apples by Abilium vs BuyAhead: Inventory Forecast
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 apples by Abilium, Oct 13, 2026 for BuyAhead.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $49/month for apples by Abilium and $19/month for BuyAhead.
- apples by Abilium lists 7 features BuyAhead’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI insights, Analytics dashboard, Custom reports.
Head to head
Lite
- · Cash trapped in slow and dead stock
- · Days of supply for every product
- · Fast, steady, slow and dead stock bands
- · Monthly sales-rate trend
- · Preview Restock and Open to Buy
- · Reorder and markdown flags
Essentials
- · Ask questions about your own numbers
- · Editable purchase orders
- · Everything in Lite
- · Excel purchase-order exports
- · Lead-time and season-aware reorders
- · Suggested reorder quantities by size
Pro
- · 8× the daily AI Assistant limit
- · Buy budget planning by category & brand
- · Everything in Essentials
- · Forecast accuracy backtest
- · Inventory mgmt & demand forecasting
- · Open to Buy Excel export
Standard
- · CSV export for your supplier
- · Days of stock left, updated daily
- · Dead stock alerts with cash tied up
- · Flat $19/month, no per-order fees
- · Lead time and service level settings
- · Multi-location inventory
Pro
- · Barcode stock counts, phone or scanner
- · Everything in Standard, plus:
- · Flat $49/month, no per-order fees
- · Low-stock and reorder emails
- · Purchase orders with suppliers
- · Receive stock into a location
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSee what to reorder next, and what's already tying up cash. apples reads your products, inventory and sales history to show how fast each product — and each size — actually sells, how many days of stock you hold, and how much cash sits in items that aren't moving. It then suggests reorder quantities that account for lead time, seasonality and markdown risk, and helps you allocate your buy budget across categories.
BuyAhead reads your sales, stock and locations, then works out how long each product will last, when to order it and how much to buy. Open a product to see the math behind every number. When stock arrives, receive it against the purchase order and BuyAhead updates Shopify for you.
- See how quickly every product — and every size — sells, not jus
- Spot the cash trapped in slow and dead stock before it turns into a markdown.
- Get suggested reorder quantities, broken down by size rather than by product.
- Allocate your buy budget across categories and brands, and adjust it by hand.
- Days of stock left for every product, recalculated every day
- Order dates and quantities, with a breakdown of how each was worked out
- Set your lead time, target stock cover and service level in one screen
- Read-only access: nothing in your store is changed, no customer data is read
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 |  BuyAhead | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | BuyAhead | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | BuyAhead | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month | $19/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | BuyAhead | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #656 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 7, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Abilium the Agency | Northline |
FAQ
apples by Abilium and BuyAhead: common questions
- Is apples by Abilium or BuyAhead cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $49/month for apples by Abilium and $19/month for BuyAhead. 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?
- apples by Abilium lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as AI insights, Analytics dashboard, Custom reports, Data export. BuyAhead lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Import and export. 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 apples by Abilium, Oct 13, 2026 for BuyAhead; 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 apples by Abilium, Oct 13, 2026 for BuyAhead. 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.