CartSpy: Live View & Analytics vs Signals
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 8, 2026 for CartSpy, Oct 13, 2026 for Signals.
The short answer
- Only Signals lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for CartSpy and $9/month for Signals.
- CartSpy lists 3 features Signals’s listing doesn’t mention, including Abandoned cart, Historical analysis, Real-time tracking.
Head to head
- 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.
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
Free
Starter
- · CSV export + full-history access
- · Up to 10,000 visitors / month
Growth
- · JSON export + scope-controlled API keys
- · Up to 50,000 visitors / month
Pro
- · 12-month retention + priority support
- · Up to 200,000 visitors / month
Starter Annual
- · Up to 10,000 visitors / month · save 20%
Growth Annual
- · Up to 50,000 visitors / month · save 20%
Pro Annual
- · Up to 200,000 visitors / mo · save 20%
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCartSpy 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.
Signals aggregates the pre-purchase behavior behind every order—the cues that decide whether a visitor buys or hesitates. See products added then removed from cart, search terms that led to purchases, visit-days vs. purchase rate, compared product pairs, pre-payment drop-offs, and decision stages A-F. Export any visitor's history by clientId.
- Live view of add to carts, checkouts and orders
- View traffic source for customer events
- Simple setup with no configuration needed
- Top abandoned-from-cart products—see hesitation and price-sensitivity signals
- Search-to-purchase correlation—which search terms actually led to sales
- Decision-stage distribution—segment every visitor from visit-only to purchased
- Pre-payment drop-off—visitors who entered payment info but didn't buy
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 |  CartSpy |  Signals |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 97 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | +2 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 2 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Vehicles & Parts | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Bulgaria | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | CartSpy | Signals |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 6 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
CartSpy and Signals: common questions
- Is CartSpy or Signals cheaper?
- Only Signals lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for CartSpy and $9/month for Signals. 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?
- CartSpy lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Abandoned cart, Historical analysis, Real-time tracking. Signals lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics dashboard. 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 8, 2026 for CartSpy, Oct 13, 2026 for Signals; 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 8, 2026 for CartSpy, Oct 13, 2026 for Signals. 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.