Payment Gateway Shopify Apps – Reviews & Rating Trends
(Updated September 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for payment gateway Shopify apps and see which apps are gaining the most install momentum. Review counts are the closest proxy to actual installs — Shopify doesn't publish install numbers — so review velocity is one of the strongest signals of merchant adoption for payment gateway apps.
Payment Gateway Shopify Apps — Full Reviews Table
All tracked payment gateway Shopify apps ranked by total review count, with new reviews gained vs 30 days ago and average rating. Filter by country and date range; sort by reviews or review velocity.
| App | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Essential Trust Badges & Icons | 1,11550 | 5.0 |
 PreOrder App+Partial Payment K | 399 | 4.8 |
 HidePay: Hide Payment Methods | 3829 | 4.8 |
 ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods | 37267 | 5.0 |
 QuickReply | 215 | 4.9 |
 Payment Rules Hide PaymentHero | 215 | 5.0 |
 Payfy: Hide Payment Rules | 1462 | 4.8 |
 SPD Split Payment & Deposit | 1357 | 4.7 |
 Kip: Sort Hide Payment Methods | 1162 | 4.9 |
 ConnectPOS | 108 | 4.7 |
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Key Insights:
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons leads payment gateway apps with 1,115 total reviews — 716 more than PreOrder App+Partial Payment K (399).
- Top 3 apps (Essential Trust Badges & Icons, PreOrder App+Partial Payment K, HidePay: Hide Payment Methods) hold 59.2% of all reviews across the top 10 tracked payment gateway apps.
- ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods is gaining reviews fastest this month (+67) — strong recent install momentum.
- 6 of 10 top-reviewed payment gateway apps gained new reviews this period; 0 saw no net additions.
Payment Gateway Shopify Apps — Cumulative Review Trend
Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 payment gateway Shopify apps over the past year — a longitudinal view of which apps keep accumulating reviews and which have flattened.
Charts Data
| App | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Trust Badges & Icons | 95247 | 1,02270 | 1,06745 | 1,11750 | 1,15235 | 1,16513 |
| ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods | 2196 | 24930 | 30758 | 37366 | 45279 | 49745 |
| HidePay: Hide Payment Methods | 3608 | 3644 | 3739 | 3829 | 3864 | 3893 |
| QuickReply | 2091 | 209 | 2156 | 215 | 2161 | 2171 |
| Payment Rules Hide PaymentHero | 215 | 215 | 215 | 215 | 215 | 215 |
Key Insights:
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons's cumulative reviews grew from 377 to 1,165 over the charted period — 788 new reviews accumulated.
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons's 1,165 cumulative reviews sit 5.4× above Payment Rules Hide PaymentHero's 215 at the bottom of the plotted payment gateway set — a wide spread between long-running leaders and newer entrants.
Fastest to 1,000 Reviews — Payment Gateway Shopify Apps
Race-style view of how the top 5 payment gateway Shopify apps reached 1,000 reviews — months since launch on the X-axis, cumulative review count on the Y-axis. Adjust the milestone or app set with the filters above.
Charts Data
| App | Months to Reach 1,000 Reviews | Current Review Count |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Trust Badges & Icons | 36 | 1,098 |
| ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods | Not yet reached | 432 |
| PreOrder App+Partial Payment K | Not yet reached | 385 |
| HidePay: Hide Payment Methods | Not yet reached | 356 |
| QuickReply | Not yet reached | 202 |
Key Insights:
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons reached 1,000 reviews fastest — in 36 months since launch.
- 4 of the top 5 payment gateway apps haven't yet crossed 1,000 reviews — ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods is closest at 432 cumulative.
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Most-Reviewed Payment Gateway Shopify Apps
Essential Trust Badges & Icons leads payment gateway Shopify apps with 1,115 cumulative reviews and a 5.0★ average rating. PreOrder App+Partial Payment K (399 reviews) and HidePay: Hide Payment Methods (382 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 59.2% of all reviews across the top tier — a fragmented review landscape with reviews spread broadly. Notable mover: ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods added the most new reviews this month (+67) — a strong recent install signal.
Payment Gateway reviews are spread broadly — Essential Trust Badges & Icons (1,115), PreOrder App+Partial Payment K (399), and HidePay: Hide Payment Methods (382) all carry meaningful review bases. With this distribution, review velocity and rating differentiate payment gateway apps better than total reviews alone.
Payment Gateway Shopify Apps — Long-Term Review Trends
Essential Trust Badges & Icons accumulated 788 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026, growing from 377 to 1,165 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for payment gateway apps. Across the top 5 plotted payment gateway apps, the steepest ongoing slopes mark the ones still actively winning new merchants — absolute review counts matter less than recent acceleration when picking apps in a category that's still growing.
Comparing payment gateway apps on review trend slope rather than absolute count is the sharper signal — an app gaining reviews fast is winning current merchants, while Essential Trust Badges & Icons's 1,165 cumulative base reflects long-running adoption that may or may not still be translating to new installs.
Review Growth Velocity in Payment Gateway — Which Apps Grew Fastest
Essential Trust Badges & Icons is the only app in this set to have crossed 1,000 reviews, reaching the milestone in 36 months since launch. The remaining 4 payment gateway apps tracked here are still building toward 1,000 — current cumulative review counts give the clearest picture of where each one stands today.
4 apps on this chart haven't yet crossed 1,000 reviews: ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods at 432, PreOrder App+Partial Payment K at 385, HidePay: Hide Payment Methods at 356, QuickReply at 202 cumulative reviews. ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods is closest to the milestone — its current count puts it roughly 43% of the way to 1,000.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons is the only app in this set to have crossed 1,000 reviews so far — a useful signal for merchants that one app has already proved sustained adoption while the others remain in the "promising but unproven" tier of the payment gateway category.
Top 5 Apps in Payment Gateway
- UnumPay — Has accumulated 40 reviews for payment gateway at a 4.7★ average.
- Hyve ‑ Post to Xero — Has accumulated 46 reviews for payment gateway at a 5.0★ average.
- PayFee‑Payment Method Discount — Has accumulated 1 reviews for payment gateway at a 3.0★ average.
- Essential Trust Badges & Icons — Has accumulated 1,165 reviews for payment gateway at a 5.0★ average.
- Smart Way — Has accumulated 1 reviews for payment gateway at a 5.0★ average.
Payment Gateway Shopify Apps — Frequently Asked Questions
1. Which payment gateway app has the most reviews on Shopify?
Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the most reviews among payment gateway Shopify apps with 1,115 total reviews, ahead of PreOrder App+Partial Payment K at 399. Sort the table by Reviews (High to Low) to see the full ranked list.
2. How are reviews used to measure payment gateway app popularity on Shopify?
Reviews are the closest publicly available proxy for install volume on Shopify — Shopify doesn't publish install counts, so cumulative reviews and review velocity are the standard way to measure adoption. For payment gateway apps, this page shows total reviews, new reviews per month, and time-to-1,000 reviews so you can compare both established scale and current momentum.
3. Which payment gateway app is gaining reviews fastest on Shopify?
ETP Sort Hide Payment Methods is gaining the most new reviews this month among payment gateway apps, adding 67 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
4. Which payment gateway app reached 1,000 reviews fastest on Shopify?
Essential Trust Badges & Icons hit 1,000 reviews in 36 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked payment gateway Shopify apps. Use the "Fastest to 1,000 Reviews" chart above to compare against other apps or change the milestone (5,000, 10,000, etc.).
5. What is the average rating for top payment gateway Shopify apps?
The top 5 payment gateway apps average 4.9★ across 2,473 combined reviews — a strong overall quality benchmark. Individual ratings appear in the table above; sort by Reviews to see how rating varies across the most-installed apps.
6. How often are review counts for payment gateway apps updated on Shopify?
Review counts and rating data refresh weekly on this page. The Reviews Trend chart aggregates monthly intervals by default — switch to weekly granularity for shorter-term signals or yearly for macro trends.
