Tidio vs Shopify Inbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tidio
This app provides an all-in-one AI customer support solution for businesses. It combines live chat, chatbots, and lead generation tools to enhance customer satisfaction and drive sales. Manage customer interactions and gather visitor information from anywhere.
- Live chat with customers
- AI-powered chatbots for lead generation
- Quick response templates
- Real-time visitor list
- Detailed visitor information
- Push notifications for new messages
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The Tidio app gives you access to Tidio’s all-in-one AI customer support software suite comprising help desk, chatbot/AI agent, live chat, and lead generation features. With the Tidio mobile app, you’ll be able to use live chat and chatbots for customer satisfaction, increasing sales, generating leads and much more. Features: -Talk to your customers wherever you are Quick Responses - send them during a conversation in a single click, so you can spend more time answering complex enquiries Chatbots - generate leads while you’re offline using chatbots Live Visitor List - list of all visitors browsing your website Visitors Details - access details such as visitor IP, city, country, device type and browser Push Notifications - get notifications about new messages, even when the app is closed
Shopify Inbox
Communicate with customers and drive sales directly through chat. This business chat app helps you close deals faster, foster customer loyalty, and reduce support time. Manage conversations, send products and discounts, and even automate messages.
- Sell products and discounts via chat
- Automated message responses
- Track shopping cart activity
- Assign chats to staff
- Manage conversations from multiple channels
- Send order updates via email
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About Shopify Inbox Use Shopify Inbox to talk with customers and sell over chat. With Shopify Inbox, you can close sales faster, build strong customer relationships, and spend less time on support all from a free business chat app. USE CHAT TO SELL MORE AND BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS Shopify Inbox is so much more than support. In fact, 70% of Shopify Inbox conversations are with customers making a purchasing decision. Use Shopify Inbox to: • Save time managing customer conversations from online store chat and the Shop app • Send products, discounts, and new orders from your Shopify store directly inside chats with just a few taps to turn more conversations into checkouts • Send automated messages and continue chats over email so you don’t need to respond in real time • Know when customers add or remove items from their shopping cart • Assign chats to your staff and team to scale customer conversations SHOP APP Let customers contact you from the Shop app. ----------- FEEDBACK & SUPPORT For 24/7 support visit the Shopify Help Center: help.shopify.com Thank you for using Shopify Inbox on iOS. We love hearing your feedback. Please let us know what you think of Shopify Inbox by leaving a review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Shopify Inbox at free against Tidio's freemium. Tidio's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 58%) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tidio against 4.8 for Shopify Inbox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.8K and 13K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Tidio's written reviews are positive against 58% of Shopify Inbox's.
Tidio ships an update weekly, Shopify Inbox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tidio | Shopify Inbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.8K ratings) — better | 4.8 (13K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better | 58.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.8K | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIDIO POLAND SP Z O O | Shopify Inc. |
Customer experience
Tidio
Shopify Inbox
User reviews
Tidio
From 4.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Responsive and fast
- 💡 Helpful chatbot features
- 🤝 Great for customer communication
- 💰 Affordable pricing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🔄 Frequent app crashes and glitches
- 🔒 Concerns about data privacy
- 💰 Limitations in free plan
- 📱 Mobile app lacking features
Shopify Inbox
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick response to customer inquiries
- 👍 Helpful for increasing sales conversions
- 💡 Useful for providing customer service
- 👍 Customization options for chat
- 🚀 Efficient for responding to customers on the go
Room to improve
- 🐛 Delayed message updates and notifications
- 🐛 Inability to switch between multiple stores
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Spam and scam messages from 'experts'
- 🐛 Inability to block or filter unwanted messages
Bugs and requests
Tidio
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to stay logged in
- Failure to show live chat messages
- Blurring of customer information
- Frequent app log-outs
Requested features
5 requests- Multi-account support
- Customizable notification sounds
- Improved mobile app functionality
- Integration with other platforms
- More detailed analytics and reporting
Shopify Inbox
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notifications not working properly
- Persistent 'unread' notifications even after messages are read
- Inability to switch between multiple store accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to set store hours and availability
- Option to forward chat logs and customer info via email
- Bulk archive/delete of old chat messages
- Integration with WhatsApp Business
- Ability to send and receive images/files in chat
In-app purchases
Tidio
No in-app purchases
Shopify Inbox
No in-app purchases









