Essent Loyalty Program Rewards vs Referral Candy & Affiliate: Shopify App Comparison (October 2026)

Essent Loyalty Program Rewards vs Referral Candy & Affiliate at a glance

As of October 23, 2026, Essent Loyalty Program Rewards is rated 5.0 stars from 493 reviews and Referral Candy & Affiliate is rated 4.9 stars from 1,481 reviews on the Shopify App Store.

Rating: Essent Loyalty Program Rewards has the higher rating, 5.0 stars against 4.9.
Reviews: Referral Candy & Affiliate has more reviews, 1,481 against 493.
Pricing: Essent Loyalty Program Rewards lists "Free plan available", Referral Candy & Affiliate "Free trial available".
Built for Shopify: Both carry the Built for Shopify badge.

Essent Loyalty Program Rewards and Referral Candy & Affiliate on the Shopify App Store, as of October 23, 2026: rating, review count, pricing label, the Built for Shopify badge, and the date each app's data was last read from the store.
Fact	Essent Loyalty Program Rewards	Referral Candy & Affiliate
Tagline	Boost repeat sales: loyalty rewards program & store credit	Referral marketing: run a referral program & affiliate program
Rating	★ 5.0	★ 4.9
Reviews	493	1,481
Pricing	Free plan available	Free trial available
Built for Shopify	Built for Shopify	Built for Shopify
Data as of	October 23, 2026	October 23, 2026

Ratings, review counts, pricing labels and badges are read from each app's Shopify App Store search result card. Rankings are the store's organic results for the searches Rankbase tracks; sponsored results are excluded.

Where each app ranks in App Store search

Every Shopify App Store search Rankbase tracks where Essent Loyalty Program Rewards or Referral Candy & Affiliate is in the top 10 today, with the position merchants see. Organic results only, across 3,809 tracked searches; sponsored placements never count.
App Store search	Essent Loyalty Program Rewards	Referral Candy & Affiliate
Only Essent Loyalty Program Rewards ranks · 20 searches
Refer A Friend	#1	not in top 10
Loyalty Rewards	#4	not in top 10
Store Credit	#5	not in top 10
Birthday	#6	not in top 10
Cashback	#6	not in top 10
Fidelizacion	#6	not in top 10
Loyalty Program	#6	not in top 10
Reward	#6	not in top 10
Rewards	#6	not in top 10
Rewards Program	#6	not in top 10
Fidelite	#7	not in top 10
Game	#7	not in top 10
Loyalty And Rewards	#7	not in top 10
Loyalty	#9	not in top 10
Loyoly	#9	not in top 10
Profrakt	#9	not in top 10
Essential Count	#10	not in top 10
Essential Estimated	#10	not in top 10
Essential Sticky	#10	not in top 10
Loyaly	#10	not in top 10
Only Referral Candy & Affiliate ranks · 19 searches
Referralcandy	not in top 10	#1
Candy Rack	not in top 10	#2
Referral Program	not in top 10	#3
Affiliate Program	not in top 10	#4
Referral	not in top 10	#4
Skio	not in top 10	#4
Spread	not in top 10	#4
Affiliate	not in top 10	#5
Affiliate Marketing Referrly	not in top 10	#5
Affiliates	not in top 10	#5
Affiliation	not in top 10	#5
Refersion	not in top 10	#5
Przelewy	not in top 10	#6
Referrly	not in top 10	#6
Refer	not in top 10	#8
Bon	not in top 10	#9
Omnisend	not in top 10	#9
Recharge	not in top 10	#9
Afiliado	not in top 10	#10

In the App Store's organic search results, Essent Loyalty Program Rewards ranks in the top 10 for 20 of the 3,809 searches we track and Referral Candy & Affiliate for 19. They do not currently share a top-10 result. They last ranked together for "refer a friend" on September 17, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Is Essent Loyalty Program Rewards or Referral Candy & Affiliate rated higher on the Shopify App Store?

Essent Loyalty Program Rewards has the higher rating, 5.0 stars against 4.9. Referral Candy & Affiliate has more reviews, 1,481 against 493.

Which has more reviews, Essent Loyalty Program Rewards or Referral Candy & Affiliate?

Referral Candy & Affiliate has more reviews, 1,481 against 493.

Which ranks higher in Shopify App Store search, Essent Loyalty Program Rewards or Referral Candy & Affiliate?

In the App Store's organic search results, Essent Loyalty Program Rewards ranks in the top 10 for 20 of the 3,809 searches we track and Referral Candy & Affiliate for 19. They do not currently share a top-10 result. They last ranked together for "refer a friend" on September 17, 2026.

How is this comparison made?

Rankbase records the organic results merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for 3,809 popular keywords, refreshed daily for published rankings and at least weekly for the rest. Each app's rating, review count, pricing label and Built for Shopify badge are taken from its App Store search result card, so they are exactly what merchants see; the date next to each app is the last time it appeared in any tracked top 10. Sponsored results are excluded, and nothing on this page is edited by hand, including for Rankbase's own apps.

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