Anchor Subscriptions vs RecurX Subscriptions
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 6, 2026 for Anchor Subscriptions, Nov 2, 2026 for RecurX Subscriptions.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $30/month for Anchor Subscriptions and $29/month for RecurX Subscriptions.
- RecurX Subscriptions lists 5 features Anchor Subscriptions’s listing doesn’t mention, including Curated subscriptions, Digital products, Freemium.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Anchor
- · 0% transaction fees, forever
- · Automatic payment recover
- · Customers manage subscriptions
- · Free zero-downtime migration
- · No percentage of your sales
- · Subscription analytics
Basic
- · All 29 widget designs + customer portal
- · Build-a-box bundles
- · Cancel flow and save offers
- · Signal Analytics and forecasts
- · Unlimited payment recovery
- · Unlimited selling plans
Pro
- · Email campaigns and custom templates
- · Everything in Basic
- · Integrations: Klaviyo, Mailchimp, more
- · Portal magic links for subscribers
- · Unlimited active subscribers
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureLaunch subscriptions without adding another platform to your business. Customers subscribe from a widget that matches your storefront — no code — and manage everything from their Shopify account: skip, pause, cancel, swap or reschedule without contacting support.
RecurX is a subscription app for Shopify. Sell subscribe & save, prepaid subscriptions, recurring orders, build-a-box subscription boxes and memberships with widgets that match your theme. Automated dunning recovers failed payments with smart retries and branded emails. A cancel flow with save offers, pause and skip reduces churn. The customer portal lets subscribers skip, pause, swap or cancel.
- Add a subscription widget that matches your storefront. No code required.
- Build subscription plans that fit your business.
- Let customers skip, pause, swap, reschedule or cancel on their own
- Recover failed payments with automatic branded emails
- Subscribe & save, build-a-box, and membership plans with theme auto-match
- Rescue Sequences recover failed payments with branded multi-step email retries
- Revenue Shield retention offers stop subscribers from cancelling silently
- Customer portal: skip, pause, swap, or cancel without contacting support
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 |  RecurX Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | RecurX Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 4 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | RecurX Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $30/month | $29/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | RecurX Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #43 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 5, 2026 | May 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 16 |
| Developer | officehour | BOUMZOUD LLC |
FAQ
Anchor Subscriptions and RecurX Subscriptions: common questions
- Is Anchor Subscriptions or RecurX Subscriptions cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $30/month for Anchor Subscriptions and $29/month for RecurX Subscriptions. 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?
- Anchor Subscriptions lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Fixed pricing, Replenishment subscriptions. RecurX Subscriptions lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Curated subscriptions, Digital products, Freemium, Memberships. 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 6, 2026 for Anchor Subscriptions, Nov 2, 2026 for RecurX Subscriptions; 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 6, 2026 for Anchor Subscriptions, Nov 2, 2026 for RecurX Subscriptions. 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.