InCircle vs Appstle Memberships
InCircle Memberships costs less than Appstle Memberships at each member band, includes more members per plan, and builds marketing, tracked join links, gift memberships and in-store member cards into the app. It's built to grow your membership as well as run it, with support on every plan, including Free.
How do InCircle and Appstle compare side by side?
| InCircle Memberships | Appstle Memberships | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: 30 members, no time limit | Yes: up to 25 members |
| Price for about 300 members | $19.99 / month (up to 300) | $39 / month (up to 500) |
| Price for about 1,000 members | $29.99 / month (up to 1,000) | Above the $79 plan (750 members); contact Appstle |
| Members-only products and pages | Yes: products, collections and pages (Starter) | Yes |
| Retention when a member cancels | Yes: pausing on every plan; reasons and an offer before a cancel (Growth) | Cancellation and retention management (Business plan) |
| Gift memberships | Yes, with claim links (Growth) | Not listed |
| In-store member cards | Yes: digital member cards with a QR code, scanned at the register (Growth) | Works with Shopify POS; member cards not listed |
| Built-in email campaigns | Yes: member emails and campaigns (Growth) | Not listed (notifications, plus Klaviyo integration) |
| Tracked join links and attribution | Yes: tracked join links show which campaign brought each member (Growth) | Not listed |
| Shopify Flow | Yes: Flow triggers (Growth) | Yes |
| Analytics | Yes: members, renewals, revenue, cohorts, CSV export | Yes (Starter and up) |
| Custom email domain | Yes (Growth) | Yes (Business Premium) |
| API and webhooks | Yes: webhooks and API, set up with our team (Scale) | Contact Appstle |
What does InCircle Memberships do best?
Widgets for every part of your store
A join offer on product pages, an announcement bar, a buy-together offer, members-only locks and a member card, all ready to add to your theme.
AI that styles them for you
Describe your store and AI suggests widget looks that match your theme's colors, so everything feels like part of your brand.
Analytics in detail
Members, renewals, revenue and cohorts in one place, with CSV export whenever you need the numbers elsewhere.
Works with Shopify POS
Staff scan a member's card at the register and their perks apply to the sale. You choose how the card looks.
Easy ways to pay
Members join at Shopify's own checkout, so they can pay with Shop Pay, Apple Pay or Google Pay when your store offers them.
Support on every plan
Chat and email support from the day you install, even on the Free plan, from the team that builds the app.
Already on Appstle Memberships? We'll move you across.
You don't have to rebuild your membership yourself. Our support team migrates your plans, perks and members to InCircle, and starts as soon as possible after you get in touch.
Tell us what you use now
Email our support team with the app you're on, roughly how many members you have, and when you'd like to switch.
We plan the move with you
Together we map your current plans, prices and perks onto InCircle, along with any members-only products and pages, and agree a switch date.
Our support team does the migration
We set up your plans and perks in InCircle and move your members across, starting as soon as possible after you get in touch.
You check it and go live
You review everything before the switch. Once you're happy, the join widget goes live on your store and you turn the old app off.
Your next loyal member is already shopping with you.
Launch a membership this week. InCircle is free for your first 30 members, so it can pay for itself before you pay for it.