Captcha Guard vs JA Cart Guard
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 Captcha Guard, Nov 7, 2026 for JA Cart Guard.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Captcha Guard 5.0 from 2 reviews and JA Cart Guard 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- Only Captcha Guard lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Captcha Guard and $9.99/month for JA Cart Guard.
- Captcha Guard lists 7 features JA Cart Guard’s listing doesn’t mention, including Blocklists, Custom alerts, Fraud notifications.
Head to head
Free
- · Dashboard showing recent bot checkouts
- · Invisible bot check on every checkout
- · Suspicious orders tagged in your admin
Pro
- · Block bot checkouts, including Buy Now
- · Everything in Free
- · Protect forms with V3 Captcha
- · Switch back to monitoring any time
Standard
- · Cart + Checkout Validation protection
- · Core Operational Incident Information
- · Logs / Order-cart nonce Correlation
- · Network-Context Verification
- · Protected Buy Now
- · Signed Cart Authorization
Premium
- · Advanced Alerts / Future Controls
- · Advanced Behavioral & Risk Intelligence
- · Cloudflare Turnstile Human Verification
- · Everything in Standard
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBots create fake orders, test stolen cards, and flood contact forms with spam. Captcha Guard checks whether a shopper is human before they reach checkout and stops the ones that fail. Real customers are verified in the background and are never asked to prove anything. Start in monitor mode, where suspicious orders are tagged but nobody is blocked, so you can see what the app catches before you turn blocking on.
JA Cart Guard helps store owners stop fake orders, abusive Add to Cart and Checkout activity. It combines Cloudflare Turnstile with IP allow/block lists and country blocking, then applies server-side cart and checkout validation. Store owners control the rules from the embedded app and can choose whether protection applies to checkout only or to both cart and checkout.
- Real shoppers are never interrupted or asked to prove they are human.
- Bots cannot check out, including through express payments.
- Monitor mode tags suspicious orders without blocking a single customer.
- Contact forms, newsletter signups, and logins can be protected too.
- Block Add to Cart and Checkout attempts from selected countries
- Mitigate automated Fake Orders created by bad bots
- Allow or block specific IP addresses with simple merchant-managed lists
- Verify shoppers with Cloudflare Turnstile before protected cart actions
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 |  Captcha Guard |  JA Cart Guard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Captcha Guard | JA Cart Guard |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 2(ahead) | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Captcha Guard | JA Cart Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 3 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Captcha Guard | JA Cart Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #34(ahead) | #114 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Coastal Division | Jamshaid Ali |
FAQ
Captcha Guard and JA Cart Guard: common questions
- Is Captcha Guard or JA Cart Guard cheaper?
- Only Captcha Guard lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Captcha Guard and $9.99/month for JA Cart Guard. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Captcha Guard or JA Cart Guard?
- On the Shopify App Store: Captcha Guard 5.0 from 2 reviews and JA Cart Guard 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Captcha Guard lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Blocklists, Custom alerts, Fraud notifications, High-risk alerts. JA Cart Guard lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Payments. 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 Captcha Guard, Nov 7, 2026 for JA Cart Guard; 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 Captcha Guard, Nov 7, 2026 for JA Cart Guard. 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.