Side by side!
Copia vs Appstle Subscriptions
Appstle Subscriptions is a Shopify app for subscriptions and subscription boxes, free up to $500 a month in subscription revenue. Copia runs in your Shopify store too, and is built around a CSA season.
Subscription app or CSA app?
Both run in your Shopify store, and members are Shopify customers either way. Appstle sells products on a recurring basis, with cards charged automatically for pay-as-you-go or prepaid plans. Copia is built around a CSA: seasons and share sizes, pickup locations and hours, a plan for each delivery and a cutoff for changes. Shopify’s free Local Delivery app can plan routes from orders with any of them; Copia plans routes from each delivery date’s boxes and groups the pack list by route.
Choose Appstle Subscriptions if…
- You want a low monthly price: $30/mo covers up to $15,000 a month in subscription revenue
- You want cards charged automatically, with payment retries
- You want loyalty rewards, tiered discounts and gifts for subscribers
- You want human support 24/7
Choose Copia if…
- You run a CSA season, with share sizes, pickup locations and a set delivery day
- You want to plan each delivery once: enter a full share and Copia works out every size, the harvest totals and the pack list
- You want delivery routes built from each delivery date’s boxes, split between drivers, with arrival times
- You want members emailed on your delivery schedule: pickup and delivery reminders, what’s in the box, and “Your box is here” from the driver
What each costs your farm
Your farm
Appstle Subscriptions
$30/mo
Business plan, $30/mo, for up to $15,000/mo in subscription revenue.
Appstle prices by subscription revenue: free up to $500/mo, $10/mo up to $5,000. 20% less billed yearly. No transaction fee.
Double your farm: +$70/mo
Card fees: 2.9% + 30¢ online through Shopify Payments (Basic plan), as with Copia
Copia
$68/mo
Seedling plan $49/mo for 50 members, plus 25 more at $0.75 each. After the first payment, members pay each bill from an emailed Shopify invoice.
Double your farm: +$31/mo
Card fees: 2.9% + 30¢ online through Shopify Payments (Basic plan)
At 75 members, Copia is $38/mo more than Appstle Subscriptions. Both run on your Shopify plan.
How each runs a CSA
From what each company publishes about itself.
For CSAs, Copia also has
Things Appstle Subscriptions’s site doesn’t mention.
- Harvest planning: enter a full share and every other size follows
- A pack list for each delivery date, with harvest totals and a slip for every member, grouped by pickup location or route
- A “what’s in your box” email for each delivery, sent from your harvest plan
- A member cap on each share, with a waitlist when it’s full
- A cutoff for skips and swaps before each delivery
- A check-in list at each pickup, to mark members off as they collect
- Where members sign up
- Appstle SubscriptionsA subscription widget you place in your store (on quick view and cart pages too, on Business); a Shopify-native customer portal
- CopiaA signup form on your own Shopify store; members become your Shopify customers
- Box types
- Appstle SubscriptionsPay-as-you-go and prepaid subscriptions; build-a-box and bundles on Business and up
- CopiaSet shares, or customizable boxes members build each week; plan each delivery once and Copia works out every size
- Delivery frequencies
- Appstle SubscriptionsMultiple frequencies you set
- CopiaWeekly, every other week or monthly for each season, and members can pick their own
- Billing options
- Appstle SubscriptionsCards charged automatically for pay-as-you-go or prepaid plans, with payment retries
- CopiaEvery delivery, every 2, 4 or 8 deliveries, or once upfront; or one price for the whole season. After the first payment, members pay each bill from an emailed Shopify invoice; cards aren’t saved and charged automatically
- Add-ons
- Appstle SubscriptionsUpsells; adding products to existing subscriptions on Business Premium
- CopiaExtras like eggs or bread, offered every delivery, every other, monthly or just once
- What members can change
- Appstle SubscriptionsAdd, swap or remove products in the customer portal
- CopiaWhichever you turn on: skip a week, swap items, pause, add extras, or cancel (with a pause offered first), up to a cutoff you set
- Pickup and delivery
- Appstle SubscriptionsCustom shipping options
- CopiaPickup locations with hours; check-in at the stand or on Shopify POS; delivery routes split between drivers
- Automatic messages
- Appstle SubscriptionsBuilt-in emails; SMS notifications on Starter and up; quick action emails on Business Premium
- CopiaEmails for welcome, pickup and delivery reminders, skip and pause confirmations, a moved delivery and a delivered box. No texts.
- Help and support
- Appstle SubscriptionsHuman support 24/7 on every plan, and hands-on migration
- CopiaGuided setup wizard, step-by-step help center and email support
Switching from Appstle Subscriptions
- 1
Export your members
Your members are already Shopify customers. Export them from Shopify’s Customers page as a CSV; Copia imports any file with an email column and uses the existing Shopify customer for each email.
- 2
Set up Copia and import them
Add Copia to your Shopify store and follow the setup checklist, then upload your member file and pick the season, billing and pickup or delivery for everyone at once. Or have us do it in a setup package.
How importing works - 3
Start after your last charge
Date your first Copia delivery after the last charge in Appstle Subscriptions, then cancel members’ subscriptions in Appstle Subscriptions so their cards aren’t charged again. From then on, members pay each bill from an emailed invoice.
Prices and descriptions from Appstle Subscriptions’s own site (App Store listing) and Copia’s, as of October 22, 2026, using the Appstle Subscriptions plan that fits your farm and the Copia plan that costs least at your member count. Both need a Shopify plan, which isn’t included. Setup fees and card fees aren’t included in the monthly figures. Prices change, so check Appstle Subscriptions’s pricing page before you decide. Appstle Subscriptions is a trademark of its owner; Copia isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Appstle Subscriptions. See something out of date? Email [email protected] and we’ll fix it.