Overall rating
4.7
Counts per rating level
  • 92% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 3% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 0% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 1% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 3% of ratings are 1 stars
What merchants think

Feedback submitted

Merchants appreciate this app for its excellent customer support, ease of use, and customization options. Its subscription management features simplify recurring payments, making it ideal for businesses. Affordable pricing and regular updates are also valued, especially by smaller businesses. Merchants report increased sales and customer retention, as well as streamlined business processes. The app's seamless integration with Shopify, user-friendly interface, and insightful reporting and analytics features are also highlighted.

July 16, 2021

Lacking in features vs other subscription apps and has bugs.
- Barely any reporting or analytics are available
- no support for customers to swap products
- You have to force customers to create an account before checkout (reduces checkout rate) so they can manage their subscription. No post-checkout account creation prompts.
- Subscriptions renew at a different time from when the customer signed up. Sometimes this can tick over to the next day (your customers will enquire about this)
- I've had subscriptions not being cancelled multiple times - leading to the customer being charged again.
- No upsell or cross-selling features or one-time purchase discounts with subscriptions
their shopify app is severely lacking compared to their external software which is unfortunate. The only positive that this app has is its integration with shopify checkout as opposed to redirecting.

Kim's Beef Jerky
Australia
Over 2 years using the app
PayWhirl Inc. replied August 17, 2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and share your feedback with us. We genuinely appreciate your honest insights, as they help us continually strive to improve our product. We’re sorry to hear that your experience with PayWhirl wasn’t up to our standard when you wrote this review, and we acknowledge the frustration that some of the features and issues you pointed out may have caused.

Since 2021, we have been working diligently to enhance our Shopify app and we’re excited to share some significant updates that directly address the concerns you’ve listed:

Enhanced Reporting & Analytics: We have greatly expanded our reporting and analytics features to give you more actionable insights into your subscriptions.

Product Swap Support: Customers can now easily swap products within their subscriptions, providing a more flexible experience.

Post-Checkout Account Creation: We've introduced options to streamline the checkout process, including post-checkout account creation prompts.

Subscription Renewal Timing: We’ve refined our system to ensure subscription renewals align closely with the customer’s original sign-up time.

Cancellation Improvements: We have bolstered our cancellation process to prevent unintended renewals and charges. We've also launched support for setting up cancellation prevention workflows to encourage customers to stay subscribed.

Upselling, Cross-Selling & Discounts: We have introduced features to help merchants offer one-time purchase discounts and effectively upsell or cross-sell products.

We understand that our integration with Shopify checkout is valued, and we are committed to bringing our Shopify app experience in line with the high standards of our external software.

We would be thrilled to have you revisit PayWhirl and explore these new features. Our customer support team is also on standby to assist with any questions or to guide you through the updates. We aim to offer an app that is robust and feature-rich and meets the specific needs of Shopify merchants like you.

Thank you again for your review, and we hope we can turn your experience around with these improvements.

Warmest regards,
PayWhirl Team

March 17, 2021

The app somehow does what it has to do, anyhow, once you deinstall it it leaves massive code in your shop. and that didnt make us happy at all.

AMORI COFFEE
Germany
4 days using the app
PayWhirl Inc. replied March 18, 2021

Hi,

Sorry about that! We don't have the ability to remove all the code automatically but we are happy to do it for you free of charge. If you reach out to our support (team@paywhirl.com) we can go over the details.

Best,
Team PayWhirl

November 27, 2020

I was excited to try this app, only to find out that it does not support payment plan integration with Shopify. Please update your description. Maybe it will offer that service again in the future. Until then, I had to go with a different app.

Outlandish Experiences
Canada
About 14 hours using the app
PayWhirl Inc. replied November 27, 2020

Hey there, I think there must have been some confusion because PayWhirl does offer the ability to create payment plans if you'd like to have customers pay for an item with several payments. We're also working on some new features to make this even easier, and they should be released soon. If you'd like I'd be happy to look at your specific use-case to see if we can help. We'd love to earn your business! Please let me know if you have any questions, we're happy to assist.