Best Google Review Apps for Shopify [2021]
Unless your Shopify store establishes credibility and trust with customers early on and throughout the buying journey, it’s difficult (if not impossible) to flourish.
A fundamental truth of ecommerce today is that buyers are influenced by the opinions of others.
One of the easiest (and most cost-effective) ways to establish instant credibility and trust is to gather and display Google reviews in your store. Five-star Google reviews appearing both in your store and next to ads are well-proven to boost conversion rates and sales.
To achieve this, it’s best to get help from an app specifically designed for the job.
Fortunately, there are a few to choose from in the Shopify app store. These plugins allow you to gather and post Google customer testimonials/reviews in your store – and some do other things besides.
Let’s take a look at their relative features and strengths/weaknesses so that you can select the best one for your store…
App for Google Customer Review
This app by AdNabu, Inc does exactly as its name suggests, simplifying the process of gathering and displaying your Google reviews for the world to see when visiting your store.
It looks after all the necessary automation for a Google Reviews strategy that raises trust and credibility levels in your store.
Price: From$4.99/month to $9.99/month (Advanced version with product ratings)
Free Trial? Yes – 7 days
Average Shopify Rating (out of 5 stars):4.7 (19 reviews)
Main pros:
- Helps you collect real reviews from customers via the Google opt-in
- View your product ratings and reviews (advanced version)
- Display star ratings for products to increase sales (advanced version)
- Display Google reviews badge in Google Ads Shopping or search campaigns for more clicks and customers
- Customize the position of the Google Reviews badge
- Automate seller ratings to improve ad performance
- Easy to install – no coding required
- Support available, if necessary
Any cons?
- No free plan available
- Short free trial (only 7 days)
Reputon for Google Reviews
Reputon for Google Reviews helps you build reputation and social proof for your store. This well-reviewed app charges a manageable monthly fee – and the returns it produces in terms of trust and credibility for your store are more than worth the outlay.
This app developer also offers a more general app: the Reputon Customer Reviews app helps you gather and display reviews from other sources as well as Google.
Price: $5.99/month
Free Trial? Yes – 7 days
Average Shopify Rating (out of 5 stars):4.8 (105 reviews)
Main pros:
- Display Google reviews/testimonials on your store
- Display rating badges, latest review lists, feedback carousel or testimonial slider depending on the widget you select
- Choose page locations for review widgets
- Simply connect your Google My Business account in the app settings to start
- Helps boost your Google My Business /Google Maps presence and ratings
- Add reviews in one click
- Simple to install – no coding skills required
- Available in multiple languages
- New features in the pipeline – such as the ability to hide reviews on mobile screens for less clutter
Any cons?
- No free plan available
- Short free trial – only 7 days
Google Reviews by Omega
Shopify merchants using Google Reviews by Omega have nothing but good words to say about this app.
Simple to use, a low monthly fee, and an easy way to provide social proof and a boost in confidence levels for customers considering buying from your store.
Price: $4.99/month
Free Trial? Yes – 14 days
Average Shopify Rating (out of 5 stars):5.0 (9 reviews)
Main pros:
- Easy to display Google My Business reviews on your store
- Select from three view modes: grid, list and slide view
- Display on a separate page, sidebar or embedded in a post
- Add multiple store locations to display more reviews in your store
- Enables you to trim long reviews so that they are easier to read
- Show user’s name and profile picture with each review
- No coding skills necessary – simply copy and paste
- Includes a minimum rating filter
- Good customer support, according to users
Any cons?
- No free plan available
- Lack of recent reviews on the Shopify app store
Google Customer Reviews 1-Click
Meggnotec Technologies offer their Google Customer Reviews 1-Click app as a solution to building social proof and trust. It’s simple and very effective – one of the best-reviewed Google Review apps on Shopify.
Rather than paying a recurring monthly fee, this one is for you if you want to just pay a one-time fee and be done with it.
Price: $50 one-time fee (discounts applied at times)
Free Trial? No
Average Shopify Rating (out of 5 stars):5.0 (59 reviews)
Main pros:
- Helps you get seller ratings that you can display in Google search and ad campaigns
- Displays a survey opt-in to the buyers at the Order Thank You Page (can be enabled/disabled)
- Promotes high-quality feedback from buyers about their shopping experience
- Promotes trust and higher CTR in shopping ad campaigns
- Creates a custom rating badge without the standard 100-review restriction (replaces the default Google badge)
- Custom rating badge displays on mobile devices
- Multiple design options
- No coding skills required: integrates seamlessly with Google Customer Reviews in the Merchant Center
- Takes two minutes to install and works with any Shopify theme
- Good support provided if needed, according to users
Any cons?
- No free trial to try before you buy
Google Customer Reviews
The Google Customer Reviews app by Simprosys InfoMedia is another one that charges a one-off fee rather than a recurring monthly fee.
It is another highly recommended Google Reviews app for boosting customer feedback in your store and promoting sales. It is praised almost universally by those who have downloaded and used it in their Shopify stores.
Price: $25 one-time fee
Free Trial? No
Average Shopify Rating (out of 5 stars):4.9 (192 reviews)
Main pros:
- Helps you get seller ratings on your Google Search and Shopping Campaigns
- Displays survey opt-in to customers who place orders in your store (after shipping)
- Provides ready-to-use Google Customer Reviews Program code
- Displays Google Customer Reviews badge on store pages
- Integration in 15 mins or so
- Low, one-off fixed price fee
- Excellent customer support, according to users
Any cons?
- No free trial available to try before you buy
Revit Google Reviews
Revit Google Reviews is an app by the team at We Do The Stuff (yes, that’s their real name). It’s one of the newer Google review apps on the Shopify app store and, what’s more, it’s totally free.
How long it remains free is anyone’s guess but if you’re looking for a no-cost option right now for your store, this one is certainly worth a go according to users’ first impressions.
Price: Free
Free Trial? Not applicable
Average Shopify Rating (out of 5 stars):5.0 (3 reviews)
Main pros:
- Helps you add Google Reviews to your store to increase sales
- Simple integration into Shopify – no coding required
- Helps you set up surveys through Google to increase the number of customer reviews
- Supports Google Merchant Center and Google My Business
- Set up the Google survey opt-in for customers to increase the volume of feedback
- Good support from the developer
- Totally free
Any cons?
- Less established than other apps reviewed here
- Lack of reviews on the Shopify app store
Best Shopify Google Review Apps
Social proof is an irreplaceable currency in ecommerce …and customer reviews are probably the easiest way of earning it.
Unless you are actively gathering reviews on Google and elsewhere, you’re missing a beat.
Note that each of the apps reviewed above can display a maximum of five reviews that Google considers most valuable. This is Google’s policy and is not something that the apps can change.
Choose from the reviewed apps and get started with displaying your Google reviews so that the whole world knows how much you rock.
