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Customer reviews: Shopify Subscriptions

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Reviews (307)

Overall rating
3.4

What Merchants Think

Merchants have mixed feelings about "Shopify Subscriptions". While some appreciate its user-friendly interface and simplicity, many express frustration over significant limitations, especially when dealing with more complex subscription needs. The app seems primarily catered to basic use cases, leaving more advanced users disappointed with its lack of features and flexibility.

Key Strengths

  • User-friendly setup process
  • Suitable for simple subscription models
  • Good for beginners or businesses with basic subscription needs

Common Concerns

  • Lack of API access and insufficient data analytics capabilities
  • Inability to customize subscription details or handle complex plans
  • Issues with migration and error reporting
  • Problems with inventory management and subscription order processing
  • Glitches and bugs affecting subscription updates and customer interactions
  • Limited language and customization options for international users

Final Thoughts

"Shopify Subscriptions" may serve basic needs effectively for those new to subscription models, but it falls short for businesses that demand more advanced functionality and customization. Its lack of flexibility and robust features make it less appealing to companies with intricate subscription requirements. Merchants seeking a comprehensive subscription tool might need to explore other options for a more complete solution.

Sojos Coffee

Oct 20, 2025  on Shopify

There are a lot of featurs that i wish this app had.. namely i wish there was a way that you could see when a subscription was going to be coming due in a whole schedule and not having to click on them individually to see the next subscription date.. also wish they could select the day that they want their subscription to renew. or adjust the date that they picked.

St. Paul Center

Oct 15, 2025  on Shopify

This app works for a very basic/specific use case, but I would not recommend it for anyone with lots of subscriptions. Here are the main issues we ran into: 1. No API. Even though Shopify has a GraphQL subscriptions api, you can not view/edit subscriptions created by apps, so it doesn't help here. 2. No ability to search subscriptions. 3. No way to create subscriptions from the Admin Dashboard. 4. No way to find failed payments so we can follow-up with customers. 5. The UX for updating a payment method is confusing. You have to add a payment method to your account, and then update the subscription payment method. Customers often miss the second step. 6. Cancelled subscriptions can't be restarted. Subscriptions can't be deleted. 7. The export UX is a bit inconvenient. You have to keep the same window open, even if it takes 30 minutes or an hour to export. It would be better if it sends you an email with a link instead. 8. No activity log. We can't see what emails were sent, or what updates were made on subscriptions. Don't get me wrong, this app works fine for a very simple use case, but it's missing some important features for advanced subscription users.

The Local: Wine & Beer

Oct 12, 2025  on Shopify

Need to be notified if a customer skips a month. And need to be able to quickly scroll through contracts.

Sumato Coffee

Sep 28, 2025  on Shopify

For an app that is free, it's good. There are a few functionality things that I wish it had (i.e., ability to change the charge dates based on customer requests).

The Cultured Cup®

Sep 22, 2025  on Shopify

This app is majorly undeveloped and has caused me nothing but time, headaches, and problems. 1. No search function to easily look up subscriptions by customer or product. 2. Very limited function for customers, they cannot add/delete products to a recurring subscription or even alter frequency. Causing a lot of wasted time for our staff to help with a basic function. 3. No option to choose a date or have a subscription run early. Usually, resorting to customers having to cancel or our staff having to do a very tedious work around that again wastes time. 4. If you pause a subscription and restart it is for the next billing cycle as originally set up, not for that day. 5. Lots of glitches with skipped inventory and no way to alert shopowner. to skipped subscriptions. 6. Importing from another app is inadvisable. Formatting is a nightmare and even though there is supposedly a failsafe to prevent duplicate subscriptions. We got quite a few, even some in triple. Worse when speaking to a customer that had a triplicate subscription, she only saw one in her account. We have had a lot of cancellations and unhappy customers. Save yourself some time, You are better off with a third party app.

Pan African Lifestyle

Sep 21, 2025  on Shopify

The Subscription App has not only streamlined our membership process and provided consistent monthly support from our community, but it has also enabled us to effectively track one of our key revenue streams. This is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation of our business and the successful allocation of our initiatives across the African continent.

Create Along

Sep 17, 2025  on Shopify

When I have different variants on the subscription, it doesn't show the right sku on the order- which SUCKS. So I don't know what the customer actually wanted.

A Beautiful Calling Ethical Boutique

Sep 16, 2025  on Shopify

There is not enough data for me to troubleshoot when customers subscriptions need to be managed and now TWICE I have had a customer's subscription skip when they did not want it to. Not card processing issues. The only thing that happened is both customers had skipped the previous month. No help from support.

Amro’s Rescue Mission

Sep 15, 2025  on Shopify

5 star app Great app - works smoothly with no issues. I combined it with the Subscriptions Styles app for a nicer look, and together they’re perfect.

Dashatron Enterprises

Sep 13, 2025  on Shopify

UI is terrible. Should work with bundles, but it doesn't, which creates huge issues in tracking my inventory, because i have to use workarounds like creating an item that is a multipack, but then the inventory tracking is way off. boooooo. otherwise, barebones just fine.

Frothed Coffee Roasters

Sep 11, 2025  on Shopify

Needs improvment on customer subscription management side. Broken links and poor flexibilty in subscriptions.

Minnie

Sep 08, 2025  on Shopify

Doesn't link properly with my inventory. I missed 3 months of subscriptions and had multiple customers cancel their subscriptions. I was on with customer service dozens of times but no one could identify the issue. I do not recommend this service.

marilou | マリールゥのパンケーキミックス

Sep 05, 2025  on Shopify

使いにくい部分が多々あります。 送料や商品の価格変更があった際に、サブスクリプションの価格変更をしてほしい。 私は最低限のことができるので、こちらのソフトでも問題ないないのだけど、こちらからデータ変更ができないのが非常にもったいない。

Global Sprouts

Sep 03, 2025  on Shopify

Love this for our start-up. Easy, free and gets the job done. Unfortunately, you can't change billing dates or the types of subscriptions through the admin console. You also can only offer one type of subscription. I wish there was a way to have more customization.

Recreated Designs

Sep 02, 2025  on Shopify

I have liked Subscriptions so far. I use it for a monthly club I have a subscription for. The one thing I don't like is that the options say "Deliver monthly/yearly" etc.. and the word Delivery doesn't make any sense for what I do and it isn't changeable. Other than that I have found it a good app and will continue to use it.

Pine Street Clinic

Sep 02, 2025  on Shopify

1) Unable to easily create subscriptions for entire vendors at once 2) Unable to easily change date of next shipment (can only change frequency)

Beekeepers.Wife

Sep 01, 2025  on Shopify

I like this app so far but would LOVE it if I could set the dates in advance for the fulfillment. I offer Seasonal boxes that go live quarterly on the first of the month 4 times per year. I have had to get another app that handles pre-orders so that I can do this and customers know what to expect.

Maguy Sans Gluten

Sep 01, 2025  on Shopify

Il manque la possibilité d'engager les clients sur une certaine durée (engagement 3 mois par exemple)

Brain Forza®

Aug 26, 2025  on Shopify

Not bad just needs a bit more customization and work ESPECIALLY on the design of the widget!! PLEASE!!

Der Greif e.V.

Aug 22, 2025  on Shopify

I was waiting so long for Shopify to implement subscriptions. But It is still missing crucial features.

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