The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for pay pal, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.
Updated September 8, 2026 · Organic rankingSearch this expecting a payment gateway and you will notice there is not one in the results. PayPal is already a checkout option Shopify offers directly, so nothing needs to be installed to take the money. What ranks instead is a much narrower job that exists because of where Shopify's tracking pipeline ends: when you fulfill an order and enter a tracking number, that number is used to keep the customer informed, on the order status page, in emails and in the Shop app. It does not travel to the payment processor.
PayPal, meanwhile, wants it. Its own documentation says the fastest route to funds held on a payment is to send PayPal the tracking number, that a hold is released roughly a day after the courier confirms delivery, that seller protection depends on valid proof of shipment or delivery, and that supplying valid tracking through PayPal is part of how a rolling reserve comes down. So the category is a small pipe between two systems, and the reason to buy one is cash flow rather than features.
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Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "pay pal", PayPal Pay Later Messaging currently holds the #1 spot, with a 2.9 star rating across 22 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.
We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "pay pal", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "pay pal", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.
3 of the top 10 pay pal apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Synctrack PayPal Tracking Sync, Proveway PayPal Tracking Sync, TrackiPal PayPal Tracking Sync.
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installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring
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As of September 8, 2026, the top-ranked pay pal app on the Shopify App Store is PayPal Pay Later Messaging, with a 2.9 star rating across 22 reviews. 3 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.2 stars across 804 reviews.
Rankbase helps Shopify app developers track keyword positions, analyze install click data, and optimize app listings to rank higher in the Shopify App Store.
Explore Rankbase →Rankbase is made by Craftshift, a Shopify Partner building apps for product images, variants, and bulk catalog work. We built Rankbase to track the App Store rankings of our own apps first, then opened it to other developers, and this directory grew out of that work. The rankings on these pages are Shopify's own organic search results; we never edit them, including for our own apps.