Anvil vs RestockLoop: Purchase Orders
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 Anvil, Nov 3, 2026 for RestockLoop.
The short answer
- Only RestockLoop lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $14.99/month for RestockLoop.
- Anvil lists 7 features RestockLoop’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Import and export, Inventory sync.
Head to head
Starter
- · Core reports (low/out of stock, value)
- · Multi-location inventory
- · Purchase orders, suppliers & receiving
- · Stock & cost sync to Shopify
- · Supplier management
- · Up to 500 orders/month
Growth
- · All reports & sales velocity
- · CSV export
- · Everything in Starter
- · Reorder suggestions
- · Up to 3,000 orders/month
Scale
- · Everything in Growth
- · Higher volume? Contact us
- · Priority support
- · Up to 10,000 orders/month
Free
- · 3 sent purchase orders per month
- · Draft purchase orders by supplier
- · Receive stock into Shopify
- · Reorder suggestions for all products
Starter
- · Email PO PDFs to suppliers
- · Stocky import and CSV export
- · Suppliers with lead time and MOQ
- · Unlimited purchase orders
Pro
- · Everything in Starter
- · Sales and inventory insights
- · Stock adjustments audit log
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAnvil helps growing merchants manage inventory and purchasing in one place. Create and send purchase orders to your suppliers, receive stock against them, and track quantities and costs across all your locations. Anvil watches your sales and tells you what is running low and what to reorder, with reorder points based on each product's sales history. Inventory counts and costs sync back to Shopify automatically.
It syncs your products and sales, ranks what needs reordering by urgency, and turns the plan into supplier purchase orders you can edit, email, or download as a PDF. When boxes arrive, receive them fully or partially and stock is written back to Shopify automatically. Import your Stocky export in one click to restore suppliers, costs, and PO history. Works for any store that reorders from suppliers.
- Purchase orders: create, send to suppliers, and receive stock against them
- Reorder suggestions based on your real sales
- Multi-location inventory with quantities and costs tracked per location
- Stock counts and costs sync back to Shopify automatically
- Urgency-ranked reorder suggestions built from your real sales velocity
- Full purchase order lifecycle: draft, email or PDF, then receive into stock
- One-click Stocky import: suppliers, costs, and PO history restored
- Partial receiving with barcode scanner support and multi-location stock
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 |  Anvil |  RestockLoop |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Anvil | RestockLoop |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Anvil | RestockLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $39/month | $14.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Anvil | RestockLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #694 | #689(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 9, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Plucore | Tugcan Barbin dev |
FAQ
Anvil and RestockLoop: common questions
- Is Anvil or RestockLoop cheaper?
- Only RestockLoop lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $14.99/month for RestockLoop. 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?
- Anvil lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Import and export, Inventory sync, Real-time updates. RestockLoop lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-restock, Forecasting. 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 Anvil, Nov 3, 2026 for RestockLoop; 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 Anvil, Nov 3, 2026 for RestockLoop. 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.