Akta Live Insights vs Cartlytics ‑ Cart Analytics
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 Akta Live Insights, Nov 11, 2026 for Cartlytics.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $25/month for Akta Live Insights and $9/month for Cartlytics.
- Cartlytics lists 8 features Akta Live Insights’s listing doesn’t mention, including Abandoned cart, Activity tracking, Custom dashboards.
Head to head
- 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.
Basic
- · 30-day history
- · 50,000 events per month
- · Up to 500 products
Pro
- · 150,000 events per month
- · 90-day history
- · CSV export
Premium
- · 1-year trends (rollup)
- · 250,000 events per month
- · CSV export
Free plan
- · 50 recovery emails/month
- · Analytics dashboard
- · Export cart activity to CSV
- · Get daily email summaries
- · Real-time cart analytics
- · Turn active carts into draft orders
Starter
- · Customer insights for all carts
- · Everything in Free Plan
- · Hide products from analytics
- · Traffic & conversion performance
- · Weekly email summaries
Growth
- · API access
- · Everything in Starter Plan
- · Priority Support
Scale
- · API access
- · Everything in Growth Plan
- · Unlimited historical data
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAkta Live Insights shows what shoppers are doing on your store right now: which products they view, what they add to cart, and what they buy. Follow live viewers, top products, trends over equal periods, and inventory-aware insights. Every metric shows its time window, cart additions are never labelled as orders, and the storefront counter shows real counts or hides.
See every cart in your store in real time, with customer info, location, and the full journey from landing page to checkout. Watch which pages visitors browse before adding to cart. Recover abandoned carts with built-in emails or your Klaviyo flows, or turn active carts into draft orders. Analyze UTM campaigns and traffic sources to measure marketing ROI. See top products, get daily/weekly reports, export to CSV.
- Live viewer counts per product, built from real heartbeats
- Most viewed, most carted, and most purchased products
- Trending and declining products, compared over equal periods
- Insights feed flags high interest, low stock, restock timing
- Track real-time cart activity with detailed variant insights
- View top products and variants across custom timeframes
- Export cart activity to CSV for reporting, analytics, and marketing campaigns
- Get daily and weekly email summaries to stay updated on cart trends.
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 |  Cartlytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 835 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +18 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 18 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 11% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | Cartlytics | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.9 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 56 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 6% |
Pricing
| Measure | Cartlytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $25/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Cartlytics | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #9 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #31 on Rookies in Class of 2025 |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Nov 10, 2026 | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Akta Service | Cartlytics |
FAQ
Akta Live Insights and Cartlytics: common questions
- Is Akta Live Insights or Cartlytics cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $25/month for Akta Live Insights and $9/month for Cartlytics. 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?
- Akta Live Insights lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as AI insights, Page views. Cartlytics lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Abandoned cart, Activity tracking, Custom dashboards, Custom reports. 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 Akta Live Insights, Nov 11, 2026 for Cartlytics; 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 Akta Live Insights, Nov 11, 2026 for Cartlytics. 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.