Cartlytics ‑ Cart Analytics vs CartSpy ‑ Live Cart Analytics
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026.
The short answer
- Cartlytics is detected on 7.7× as many Shopify stores as CartSpy: 631 vs 82 as of Nov 3, 2026.
- On the Shopify App Store: Cartlytics 4.9 from 58 reviews and CartSpy 5.0 from 6 reviews.
- Paid plans start at $9/month for Cartlytics and $9.99/month for CartSpy.
- Cartlytics lists 7 features CartSpy’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics dashboard, Custom dashboards, Custom reports.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Bulgaria
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free plan
- · 50 recovery emails/month
- · Analytics dashboard
- · Export cart activity to CSV
- · Get daily email summaries
- · Real-time cart analytics
- · Turn active carts into draft orders
Starter
- · Customer insights for all carts
- · Everything in Free Plan
- · Hide products from analytics
- · Traffic & conversion performance
- · Weekly email summaries
Growth
- · Everything in Starter Plan
- · Priority Support
Scale
- · Everything in Growth Plan
- · Unlimited historical data
Essential
- · Abandoned cart analytics
- · Daily email report
- · Live view of carts and checkouts
- · Product cart-to-order rates
- · Traffic sources and UTM campaigns
- · Visitor cart history
Advanced
- · All CSV exports and retargeting lists
- · Bot session filtering
- · Everything in Essential
- · Longer history
- · Out-of-stock and broken link reports
- · Storefront search analytics
Pro
- · Everything in Advanced
- · Highest limits
- · Longest cart history
- · Priority support
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSee every cart in your store in real time, with customer info, location, and the full journey from landing page to checkout. Watch which pages visitors browse before adding to cart. Recover abandoned carts with built-in emails or your Klaviyo flows, or turn active carts into draft orders. Analyze UTM campaigns and traffic sources to measure marketing ROI. See top products, get daily/weekly reports, export to CSV.
CartSpy shows every cart on your store live: each add to cart, checkout and order as it happens, shopper by shopper. Abandoned carts keep their products, including carts left before checkout, which Shopify's abandoned checkouts never list. A daily email sums up yesterday's carts, checkouts and orders, where they came from and what to fix.
- Track real-time cart activity with detailed variant insights
- View top products and variants across custom timeframes
- Export cart activity to CSV for reporting, analytics, and marketing campaigns
- Get daily and weekly email summaries to stay updated on cart trends.
- Live view of add to carts, checkouts and orders
- View traffic source for customer events
- Simple setup with no configuration needed
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 |  Cartlytics |  CartSpy |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 631(ahead) | 82 |
| Net store change, 28 days | +8 | +1 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 8(ahead) | 1 |
| Big-brand share | 12% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Vehicles & Parts |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | United States, United Kingdom, Bulgaria |
Reviews
| Measure | Cartlytics | CartSpy |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ | 5.0 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 58(ahead) | 6 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 6% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Cartlytics | CartSpy |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month(ahead) | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Cartlytics | CartSpy |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #9(ahead) | #56 |
| Shopify App Charts | #30 on Rookies in Class of 2025 | #9 on Pricing moves in Analytics |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Launched | Jan 21, 2025 | Jun 28, 2024 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Cartlytics | Moose Media LLC |
FAQ
Cartlytics and CartSpy: common questions
- Which is more popular, Cartlytics or CartSpy?
- Cartlytics is detected on 7.7× as many Shopify stores as CartSpy: 631 vs 82 as of Nov 3, 2026.
- Is Cartlytics or CartSpy cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $9/month for Cartlytics and $9.99/month for CartSpy. 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, Cartlytics or CartSpy?
- On the Shopify App Store: Cartlytics 4.9 from 58 reviews and CartSpy 5.0 from 6 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Cartlytics lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics dashboard, Custom dashboards, Custom reports, Data export. CartSpy lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Checkout analytics, Marketing attribution. 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 3, 2026; 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 3, 2026. 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.