Product Reviews App leads total reviews and is adding them fastest over the tracked window.
Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Sep 3 – Oct 1, 2026
Head-to-head
The signals, side by side.
Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.
| Dimension | Judge.me | Ryviu | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5.00 | 4.80 | Judge.me +0.20 |
| Reviews | 47,796 | 519 | Judge.me 91.9× |
| Review growth · 30d | +2,409 · +5.3% | +1 · +0.2% | Judge.me faster |
| Listed pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 11 | 7 | Judge.me +4y |
| Stores observed | 101,970 | 1,971 | Judge.me leads |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
Judge.me
4.96 avg · 11,994 reviews
Ryviu
4.81 avg · 501 reviews
| Signal | Judge.me | Ryviu | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 98% | 93% | Judge.me leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | 4.97 | 4.79 | Judge.me leads |
| Replies to reviews | 0% | 4% | Ryviu leads |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | 56% | 75% | Ryviu leads |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 24% | 25% | Ryviu leads |
| Top market | United States 30% | United States 25% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 11,994 | 501 | — |
Based on public merchant reviews, with newer feedback given more weight. OngoingAI matches each review to an identifiable store and the app they use.
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose Judge.me if…
- You need media galleries
- You need product grouping
- You need sms requests
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Choose Ryviu if…
- You need voting
- You need review highlights
- You need loyalty and rewards
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
What Judge.me and Ryviu each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 48% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Judge.me only
21
- Media galleries
- Product grouping
- SMS requests
- Push notifications
- Social media UGC
- Surveys
- QR codes
- Promotions
- Referrals
- Review migration
- Review syndication
- Custom requests
- SEO
- Backlinks
- Meta tags
- JSON-LD
- Metadata optimization
- Reporting
- Analytics
- Tracking
- Testing
Ryviu only
11
- Voting
- Review highlights
- Loyalty and rewards
- Reward programs
- Memberships
- VIP tiers
- Points
- Discounts
- Coupons
- POS rewards
- Free shipping
19 shared capabilities
- Product reviews
- Testimonials
- Photo reviews
- Video reviews
- Star ratings
- Badges
- Carousels
- Grid layout
- Tabs or sidebars
- All reviews page
- Top reviews
- Review summaries
- Q&A
- Filtering
- Rich snippets
- Email requests
- Forms
- Import and export
- Automations
Observed adoption
Who actually runs each, on real stores.
The stores OngoingAI’s weekly census observes running each app, and the platform each skews toward — observed presence, not vendor-reported install totals.
Judge.me
101,970
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
Ryviu
1,971
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 96%
Scope
What this comparison measures.
What it measures
Shopify App Store ratings and review counts, rating distribution, developer reply rates, reviewer tenure and geography, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Judge.me and Ryviu.
What it doesn’t
Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.
Methodology
Where the numbers come from.
Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Oct 1, 2026.
See who’s switching — as it happens.
Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Judge.me or Ryviu, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.