Cartlytics ‑ Cart Analytics vs MerchantOS : Visitor Intent
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for Cartlytics, Nov 7, 2026 for MerchantOS.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Cartlytics 4.9 from 55 reviews and MerchantOS 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- MerchantOS lists 7 features Cartlytics’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI insights, Benchmarking, Cohort analysis.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
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
- · API access
- · Everything in Starter Plan
- · Priority Support
Scale
- · API access
- · Everything in Growth Plan
- · Unlimited historical data
Free
- · AI insights on why they left
- · Checkout drop-off report
- · Live visitor intent insights
- · Possible earning leakage analysis
- · Weekly report by email
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.
Checkout is not a single step. Shoppers move through contact, address, shipping and payment, and each one is a place they can quit. It tracks all four separately and shows how many shoppers stop at each, and the cart value that stops with them. Every figure comes with a confidence range. When there is not enough data to be sure, it says so rather than inventing an explanation.
- 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.
- Real-time and historical intent scoring ranks every visitor from as they browse
- AI insights explain visitor behavior and highlight potential drop-off points
- AI-powered store intelligence from all data, plus AI personalized email offers
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 |  MerchantOS |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 756 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | +15 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 15 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 11% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Cartlytics | MerchantOS |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ | 5.0 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 55(ahead) | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 6% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Cartlytics | MerchantOS |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Cartlytics | MerchantOS |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #10(ahead) | #898 |
| Shopify App Charts | #31 on Rookies in Class of 2025 | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Jan 21, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Cartlytics | Nepila |
FAQ
Cartlytics and MerchantOS: common questions
- Which has better reviews, Cartlytics or MerchantOS?
- On the Shopify App Store: Cartlytics 4.9 from 55 reviews and MerchantOS 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Cartlytics lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Custom dashboards, Custom reports, Data export, Notifications. MerchantOS lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as AI insights, Benchmarking, Cohort analysis, Forecasting. 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 9, 2026 for Cartlytics, Nov 7, 2026 for MerchantOS; 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 9, 2026 for Cartlytics, Nov 7, 2026 for MerchantOS. 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.