Balance Due: Deposit Plans vs Kaparo: Preorders & Deposits
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due, Nov 7, 2026 for Kaparo.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Balance Due and $29/month for Kaparo.
- Kaparo lists 5 features Balance Due’s listing doesn’t mention, including Buttons, Manual payment, Multi-language.
Head to head
Free
- · Balance Due branding on emails
- · Customer payment page, no login
- · Email schedule, reminders, receipts
- · Fulfilment held until paid in full
Starter
- · 30 orders with a balance at a time
- · CSV export of every payment plan
- · Daily digest and overdue alerts
- · Everything in Free, no branding
- · Failed payments retried with pay link
Growth
- · 100 text messages a month
- · 300 orders with a balance at a time
- · Collect now and move payment dates
- · Everything in Starter
- · Instalments on Shopify Plus stores
Pro
- · 500 text messages a month
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority support, same working day
- · Text top-ups from £4.99 per 100
- · Unlimited orders with a balance
Free
Starter
Growth
Pro
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBalance Due adds a deposit option to the products you choose. The customer pays part at checkout through Shopify’s own checkout, and the balance is collected later on the date you set or when you mark the order ready, from the card Shopify saved or by a Shopify payment link where your provider cannot save one. Failed payments are retried and the customer is sent a payment link.
Split the price of a pre-order or a made-to-order product into a partial payment (the deposit) at checkout and a balance. The customer pays the deposit now, and Kaparo charges the balance to the same card when the order ships, on a date you set, or a number of days after checkout. The customer gets an email before the charge. If a card is declined, Kaparo retries it or sends a payment link.
- Deposit option on any product, as a percentage or a fixed amount per unit
- Balance charged automatically on your date, or when you mark the order ready
- Failed payments retried, with a payment link sent to the customer each time
- Fulfilment held until the order is paid in full, then released for you
- Deposit at checkout, balance charged on shipment or on a date
- Per-variant pre-orders that keep working when other variants are in stock
- Customers get an email before the charge, from your own domain once verified
- Nothing added to your theme code: the button is a theme app block
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month(ahead) | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #5 on Pricing moves in Pre-orders |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | DADLINK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | Mykyta Troiepolskyi |
FAQ
Balance Due and Kaparo: common questions
- Is Balance Due or Kaparo cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Balance Due and $29/month for Kaparo. 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?
- Balance Due lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as SMS notifications. Kaparo lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Buttons, Manual payment, Multi-language, Order limits. 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 9, 2026 for Balance Due, Nov 7, 2026 for Kaparo; 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 9, 2026 for Balance Due, Nov 7, 2026 for Kaparo. 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.