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Friendbuy vs LoyaltyLion: which slows a Shopify store more?

Friendbuy and LoyaltyLion usually land in the same band. Neither is clearly lighter on the typical store.

Both are loyalty and rewards apps. We measured Friendbuy on 25 Shopify ecommerce stores and LoyaltyLion on 29.

Loyalty, rewards and referrals

Side by side

AppTypical processing timeStores measured
Friendbuy Moderate (100 to 300 ms) 25
LoyaltyLion Moderate (100 to 300 ms) 29

Friendbuy was moderate on 84% of the stores it was measured on. LoyaltyLion was moderate on 59% of the stores it was measured on.

On stores that run both

Only 2 of the stores we checked load both, too few for a fair head-to-head. Stores often pick one of the two.

Each band is an app's typical processing time across the stores it was measured on. Those stores differ from app to app. That makes the result on stores that run both the fairer test. Apps found on fewer than 20 stores aren't listed yet. The list grows as more stores are checked.

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