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The best Shopify gifting apps

Nine apps that actually move gifting revenue — compared on verified App Store ratings, total cost including usage fees, and the job each one is genuinely best at.

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5.0/5 (159 reviews)
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Disclosure: This roundup is published by Giftnote, and Giftnote is one of the apps listed. Every rating, review count and price on this page — ours and everyone else's — was read from the live Shopify App Store listing on 25 August 2026, and every app carries a stated trade-off. Each listing is linked so you can check us.

At a glance

Shopify gifting apps compared

Sorted by category, then by how confidently we'd recommend them. Watch the usage-fee column — for gift card apps, the percentage of card value usually costs more than the subscription.

Giftnote: Engine for Gifting5.0
From $19/mo30-day free trial159 reviews

Brands treating gifting as a growth channel — where the recipient becomes the next customer, not just a shipping address.

Giftship: Gift, Bundle & Ship4.8
From $59.99/mo7-day free trial245 reviews

Stores that want gift options, a box builder, upsells and multi-address shipping under one subscription.

Wrapped: Gift Wrap & Messages4.9
From $19/mo7-day free trial126 reviews

Brands that want polished, on-brand gift options on the product page, cart and checkout — in more than one language.

GLab: Gift Wrap & Gift Message5.0
From $19.99/mo10-day free trial84 reviews

Stores that want video gift messages and greeting-card upsells without changing anything in the warehouse.

Gifted: Gift Messages5.0
From $4.99/mo7-day free trial13 reviews

Small stores testing whether gifting is a real channel before spending real money on it.

Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit4.8
From $19.99/mo7-day free trial703 reviews

Established brands that want gift cards, store credit, loyalty and refunds in one customer wallet.

Gist | Gift Card Pro Tools4.5
From $9.99/mo14-day free trial74 reviews

Stores that want a genuinely giftable gift card — scheduled, personalised, sent straight to the recipient.

Govalo | Gift Card Suite4.1
Free to install7-day free trial on paid plans23 reviews

Stores that want to start with no monthly fee, or to sell gifted subscriptions.

Gift Reggie: Gift Registry4.8
From $9/mo7-day free trial180 reviews

Homewares, kitchen, baby and bridal brands where weddings and showers drive real revenue.

Methodology

How we picked

There are over 150 apps in Shopify's gifts category. These nine were selected on four rules.

Verified App Store data

Every rating, review count and price on this page was read off the live Shopify App Store listing on the review date — not carried over from an older roundup.

Review depth, not just score

A 5.0 from 13 merchants is a weaker signal than a 4.8 from 700. We show both numbers everywhere so you can weigh them yourself.

Total cost, not headline price

Several apps in this category charge a percentage of gift card value or a per-order fee on top of the monthly plan. Where that applies, we say so.

One honest trade-off each

Every app here has something it does not do well. We list one for each — including our own.

Gift messages & gift options

The core gifting layer: letting a shopper mark an order as a gift, write a message, choose wrapping, and have the right thing reach the right person at the right time. This is where most Shopify stores should start.

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Giftnote: Engine for Gifting

by GiftnoteOUR APP
5.0(159 reviews)
From $19/mo+ $1 per gift recipient30-day free trial

Best for

Brands treating gifting as a growth channel — where the recipient becomes the next customer, not just a shipping address.

The most complete gifting engine on this list, and the only one built around what happens after the parcel lands. Gift notes and gift receipts are delivered by SMS and email timed to real carrier delivery data, and every recipient syncs into Klaviyo or Attentive as a named, marketable contact — so gifting compounds into your list instead of ending at the doorstep. Digital gift cards, store credit and cashback sit in the same app, and the $99 Corporate plan adds a multi-address portal for bulk and B2B orders with shipping and tax handled automatically. It is the only app here that carries a perfect 5.0 across more than 150 reviews.

  • Delivery-timed gift notes by SMS and email, triggered by real carrier tracking
  • Recipients synced to Klaviyo and Attentive so gifting compounds into your list
  • Multi-address bulk and corporate gifting, including a send-to-many widget
  • Digital gift cards, store credit and cashback campaigns in the same app
  • Gifting revenue analytics — attributable revenue, not just an order tag
  • Founder-led onboarding included on every plan, from $19/mo

Watch out: Pricing scales with the channel — $1 per gift recipient on top of the plan — so it pays back fastest once gifting is a real revenue line rather than an occasional add-on (volume pricing is negotiable). It is purpose-built for gifting, so pair it with a promotions app if you also want free-gift-with-purchase offers.

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Giftship: Gift, Bundle & Ship

by Gist
4.8(245 reviews)
From $59.99/mo+ $0.10 per order above 5007-day free trial

Best for

Stores that want gift options, a box builder, upsells and multi-address shipping under one subscription.

The broadest suite in the category, running since 2017. Beyond gift notes and wrap, Giftship covers a step-by-step gift box builder, a drawer cart with 100+ dynamic blocks, delivery date pickers, and splitting a single order across several shipping addresses. Popular with florists and hamper brands, where date pickers and card messages are non-negotiable.

  • Multi-address shipping within a single order, self-serve or admin-side B2B
  • Step-by-step gift box builder with unlimited steps and dynamic box sizes
  • Product, cart, checkout and drawer-cart option blocks
  • Order Printer support with custom print sizes for fulfilment teams

Watch out: The highest entry price in this category at $59.99/mo, and the surface area is wide — if you only need a gift message field, you are paying for a box builder and a cart you will not use.

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Wrapped: Gift Wrap & Messages

by Alacart AppsBuilt for Shopify
4.9(126 reviews)
From $19/mo7-day free trial

Best for

Brands that want polished, on-brand gift options on the product page, cart and checkout — in more than one language.

A focused gift-wrap and gift-message app carrying Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. Gift blocks can be placed on product pages, the cart, the cart drawer and the checkout payment page, applied either per item or across a whole order, and offered free or as a paid upsell. Ships with 13 languages, which is rare in this category.

  • Built for Shopify badge — meets Shopify's highest performance and design bar
  • Gift blocks on product, cart, cart drawer and checkout
  • Per-item or whole-order gift options, free or paid
  • 13 languages, including French, German, Japanese and Portuguese
  • Built-in analytics on click-through and conversion of gift options

Watch out: Plans are tiered by monthly gift sales ($10k, $50k, $100k and above), so the cost steps up as the channel works — budget for the tier you are growing into, not the one you start on.

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GLab: Gift Wrap & Gift Message

by Zura Technologies
5.0(84 reviews)
From $19.99/mo10-day free trial

Best for

Stores that want video gift messages and greeting-card upsells without changing anything in the warehouse.

A gifting suite built around personalisation and upsell. Alongside standard wrap and written notes, GLab supports recorded video messages, digital greeting cards and delivery date selection — all as a digital layer, so physical fulfilment stays untouched. White labelling and Klaviyo integration are included on the $19.99 plan rather than reserved for the top tier.

  • Video gift messages and digital greeting cards
  • Unlimited messages, upsells, gift wraps and gift cards on the entry plan
  • Customer-selected delivery dates
  • White labelling and Klaviyo integration included from $19.99/mo

Watch out: A smaller review base than the category leaders, and the listing is English-only — worth a closer look if you sell into multilingual markets.

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Gifted: Gift Messages

by Gifted
5.0(13 reviews)
From $4.99/mo7-day free trial

Best for

Small stores testing whether gifting is a real channel before spending real money on it.

The cheapest credible entry point. A 'Gift This Item' button and popup capture gift orders, a branded email reaches the recipient, and gift orders are auto-tagged for fulfilment. The Premium tier at $9.99/mo adds customisable emails, gift wrap options and customer address sync.

  • Lowest entry price of any app on this list
  • Automatic gift-order tagging for fulfilment
  • Guards against gift orders overwriting a customer's default address
  • Redirects gift recipients back to your store

Watch out: Only 13 reviews — a perfect score on a base that small tells you far less than 4.8 across several hundred. Trial it properly before you route peak-season volume through it.

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Digital gift cards & store credit

Shopify issues gift cards natively, but the native experience is thin: no scheduled delivery, no personalisation, no send-direct-to-recipient. These apps rebuild gift cards as a product people actually want to give.

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Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit

by Rise.ai
4.8(703 reviews)
From $19.99/mo+ $0.20 per order above 1007-day free trial

Best for

Established brands that want gift cards, store credit, loyalty and refunds in one customer wallet.

The most battle-tested app in this roundup by review volume, live since 2014. Rise unifies gift cards, store credit, cashback and refunds into a single customer wallet, then layers retention mechanics on top — cashback campaigns, store credit for referrals and VIPs, and an AI agent that surfaces revenue opportunities. Sells branded cards both online and through Shopify POS.

  • 703 reviews at 4.8 — by far the deepest track record here
  • One wallet spanning gift cards, loyalty, cashback and refunds
  • Store credit rewards for signups, referrals, VIPs and lifetime spend
  • Physical and digital cards, online and at POS
  • Integrates with Klaviyo, Gorgias, Attentive, Loop Returns and Tapcart

Watch out: Priced per order with overages, and the scope reaches well past gifting into loyalty — if you only want a better gift card, you are buying a retention platform.

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Gist | Gift Card Pro Tools

by GistBuilt for Shopify
4.5(74 reviews)
From $9.99/mo+ 2.5% of gift card value sold14-day free trial

Best for

Stores that want a genuinely giftable gift card — scheduled, personalised, sent straight to the recipient.

Rebuilds the gift card purchase as a gifting flow. Buyers pick a design and denomination, write a note or record a video message, and schedule delivery by email or SMS to the recipient rather than to themselves. Bulk sending covers up to 1,000 recipients in a single checkout, which makes it viable for corporate gift card programmes.

  • Built for Shopify badge
  • Scheduled email or SMS delivery direct to the recipient
  • Video messages and written gift notes attached to the card
  • Up to 1,000 recipients in one checkout for corporate orders
  • Balance check page and automated balance reminders
  • 7 languages

Watch out: The monthly fee is only part of it — every plan takes a percentage of gift card value sold (2.5% on Basic, down to 0.5% on Enterprise). At volume, that percentage is the real price.

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Govalo | Gift Card Suite

by Incredible Gifts LLCBuilt for Shopify
4.1(23 reviews)
Free to install+ 2.9% of gift card value ($79/mo Premium reduces to 2.25%)7-day free trial on paid plans

Best for

Stores that want to start with no monthly fee, or to sell gifted subscriptions.

The only app here with a genuine free-to-install tier — you pay a percentage of gift card value instead of a monthly fee. Govalo also handles giftable subscriptions through Recharge and Bold, and can substitute a gift card when a product goes out of stock, which recovers a sale that would otherwise bounce.

  • Built for Shopify badge, and free to install with no monthly fee
  • Giftable subscriptions via Recharge and Bold
  • Auto-substitutes a gift card for out-of-stock products
  • Up to 12 images per gift card product
  • Scheduled delivery and send-direct-to-recipient

Watch out: The lowest rating in this roundup at 4.1, on a small base of 23 reviews with 22% of them at one star. Read those reviews yourself before committing, and note the 2.9% fee applies on the free plan.

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Gift registries & wishlists

A different job entirely: letting one customer assemble a list that many people buy from. High average order value, near-zero discounting, and almost no overlap with the apps above.

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Gift Reggie: Gift Registry

by Modd Apps Inc.
4.8(180 reviews)
From $9/mo+ $0.75/mo per active registry above 57-day free trial

Best for

Homewares, kitchen, baby and bridal brands where weddings and showers drive real revenue.

The long-standing registry app for Shopify, live since 2014 and white-labelled on the storefront so nothing on the customer-facing side carries the vendor's name. Handles wedding, baby and general gift registries plus unlimited wishlists, with stock warnings so a registry does not send guests at products you cannot ship. Higher tiers add password-protected registries, full POS support and Shopify Flow automation.

  • Fully white-labelled — no vendor branding on your storefront
  • Wedding, baby shower and bridal registries plus unlimited wishlists
  • Stock tracking and warnings on registry items
  • Full Shopify POS support and barcode scanning on the top tier
  • API access and Shopify Flow automation for custom workflows

Watch out: Registry only. You will still need a gift message or gift card app alongside it — the two solve genuinely different problems.

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What about free gift & BOGO apps?

Search “Shopify gifting apps” and half the results are free-gift-with-purchase tools — BOGOS, Monk, EG Auto Add to Cart and similar. They are good apps, but they answer a different question. A GWP app gives your customer a free item to lift average order value. A gifting app helps your customer send something to someone else, which puts a new person and a new address into your business.

The two do not compete and most stores eventually run one of each. We have left GWP apps off this list rather than rank them on numbers we have not verified ourselves — if that is the job you are hiring for, start from Shopify's own gifts & promotions category.

Buying guide

How to choose a gifting app

Five questions worth answering before you install anything. They narrow nine apps down to two or three faster than any feature matrix.

Are you selling gifts, or selling to gifters?

If most of your gift orders ship to the buyer, you need gift wrap and a message card — a gift options app is enough. If they ship to someone else, that recipient is a stranger to your brand and worth capturing. Prioritise an app that delivers a message to the recipient directly and pushes them into your email or SMS list.

Does the gift arrive before the message?

The most common failure in Shopify gifting is an email announcing a gift that lands three days before the parcel does — or worse, never gets forwarded because it went to the buyer. Check whether an app times the recipient message to actual carrier delivery data, or just fires it at order confirmation.

What happens at peak?

November and December are three to five times your normal gift volume. Read the pricing table for per-order and per-recipient fees, then multiply by your December forecast rather than your August one. An app that costs $19 in a quiet month can cost several hundred in a busy one.

Do you need multi-address shipping?

One customer sending twenty gifts to twenty addresses is a completely different technical problem from one gift to one address, and most apps in this category cannot do it. If corporate or bulk gifting is on your roadmap, filter for it now — retrofitting it means changing apps.

Will it survive a theme change?

Apps built on Shopify app blocks and checkout extensions attach cleanly and detach cleanly. Apps that edit your theme's Liquid leave fragments behind and break when you re-theme. The Built for Shopify badge is a decent proxy, though not every good app carries it.

Where we fit

Built for the gift that ships to someone else

Every app on this list can wrap a parcel. Giftnote is the one built for what happens after the box lands.

When a gift ships to a third party, you have already paid to reach a customer you don't yet own. Giftnote is built around that moment: the note is timed to real carrier delivery data so it arrives with the parcel, and the recipient syncs straight into Klaviyo or Attentive as a named, marketable contact. A gift order becomes a second customer instead of a second shipping address — which is why brands running gifting as a growth channel, rather than a checkout add-on, tend to land here.

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