Kite : Delivery Date Picker
A date-and-time picker for local delivery and pickup, praised almost entirely for one developer's hands-on setup help, but the reviews are too new and too uniform to show how it holds up over time.
Should you install it?
This looks like a workable date and time-slot picker for stores doing local delivery or pickup, and reviewers consistently say it sits well with Shopify's native local delivery settings and can block weekends, holidays and set cut-off times. What reviewers actually praise is the developer: Sid personally configures it, answers quickly and sometimes builds small custom changes. A few reviewers hit setup glitches or Shopify-plan limits and needed his help to get through them, so plan on using the support chat rather than expecting a pure self-serve install. The reviews don't mention carriers, order volumes or any rates/label features, and they can't show how the app behaves after months of use or when that one person is busy.
Thin evidence. The app is new (first review January 2026), 82% of reviewers had used it under a month, many read as solicited right after onboarding chat, and there are no negative reviews to show failure modes.
Right for
- Small shops doing local delivery or in-store pickup that need customers to choose a date or time slot at checkout (4516, 5012, 2181)
- Merchants who want to block weekends, holidays or set cut-off times that Shopify does not control natively (4516, 5012)
- Owners who want someone to configure the app for them rather than set it up alone (4247, 5757, 7387)
- Stores with an unusual requirement who may need a small custom change (5757, 5012, 3864)
Wrong for
- Anyone looking for carrier rates, labels or tracking: no review describes any of that
- Merchants who need evidence of long-term reliability or behaviour at high order volume: no reviewer states a volume, and 82% had used the app under a month
- Merchants who want a fully self-serve app with no developer contact: several reviewers needed help to finish setup (3265, 0182, 3926)
What will annoy you
Initial setup glitches or confusion that needed the developer to step in (including clashes with other delivery apps): 4 reviews, steady, last seen 2026-07.
How the developer behaves when it breaks
Replies to about 92% of reviews, mostly warm thank-you notes signed Sidharth; several are word-for-word identical (1165, 1110, 5757, 4736), and a batch of May–June reviews were all answered on July 13. Reviewers describe setup problems being fixed quickly and a checkout issue unrelated to the app being resolved (3265, 5757, 0182), but there are no negative reviews, so how complaints are handled is untested. Three reviews have no reply (3926, 5012, 9722).
What goes wrong 2 recurring themes
- Initial setup glitches or confusion that needed the developer to step in (including clashes with other delivery apps) 4 reviews steady, last seen 2026-07
“I did run into a few setup glitches, but Sidharth was absolutely amazing.” review 3265
- Some limits come from Shopify's plan or platform rather than the app, so the developer has to work around them 2 reviews steady, last seen 2026-07
“Some of the problems were actually caused by limitations of my current Shopify plan rather than the app itself” review 3265
What it does well 6 themes
- Hands-on setup and responsive support from the developer (Sid/Sidharth) 35 reviews
“Sid was AMAZING! Helped us get everything set up from the ground up.” review 4247
- Pickup and delivery date rules: weekend/holiday blocking, cut-off times, blackout dates, time windows 3 reviews
“Now customers are aware that they cannot pickup on the weekends or holidays.” review 4516
- Fits with Shopify's native local delivery/pickup settings and the store's look 4 reviews
“I really like that the local pick up & delivery options ingrate nicely with the default Shopify local delivery settings.” review 7203
- Simple to use and set up 6 reviews
“The app is very easy to use and does what I want it to” review 7387
- Developer builds small custom changes for individual stores 3 reviews
“they shipped working changes for my store within about 6 hours” review 5012
- Generous free plan / pricing seen as fair for small shops 2 reviews
“It's rare to find a free app with this level of functionality and customer support.” review 3265
Red flags
- Support and custom work are described as coming from one named person (Sid/Sidharth). The reviews cannot say whether this holds as the install base grows or if he is unavailable, and custom changes built for one store depend on him. 7566 4247 3864 8462 5757
Trend
The first review is January 2026, so all 39 reviews fall in the last 9 months (about 3 a month) and there is no earlier period to compare. The latest reviews (August–October 2026) repeat the same themes as the earliest, and the last setup trouble reported was in July 2026. With no negative reviews and no long-tenure history, a quality trend cannot be judged.
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