SimpleSubscription is a Shopify app for merchants managing recurring billing and subscriptions. Its Subscribe & Save widget supports flexible discounts, delivery frequencies, annual billing, and Shopify native checkout. Subscribers can manage their plans in a self-service portal: they can skip, pause, swap, cancel, change frequency, and update payment methods. The app retries failed payments automatically and sends reminder emails on every plan, including Free. Shopify Sidekick AI features let merchants ask questions about subscription data, perform subscriber actions after confirmation, and navigate to app editors. Migration options include Appstle, Seal, Recharge, Bold, Loop, and Skio, along with CSV import and API migration; the maker says most migrations take under 30 minutes. Subscriber caps count active subscriptions only, excluding paused, cancelled, and expired ones. The maker says it charges no transaction fees, although Shopify’s standard payment processing still applies. Free supports up to 100 active subscribers. Growth is 39.00 USD per month for up to 1,000 active subscribers; Premium is 99.00 USD per month with unlimited active subscribers. Both paid plans advertise an annual billing option with 20% savings. A 14-day trial is listed.
Who it is for
It suits Shopify merchants who sell recurring subscriptions and want subscribers to manage their own plans. The Free plan is capped at 100 active subscribers, while paid tiers cover higher or unlimited active subscriber counts.
What is good
- Subscribers can pause, skip, swap, or cancel plans.
- Failed-payment recovery is available on every plan.
- No transaction fees on any plan.
- Migration supports CSV import and API migration.
What to know first
- Shopify's standard payment processing still applies.
- Free is limited to 100 active subscribers.
- Growth is limited to 1,000 active subscribers.
- Payment method tokens are processed.
Verdict
SimpleSubscription combines recurring billing with subscriber self-service and payment recovery. Compare the active-subscriber caps and paid plan features with your store’s needs.
SimpleSubscription plans and pricing
All plansCompared on subscription analytics software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $39/mo
- Cohort analysis
- Yes
- Retention & churn metrics
- Yes
- Unit economics
- Yes
- Data sources
- billing
- Revenue forecasting
- Yes
