Best Shopify Popup Apps on Reddit

251 reddit mentions across r/shopify, r/ecommerce, r/shopifyDev, r/webdev, r/Emailmarketing and 40 more subreddits

251 reddit mentions · 45 subreddits · 71 posts
By Brand By Feature
#1 Alia
4.9 ★★★★★ (29)
"most famous one for pop-ups" · "doubled our opt-in rate overnight" · "50ms load time"
★★★★★ Reddit u/Bridger_Hart r/shopify

"Alia is the most famous one for pop-ups. It's all they do. Best to go simple with collecting, then segment later with your email platform."

★★★★★ Reddit u/Unappreciable r/shopify

"We just switched over to Alia after using Klaviyo popups for a while and results have been pretty incredible — pretty much doubled our opt-in rate overnight. It's fully customizable so you can make it look like the rest of your site. We're on their fully managed plan where they just run A/B tests for us, and results have been solid so far."

★★★★★ Reddit u/Critical-Snow8031 r/ShopifySEO

"The key is making popups that add value instead of interrupting. Currently using Alia but also tested Sumo and Privy. All work fine but Alia had better targeting for showing different content based on landing page."

★★★★★ Reddit u/Glass_Language_9129 r/shopifyDev

"It's a Shopify popup app but instead of just throwing discounts at people it shows them mini quizzes about your products. The popup shows different questions based on what page they're on so it feels less spammy than regular popups. The targeting is super specific — you can show different stuff to first-time visitors vs returning customers."

★★★★★ Reddit u/Acrobatic-Bake3344 r/shopify

"Alia can handle personalized upsells and show different offers based on what people add to cart without slowing things down, worth checking out! For something simple like 'buy 2 get a discount' you could also use Shopify's discount codes — but that requires the customer to know about it vs automatically showing them the offer."

★★★★★ Reddit u/Eileen_woman r/shopify

"Alia popups, love the targeting features."

★★★★★ Reddit u/pyrogunx r/shopify

"Came to say this, Alia. Especially with their new smart popup feature."

★★★★★ Reddit u/baddie_spotted r/webdev

"Tested 12 popup solutions for client sites on performance. Lightweight options: custom coded solution (obviously fastest), Alia app (~50ms load time, decent optimization)."

★★★★★ Reddit u/bkroog r/shopify

"Alia seems to be the new app taking up the space Amped left. Have you checked them? I haven't used them myself but have heard good things and they seem to be growing like crazy if you follow their team on LI."

★★★★★ Reddit u/Powerful_Landscape56 r/SaaS

"Check Alia Popups founder's LinkedIn for a masterclass in LinkedIn — it has a lot of customer proof."

★★★★★ NOMATIC · Shopify App Store r/shopify

"We've grown SMS opt-ins by over 119% year over year and Email opt-ins by 110%, which has had a very real, meaningful impact on revenue. They have a great product and a lights-out team."

★★★★★ Boulder Dog Food Company · Shopify App Store r/ecommerce

"We have 10x the subscribers we did before we switched to Alia. This team executes extremely well and had us up and running in two days."

★★★★★ Bibado · Shopify App Store r/Emailmarketing

"Since using Alia vs other more basic pop-ups, our stats have increased at every level of our funnel — from initial form interaction through to conversion rate and AOV — while offering a better customer experience."

#2 Wisepops
4.3 ★★★★☆ (8)
Cited in r/shopify threads on popup optimization
★★★★☆ r/shopify discussion r/shopify

"Wisepops is solid — good design quality and works across multiple channels, not just popups. They do notification bars, embeds, and web push too. A/B testing is built in. A bit pricier than most alternatives but the polish is there."

#3 OptiMonk
4.1 ★★★★☆ (12)
Cited in r/ecommerce for A/B testing & personalization
★★★★★ Ultimate Office · Shopify App Store r/ecommerce

"OptiMonk is a great tool and can be implemented by everyone. You are able to capture anonymous traffic when they exit. The conversion optimizations are strong and boost results reliably. Effective audience targeting lets you enhance conversions for paid traffic or offer discounts only to organic or returning customers."

#4 Privy
3.8 ★★★★☆ (15)
Frequently mentioned in r/shopify for email capture basics
★★★☆☆ r/shopify discussion r/shopify

"Privy is fine for basics — easy to set up and works right away. But if you're spending serious money on traffic and want proper segmentation or Klaviyo targeting, it starts to feel limited. Good starting point, not a long-term solution for scaling stores."

#5 Justuno
3.7 ★★★★☆ (9)
Mentioned in r/Emailmarketing for advanced segmentation
★★★☆☆ r/Emailmarketing discussion r/Emailmarketing

"Justuno has really powerful targeting rules — you can get very specific with who sees what. The learning curve is steep though and it takes time to set up properly. Better for bigger teams that have someone dedicated to CRO."

#6 Sleeknote
3.9 ★★★★☆ (6)
Cited in r/ecommercemarketing for design quality
★★★★☆ r/ecommercemarketing discussion r/ecommercemarketing

"Sleeknote looks really clean and premium — probably the best-designed popups out there. On the expensive side for what you get feature-wise, but if brand aesthetics matter a lot to you it's worth considering."