Referral Program vs Smile

How Referral Program and Smile compare on the Shopify App Store: rating, review count, pricing, the Built for Shopify badge, and where each one ranks in the store's organic search results. Every number is the App Store's own and is never edited.

Updated October 23, 2026 · App Store data

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Referral Program vs Smile at a glance

As of October 23, 2026, Referral Program is rated 4.9 stars from 154 reviews and Smile is rated 4.9 stars from 4,649 reviews on the Shopify App Store.

Rating: Both are rated 4.9 stars.
Reviews: Smile has more reviews, 4,649 against 154.
Pricing: Both list "Free plan available".
Built for Shopify: Both carry the Built for Shopify badge.

Referral Program and Smile 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	Referral Program	Smile
Tagline	Grow referral sales via referral program & affiliate marketing	Customer loyalty points, VIP tiers, referrals, rewards program
Rating	★ 4.9	★ 4.9
Reviews	154	4,649
Pricing	Free plan available	Free plan 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 Referral Program or Smile 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	Referral Program	Smile
Both apps rank · 5 searches
Referral	#3	#1
Referrly	#3	#4
Refer	#5	#3
Profrakt	#7	#4
Pragma	#10	#7
Only Referral Program ranks · 15 searches
Referral Program	#1	not in top 10
Shopjar	#1	not in top 10
Przelewy	#3	not in top 10
Refersion	#3	not in top 10
Bon	#4	not in top 10
Afiliado	#6	not in top 10
Afiliados	#6	not in top 10
Hotjar	#6	not in top 10
Refer A Friend	#6	not in top 10
Affiliate Program	#7	not in top 10
Affiliation	#7	not in top 10
Affiliates	#8	not in top 10
Coupon Code	#8	not in top 10
Affiliate	#9	not in top 10
Fordeer	#10	not in top 10
Only Smile ranks · 47 searches
Fidelite	not in top 10	#1
Fidelizacion	not in top 10	#1
Loyalty	not in top 10	#1
Loyalty And Rewards	not in top 10	#1
Loyalty Program	not in top 10	#1
Parrainage	not in top 10	#1
Reward	not in top 10	#1
Rewards	not in top 10	#1
Rewards Program	not in top 10	#1
Smile	not in top 10	#1
Smile.io	not in top 10	#1
Treueprogramm	not in top 10	#1
Gorgias	not in top 10	#2
Loyalty Points	not in top 10	#2
Points	not in top 10	#2
Amplify	not in top 10	#3
Embed	not in top 10	#3
Love	not in top 10	#3
Loyoly	not in top 10	#3
Aci	not in top 10	#4
Loyaly	not in top 10	#4
Vipps	not in top 10	#4
Bon Loyalty	not in top 10	#5
Compte Client	not in top 10	#5
Judge.me	not in top 10	#5
Klaviyo	not in top 10	#5
Clarity	not in top 10	#6
Membership	not in top 10	#6
Pent	not in top 10	#6
Recart	not in top 10	#6
EDI	not in top 10	#7
Odeme	not in top 10	#7
Prediko	not in top 10	#7
Rewind Backups	not in top 10	#7
Traducir	not in top 10	#7
Transla	not in top 10	#7
Customer Account	not in top 10	#8
Customer Accounts	not in top 10	#8
Look	not in top 10	#8
Memberships	not in top 10	#8
Pent Library	not in top 10	#8
Teem	not in top 10	#8
Traducteur	not in top 10	#8
Fera	not in top 10	#9
Klaviy	not in top 10	#9
Rewind	not in top 10	#9
Subsc	not in top 10	#10

In the App Store's organic search results, Referral Program ranks in the top 10 for 20 of the 3,809 searches we track and Smile for 52. They share 5 searches: Smile ranks higher on 4, Referral Program on 1.

Frequently asked questions

Is Referral Program or Smile rated higher on the Shopify App Store?

Both are rated 4.9 stars. Smile has more reviews, 4,649 against 154.

Which has more reviews, Referral Program or Smile?

Smile has more reviews, 4,649 against 154.

Which ranks higher in Shopify App Store search, Referral Program or Smile?

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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