Best Shopify Gift Card Apps for Retailers

How we choose

We only publish researched comparisons, and this page follows the process on how we score. We checked each vendor's own pricing page, help center, or Shopify App Store listing on 6 November 2026 and recorded the full cost picture: subscription, percentage of gift card value, per order or per gift fees, and what happens past plan limits. We excluded apps whose main product is email or SMS marketing, and anything in financing or stored value lending; gift card delivery by the gift card app itself, by email or message, is part of the product and stayed in scope. We also looked for the operational details retailers actually ask about: physical cards at POS, bulk and corporate sending, scheduled delivery, and what happens to balances if you leave. Browse the wider set from our ecommerce apps hub.

1. Rise.ai

Best for: Retailers that want gift cards and store credit run as one program across online and POS.

Rise.ai is the deepest gift card platform we reviewed. Its App Store listing describes branded digital and physical gift cards sold online and at POS, a store credit wallet shoppers can pay with, scheduled delivery, and wallet passes for phones (Source: Rise.ai Shopify App Store listing). Pricing is tiered by your total monthly store orders: Starter at $19.99/month covers up to 100 orders, Small Business at $59.99/month covers up to 400, Pro at $199.99/month covers up to 2,000, and Premium at $599.99/month covers up to 12,000, with a per order fee for orders past your cap, $0.20 per additional order on Starter and less on higher tiers (Source: Rise.ai pricing). The vendor help center confirms the over limit fee model with worked examples (Source: Rise.ai help center). For a retailer, the store credit side matters as much as the cards: refunds issued as credit keep the money in your store instead of sending it back to a card.

Pros

• Gift cards, store credit wallet, and scheduled delivery live in one app instead of three
• Physical gift cards work at POS as well as online, which suits true retail stores
• Clear published tiers with worked over limit examples in the help center

Cons

• Price follows your total store orders, not your gift card sales, so a high order store that sells few gift cards still pays for a bigger tier
• Orders past your plan cap add a per order fee, $0.20 each on Starter, which needs monitoring in peak months
• Bulk gift card creation is a Pro feature at $199.99/month, so corporate gifting at scale is not cheap to unlock

Pricing: Starter $19.99/month, Small Business $59.99/month, Pro $199.99/month, Premium $599.99/month at https://rise.ai/pricing, checked 6 November 2026

Skip it if: Gift cards are a tiny seasonal sideline, because a free to install percentage app will cost less across a quiet year.

Unique detail: The app can issue gift cards and store credit into phone wallet passes, per its App Store listing, which gives recipients a persistent balance reminder.

Fits: Retailers doing roughly 100 to 12,000 orders a month who want gift cards and returns to credit handled together.

Pick this if gift cards are a real revenue line for you and store credit refunds are part of the same strategy.

2. Govalo

Best for: Stores launching gift cards on a budget that accept a percentage fee while volume is low.

Govalo makes starting free and charges on results. Its App Store listing shows an Essential plan that is free to install plus 2.9% of total gift card value, Premium at $79/month plus 2.25%, and Enterprise at $399/month plus 1.5% (Source: Govalo Shopify App Store listing). The listing pitches premium gift cards and store credit with bulk and corporate sending options (Source: Govalo Shopify App Store listing). The math is friendly at low volume: on $500 of gift card sales in a month, Essential costs $14.50 in fees. The math turns at scale, because on $10,000 of gift card sales the free plan takes $290, more than most flat subscriptions in this roundup.

Pros

• Free to install, so there is no fixed cost in months when gift cards barely sell
• Percentage steps down as you move up tiers, from 2.9% to 1.5%
• Covers gift cards and store credit with bulk sending for corporate orders

Cons

• No tier removes the percentage fee: even Enterprise at $399/month still takes 1.5% of gift card value, per the listing
• Heavy holiday volume makes the free plan the most expensive option in this roundup at exactly your peak selling moment
• The vendor's own FAQ page showed different plan prices than its App Store listing when we checked, so confirm your exact rate inside the app before launch

Pricing: Essential free plus 2.9% of gift card value; Premium $79/month plus 2.25%; Enterprise $399/month plus 1.5% at https://apps.shopify.com/govalo, checked 6 November 2026

Skip it if: Your gift card sales pass a few thousand dollars a month, because a flat fee app will keep more of each card.

Unique detail: The percentage fee survives every upgrade, which makes Govalo a pay as you sell tool rather than a subscription you can grow out of fees with.

Fits: Small retailers and new gift card programs selling up to roughly $1,000 to $2,000 of gift cards a month.

Pick this if you want zero fixed cost while you prove gift cards sell in your store at all.

3. Gift Card Hero by Syncube

Best for: Retailers that want a percentage plan with guardrails, plus custom physical and digital cards.

Gift Card Hero's listing leads with custom physical and digital gift cards, bulk sending, and scheduled gifts. Its pricing is the most finely printed in this roundup: free to install at 2% of total gift card value with a minimum of $9.99/month and a maximum of $49.99/month, then a PRO plan at $19.99/month and a Shopify Plus plan at $39.99/month, with a 7-day free trial (Source: Gift Card Hero Shopify App Store listing). That minimum and maximum band cuts both ways, and the break even math is easy: at 2%, your percentage bill reaches the $19.99 PRO price at about $1,000 of monthly gift card sales, so the free plan only wins below that line.

Pros

• Percentage is capped at $49.99/month on the free plan, so a breakout month cannot run away from you
• Custom physical and digital cards plus scheduled gifts cover the core retail use cases
• Flat PRO plan at $19.99/month gives a clean upgrade once sales pass the break even point

Cons

• The $9.99 monthly minimum means very quiet months still cost money on the supposedly free plan
• Past roughly $1,000 of monthly gift card sales, staying on the percentage plan costs more than switching to PRO
• Shopify Plus stores pay a dedicated $39.99/month tier instead of the standard PRO price

Pricing: Free to install plus 2% of gift card value, minimum $9.99/month and maximum $49.99/month; PRO $19.99/month; Shopify Plus $39.99/month at https://apps.shopify.com/gift-card-hero, checked 6 November 2026

Skip it if: You dislike watching a break even line every month and would rather pay one flat fee from the start.

Unique detail: The minimum and maximum band on the percentage plan is spelled out in the listing pricing, a level of fine print honesty we wish more apps copied.

Fits: Small to mid size retailers with gift card sales between a few hundred and a few thousand dollars a month.

Pick this if your gift card volume is seasonal and you want cost guardrails in both directions.

4. Vify Professional Gift Cards

Best for: Small retailers that want a low flat fee and no percentage taken from gift card sales.

Vify keeps pricing simple and ties it to your Shopify plan rather than your sales. Its App Store listing shows a free plan, then Starter at $9.99/month for stores on Basic Shopify, Premium at $16.99/month for Shopify, Grow, and Advanced plans, and Ultimate at $29.99/month for Shopify Plus, with a 14-day free trial (Source: Vify Shopify App Store listing). The listing features custom gift card values, branded email templates, gift card value adjustment, expiry reminders for recipients, and bulk gift card import (Source: Vify Shopify App Store listing). For a small retailer, the draw is predictability: a huge December does not change the app bill at all.

Pros

• Flat monthly pricing with no percentage of gift card value on the plans we checked
• Starter at $9.99/month is one of the lowest paid entry points in this roundup
• Bulk import helps retailers moving an existing gift card book onto Shopify

Cons

• The plan you can buy is dictated by your Shopify plan tier, so upgrading Shopify can move your app price too
• Plus stores land on the $29.99/month Ultimate tier even if their gift card volume is small
• It is a focused gift card tool without the store credit wallet depth that Rise.ai offers

Pricing: Free plan; Starter $9.99/month, Premium $16.99/month, Ultimate $29.99/month at https://apps.shopify.com/vify-giftcard, checked 6 November 2026

Skip it if: You need store credit wallets, corporate gifting workflows, or wallet passes as part of the same app.

Unique detail: Pricing keyed to Shopify plan tiers instead of orders, sales, or percentages is unusual in this category and makes forecasting trivial.

Fits: Small retailers on Basic or standard Shopify plans with steady, modest gift card volume.

Pick this if you want the simplest possible bill: one flat fee and every gift card dollar stays yours.

5. Giftnote

Best for: Stores where gifting is the purchase, with scheduled delivery and messages attached to orders and cards.

Giftnote treats the gift itself as the product experience. Its pricing page shows a Gift Audit plan free at $0, Core Gifting at $19/month plus $1 per gift order or gift card, and a Professional plan for corporate gifting at $99/month plus $1 per single recipient gift and 2% on multi recipient orders (Source: Giftnote pricing). Both paid plans include 20 credits once per store, and after those are used each gift message or gift card costs $1 (Source: Giftnote pricing FAQ). Crucially for retailers, Giftnote issues native Shopify gift cards, so cards stay valid even if you uninstall the app, and scheduled delivery is built in (Source: Giftnote pricing FAQ). Paid plans carry a 30-day free trial per the vendor pricing page.

Pros

• Native Shopify gift cards mean balances survive an uninstall, which protects your customers and your liability ledger
• Free Gift Audit plan lets you review your current gifting setup before paying
• Scheduled delivery and gift messages are core features, not add ons

Cons

• The $1 per gift charge stacks on top of the subscription, so high gifting volume needs its own forecast
• Multi recipient corporate sending needs the $99/month Professional plan and adds 2% on those orders
• The 20 included credits are a one time allowance per store, not a monthly refresh, per the vendor pricing FAQ

Pricing: Gift Audit free; Core Gifting $19/month plus $1 per gift order or gift card; Professional $99/month plus per gift fees at https://giftnote.com/pricing, checked 6 November 2026

Skip it if: Your gift card buyers never schedule delivery or add messages, because you would pay per gift for touches you do not use.

Unique detail: Native Shopify gift card issuance is the standout line in the vendor help docs, and it removes the biggest switching risk in this category.

Fits: Retailers and gift focused brands with steady gifting orders, and corporate gifting sellers on the Professional tier.

Pick this if scheduled, message attached gifting is how your customers actually buy.

6. Gift Card Pro by Gist

Best for: Retailers that want gift cards to feel like gifts, with video messages and scheduled sending.

Gift Card Pro leans into presentation. Its App Store listing describes digital gift cards sent directly to recipients by email or text message with automatic fulfillment, text and video gift messages, custom designs from a library of 50 or your own uploads, and bulk sending for corporate gifting (Source: Gift Card Pro Shopify App Store listing). Pricing pairs a subscription with a percentage of gift card value on every tier: Basic at $9.99/month plus 2.5%, Standard at $29.99/month plus 1.5%, Business at $89.99/month plus 1%, and Enterprise at $499.99/month plus 0.5% (Source: Gift Card Pro Shopify App Store listing). Do the combined math before you fall for the low entry price: on Basic, $1,000 of gift card sales costs $34.99 all in.

Pros

• Video and text gift messages make the card feel personal instead of transactional
• Scheduled delivery by email or message is built into the sending flow
• Bulk sending covers corporate and group gifting without a second tool

Cons

• Every tier adds a percentage of gift card value on top of the subscription, so costs scale with your best months
• There is no free plan, so testing starts with the trial and then the $9.99 plus 2.5% Basic tier
• Enterprise at $499.99/month plus 0.5% is priced for very large programs, far beyond most independent retailers

Pricing: Basic $9.99/month plus 2.5% of gift card value; Standard $29.99/month plus 1.5%; Business $89.99/month plus 1%; Enterprise $499.99/month plus 0.5% at https://apps.shopify.com/gift-card-pro, checked 6 November 2026

Skip it if: Percentage fees bother you on principle, because no Gift Card Pro tier drops them.

Unique detail: Video gift messages are a headline feature here and rare in this category, turning the delivery moment into part of the product.

Fits: Gift led retailers with moderate card volume who value presentation, and larger programs that can justify Business tier math.

Pick this if the unboxing moment matters and you want recipients to get a message with real personality.

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