Benchtop Inventory & Materials vs MakerStocks
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Benchtop Inventory & Materials, Nov 3, 2026 for MakerStocks.
The short answer
- Only Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/month for Benchtop Inventory & Materials and $29/month for MakerStocks.
- MakerStocks lists 8 features Benchtop Inventory & Materials’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom reports, Expiry dates, Multi-location.
Head to head
free
- · Automatic Shopify stock sync
- · Import material from a photo or file
- · Low-stock alerts
- · Make to stock or make to order
- · See what you can make
- · True cost and margins
pro
- · Cost of goods report
- · Everything in Free
- · Inventory valuation report
- · Unlimited materials
- · Unlimited recipes
Starter
Pro
Business
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureYou buy raw materials and make your products from them. Set up fast: snap a photo of a supplier invoice, receipt, or spreadsheet and Benchtop reads your materials and costs in. It tracks what you have, warns you before you run low, and shows how many you can make right now.
MakerStocks is for merchants who manufacture what they sell. You record each raw material with what you paid, its alert threshold and expiry date, then build a recipe for every product. Planning a production run reserves the materials, so they cannot be counted twice or sold by mistake. Closing the run deducts them, creates a batch for the finished product and sends the new quantity back to your store.
- Log production once to update materials and your store stock.
- See your true margin on every product you make.
- Build a recipe for each product so you know exactly what goes into it.
- Track raw materials, what you paid, and stock levels, with low-stock alerts.
- Track raw materials, batches and expiry dates alongside finished products
- Build recipes and bills of materials that value every unit you make
- Reserve materials for a production run so stock cannot be sold twice
- Get alerted before a material drops below its threshold or expires
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 |  Benchtop Inventory & Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Benchtop Inventory & Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Benchtop Inventory & Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $20/month(ahead) | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Benchtop Inventory & Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #225 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 23, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | OriKone LLC | MackerStocks |
FAQ
Benchtop Inventory & Materials and MakerStocks: common questions
- Is Benchtop Inventory & Materials or MakerStocks cheaper?
- Only Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/month for Benchtop Inventory & Materials and $29/month for MakerStocks. 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?
- Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Insights, Inventory planning, Threshold alerts. MakerStocks lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Custom reports, Expiry dates, Multi-location, Out of stock notifications. 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 14, 2026 for Benchtop Inventory & Materials, Nov 3, 2026 for MakerStocks; 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 14, 2026 for Benchtop Inventory & Materials, Nov 3, 2026 for MakerStocks. 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.