Captcha Guard vs Storebouncer: Bot Blocker
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 9, 2026 for Storebouncer.
The short answer
- Only Captcha Guard lists a free plan.
- Captcha Guard lists 6 features Storebouncer’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom alerts, Fake accounts, Fraud filters.
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
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.
Storebouncer checks every visit to your store. Spam bots, scrapers, servers, VPNs and Tor are blocked before they load your ad pixels and analytics, so your reports and ad audiences count real shoppers. Google, Bing and other crawlers you allow are verified against their published networks and never blocked.
- 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 spam bots, VPNs, servers and Tor before they trigger your ad pixels
- Refuse card-testing carts at checkout, even ones that skip your store pages
- Rules by country, region, IP, network, ISP, referrer, page or collection
- See each visit and why it was blocked, then block or unblock it from the log
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 2 | 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 | Captcha Guard | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Captcha Guard | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #33 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Sep 2, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Coastal Division | Appal.io |
FAQ
Captcha Guard and Storebouncer: common questions
- Is Captcha Guard or Storebouncer cheaper?
- Only Captcha Guard lists a free plan. 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?
- Captcha Guard lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Custom alerts, Fake accounts, Fraud filters, Fraud notifications. Storebouncer lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Content protection, Custom rules, Email notifications, Geolocation redirects. 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 9, 2026 for Storebouncer; 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 9, 2026 for Storebouncer. 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.