Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay vs Balance Due: Deposit Plans
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 10, 2026 for Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay, Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99/month for Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay and $19.99/month for Balance Due.
- Balance Due lists 5 features Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay’s listing doesn’t mention, including Availability date, Deferred payments, Made-to-order.
Head to head
Partial Payment, Pre-order, Coming Soon, Back in stock
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 4 Published Pre-Order
- · Discount
- · Pre-Order description
- · Sales Counter
Small
- · 15 Published Pre-Order/Coming soon
- · All in Free plan
- · Email Support
Standard
- · All in Small Plan
- · Coupon on Partial Payment
- · Geo-Location
- · Notify Me
- · Request a quote
- · Unlimited Pre-Order/15 Partial products
Platinum
- · Everything in the Standard Plan
- · Manage Packaging slips & invoices
- · Unlimited Pre-Order/Partial products
Free
- · Balance Due branding on emails
- · Customer payment page, no login
- · Email schedule, reminders, receipts
- · Fulfilment held until paid in full
Starter
- · 30 orders with a balance at a time
- · CSV export of every payment plan
- · Daily digest and overdue alerts
- · Everything in Free, no branding
- · Failed payments retried with pay link
Growth
- · 100 text messages a month
- · 300 orders with a balance at a time
- · Collect now and move payment dates
- · Everything in Starter
- · Instalments on Shopify Plus stores
Pro
- · 500 text messages a month
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority support, same working day
- · Text top-ups from £4.99 per 100
- · Unlimited orders with a balance
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureDon't miss out on extra sales and bookings by allowing pre-orders from your customers before a product is really available! We provide a simple yet effective UI. This is really simple to use. When you are running out of stock, Preorder make your products available. You can give option of partial payment to your customers. Advanced PreOrder(Partial Pay) helps merchants to boost their sales.
Balance Due adds a deposit option to the products you choose. The customer pays part at checkout through Shopify’s own checkout, and the balance is collected later on the date you set or when you mark the order ready, from the card Shopify saved or by a Shopify payment link where your provider cannot save one. Failed payments are retried and the customer is sent a payment link.
- Set Pre-Orders for items out of stock or not available. Works with variants too!
- Sell different variants of the same product with the partial payment on preorder
- Set the availability for preorders and Coming soon.
- Customers do signup for in-stock notification and with the "Notify Me" feature.
- Deposit option on any product, as a percentage or a fixed amount per unit
- Balance charged automatically on your date, or when you mark the order ready
- Failed payments retried, with a payment link sent to the customer each time
- Fulfilment held until the order is paid in full, then released for you
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 127 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −2 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Furniture | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 166 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $3.99/month(ahead) | $19.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 3 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #45 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | #22 in Pre-orders | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 18, 2018 | Nov 9, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Shine Dezign Infonet | DADLINK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
FAQ
Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay and Balance Due: common questions
- Is Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay or Balance Due cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99/month for Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay and $19.99/month for Balance Due. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Badges, Countdown timers, Discounts, Out of stock. Balance Due lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Availability date, Deferred payments, Made-to-order, Payment reminders. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 10, 2026 for Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay, Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 10, 2026 for Advanced PreOrder‑ Partial pay, Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.