CartBack: Cart Recovery vs Recovery Lens: Abandoned Cart
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 2, 2026 for CartBack, Nov 6, 2026 for Recovery Lens.
The short answer
- Only CartBack lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for CartBack and $29/month for Recovery Lens.
- Recovery Lens lists 6 features CartBack’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Behavior tracking, Conversion tracking.
Head to head
Free Trial
- · All starter plan's features included
- · Free until your first recovered sale
- · WhatsApp messages, no limit from us
Starter
- · 5,000 emails/month
- · Automatic multi-step email sequences
- · Clickable email banners
- · Full customization of your own branding
- · Real-time analytics track recovery rate
- · Visual drag-and-drop email builder
Growth
- · 25,000 emails/month
- · All starter plan's features included
- · Automatic multi-step email sequences
- · Full customization of your own branding
- · Real-time analytics track recovery rate
- · Visual drag-and-drop email builder
Scale
- · 50,000 emails/month
- · All starter plan's features included
- · Automatic multi-step email sequences
- · Full customization of your own branding
- · Real-time analytics track recovery rate
- · Visual drag-and-drop email builder
Growth
- · 1,000 routed checkouts/month
- · 2 running win-back tests
- · 5,000 buyers per cohort
- · All playbooks and destinations
- · Built-in recovery emails
- · CSV, Klaviyo and Flow groups
Scale
- · 10,000 routed checkouts/month
- · 50,000 buyers per cohort
- · All playbooks and destinations
- · Built-in recovery emails
- · CSV, Klaviyo and Flow groups
- · Holdout and contamination reports
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCartBack brings back shoppers who left without buying, using automatic email and WhatsApp reminders you control. Then it helps you keep them: send promotions to customers who opted in, with product carousels from your collections, and keep buyers informed with order confirmations and shipping updates. See every message, who received it, who bought, and what each template earned.
Send abandoned cart emails with Recovery Lens or route playbooks to Klaviyo, Omnisend, Flow or webhooks. Diagnose checkout causes and suppress poor-fit recovery. For customer retention, score lapsed buyers, learn reorder windows and freeze win-back cohorts; sync lists or export CSV. Compare incremental orders, revenue and estimated margin with holdouts, confidence intervals and contamination checks.
- Automatic multi-step recovery email sequences, fully customizable timing
- Visual drag-and-drop email builder with text, image, and button blocks
- Real-time analytics track recovery rate and revenue recovered
- Full brand customization with your logo, colors, and social links
- Send recovery emails and instant test previews; explain causes and suppress bots
- Learn product reorder windows and score lapsed buyers with visible exclusions
- Freeze seeded holdouts; sync Klaviyo lists or Flow; export consented groups
- Measure incremental orders, revenue and margin with confidence intervals
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 |  CartBack | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | CartBack | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | CartBack | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month(ahead) | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | CartBack | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #197 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 4, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Quikbench Software | Elektraset, s.r.o. |
FAQ
CartBack and Recovery Lens: common questions
- Is CartBack or Recovery Lens cheaper?
- Only CartBack lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for CartBack and $29/month for Recovery Lens. 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?
- CartBack lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Custom branding, Custom discount codes. Recovery Lens lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Behavior tracking, Conversion tracking, Exit pop-ups. 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 2, 2026 for CartBack, Nov 6, 2026 for Recovery Lens; 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 2, 2026 for CartBack, Nov 6, 2026 for Recovery Lens. 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.