Cart Recall vs Whaleal: Abandoned Cart Rescue
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 11, 2026 for Cart Recall, Nov 12, 2026 for Whaleal.
The short answer
- Only Whaleal lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $200/month for Cart Recall and $9.90/month for Whaleal.
- Whaleal lists 11 features Cart Recall’s listing doesn’t mention, including Automated workflows, Conversion tracking, Custom branding.
Head to head
Performance
Growth
Free
- · 100 abandoned carts per month
- · 2-step emails at 1 hour and 24 hours
- · 200 recovery emails (2 per cart)
- · Recovered revenue dashboard
Growth
- · 1,000 recovery emails (2 per cart)
- · 2-step emails at 1 hour and 24 hours
- · 500 abandoned carts per month
- · Customizable discount codes
- · Priority support
- · Recovery emails with tone options
Pro
- · 2,000 abandoned carts per month
- · 2-step emails at 1 hour and 24 hours
- · 4,000 recovery emails (2 per cart)
- · Customizable discount codes
- · Priority support
- · Recovery emails with tone options
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCart Recall monitors eligible abandoned checkouts and automatically creates a Shopify draft order after your chosen delay. Shopify sends the recovery invoice using your saved email template. Track pending, sent, recovered, cancelled and failed recoveries from one embedded dashboard. Reporting shows recovered revenue, attribution details and billing corrections when attributed orders are refunded or cancelled.
Whaleal Cart recovers abandoned Shopify checkouts with personalized emails containing the shopper's name, items, total, and a checkout link, sent about 1 and 24 hours later. You can also enable optional SMS reminders via your own SMS provider, with system or custom templates. Set the email tone, timing, and optional one-time Shopify discount codes. The dashboard shows recovered revenue, email engagement, and usage.
- Send automatic recovery invoices after a configurable delay.
- Track pending, sent, recovered, cancelled and failed recoveries.
- Customize recovery email subject, message and optional BCC.
- Detect abandoned checkouts automatically from Shopify checkout events
- Send timed recovery emails with customizable content and discount codes
- Dashboard showing recovered revenue, email performance, and attribution
- Configure recovery timing, email settings, and store branding rules
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 |  Whaleal | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | Not enough data | 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 | Whaleal | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Whaleal | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $200/month | $9.90/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Whaleal | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #328 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 2, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Aurascale | Whaleal |
FAQ
Cart Recall and Whaleal: common questions
- Is Cart Recall or Whaleal cheaper?
- Only Whaleal lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $200/month for Cart Recall and $9.90/month for Whaleal. 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?
- Cart Recall lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Triggers. Whaleal lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Automated workflows, Conversion tracking, Custom branding, Custom discount codes. 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 11, 2026 for Cart Recall, Nov 12, 2026 for Whaleal; 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 11, 2026 for Cart Recall, Nov 12, 2026 for Whaleal. 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.