What Shopify merchants complain about in bad app reviews
What Shopify merchants complain about in bad app reviews
Share of 2,418 one- and two-star reviews · 192 apps · 26 Oct 2025 – 25 Oct 2026
Slow or no support
31.2%
Bugs & broke the store
17.9%
Charges & refunds
13.9%
Hard to use or set up
9.1%
Sync, orders & inventory errors
6.5%
Export, import & migration pain
6.4%
Called it a scam or misleading
5.8%
Too expensive for what it does
4.7%
Missing features & limits
3.1%
Slow store & app speed
2.7%
Charged after uninstalling/cancelling
1.4%
Price increases & plan changes
0.7%
Code left after uninstall
0.2%
Source: Revunda study of 2,418 low-star Shopify app reviews (2026) · CC BY 4.0
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Revunda study of 2,418 low-star Shopify app reviews (2026)