Akia Order Limits & Rules vs Cart & Checkout Limit ‑ DMJ

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Akia Order Limits & Rules, Oct 14, 2026 for Cart & Checkout Limit.

The short answer

  • Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Akia Order Limits & Rules and $2/month for Cart & Checkout Limit.
  • Cart & Checkout Limit lists 4 features Akia Order Limits & Rules’s listing doesn’t mention, including Price-based, Product page alerts, Product-specific.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Akia Order Limits & Rules: —
Cart & Checkout Limit: 12
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Pitch
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Developer
Categories
  • Order limits
  • Order limits
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jan 28, 2026
Apr 1, 2024
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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—
Top countries
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Momentum

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Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

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Akia Order Limits & RulesCart & Checkout LimitCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
$4.99/month
$2/month
Plans
Standard$4.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · Block PO Boxes
  • · Instant checkout validation
  • · Min/Max order value limits
  • · Quantity per item limits
  • · Unlimited orders
  • · Zip/Postal Code validation
Pro$2/month
90-day free trial
  • · - All features for dev stroes
  • · - Set advanced product and cart limit
  • · - Support limits on specific variants
Coverage
7 of 11 features64%
9 of 11 features82%
Unique strengths
  • Geolocation
  • Shipping methods
  • Price-based
  • Product page alerts
  • Product-specific
  • Variant-specific
Order limits
64%7/11
82%9/11
Limit rules
63%5/8
75%6/8
Notification settings
67%2/3
100%3/3
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Akia Order Limits & RulesCart & Checkout Limit11 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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  • Checkout
How it sells itself

Order Limits & Shipping Rules is a "set-and-forget" protection tool for your checkout. Whether you need to block PO Boxes for heavy shipments, restrict sales to specific local zip codes, or prevent resellers from buying your entire stock, this app handles it all. It runs natively on Shopify Checkout (using Shopify Functions), ensuring reliability with no impact on site speed.

Very powerful tool designed to enhance your Shopify store's functionality by allowing you to set limits on both the quantity and total price of items in customers' shopping carts and checkout. Key Features include applying checkout limits for each individual product separately or a total amount and quantity limit. Show custom messages to customers.

Key points
  • Block PO Boxes: Automatically detect and block PO Box addresses
  • Zip Code Whitelist: Restrict checkout to specific postal codes
  • Max Quantity Limits: Limit how many of a single item a customer can buy
  • Order Value Limits: Enforce a Minimum Order Amount
  • Product Quantity Limit
  • Cart & Checkout Total Quantity Limit. Apply limit for each individual product.
  • Cart & Checkout Total Value Limit, Order Total Value Limit
  • Stop Big Fake COD order which can change your stats in analytics.
Screenshots
Checkout blocking a PO Box address with a validation error
Shopify Cart displaying a maximum quantity limit errorDashboard for configuring shipping restrictions & order limitsFeatured image for akia order limits & rules app
Store View
Limit Cart & Checkout , Amount & Quantity. Stop Fake COD OrdersGeneral SettingSet Product Max Limit

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A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.

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Adoption

MeasureAkia Order Limits & RulesCart & Checkout Limit
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureAkia Order Limits & RulesCart & Checkout Limit
App Store ratingNot published3.1 ★
App Store reviewsNot published12
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data0
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureAkia Order Limits & RulesCart & Checkout Limit
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$4.99/month$2/month(ahead)
Longest free trial7 days90 days
Plans listed11

Listing

MeasureAkia Order Limits & RulesCart & Checkout Limit
Shopify category rankNot enough data#92in Order limits
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJan 28, 2026Apr 1, 2024
Languages1English1English
DeveloperAkia TechDMJ

FAQ

Akia Order Limits & Rules and Cart & Checkout Limit: common questions

Is Akia Order Limits & Rules or Cart & Checkout Limit cheaper?
Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Akia Order Limits & Rules and $2/month for Cart & Checkout Limit. 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?
Akia Order Limits & Rules lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Geolocation, Shipping methods. Cart & Checkout Limit lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Price-based, Product page alerts, Product-specific, Variant-specific. 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Akia Order Limits & Rules, Oct 14, 2026 for Cart & Checkout Limit; 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Akia Order Limits & Rules, Oct 14, 2026 for Cart & Checkout Limit. 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.