Catalog Canary vs ShelfBeacon
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Only Catalog Canary lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Catalog Canary and $9/month for ShelfBeacon.
- Catalog Canary lists 3 features ShelfBeacon’s listing doesn’t mention, including Historical analysis, Notifications, Report scheduling.
Head to head
Free
- · 7-day change history
- · Price & inventory monitoring
- · Track up to 10 products
Starter
- · 30-day change history
- · All field monitoring
- · Email notifications
- · Track up to 100 products
Growth
- · 90-day change history
- · All field monitoring
- · CSV export
- · Email notifications
- · Track up to 1,000 products
Pro
- · 365-day change history
- · All field monitoring
- · CSV export
- · Email notifications
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited products
Starter
Growth
Pro
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCatalog Canary watches your Shopify catalog for changes - prices, inventory, SEO, content, sales channels, and metafields - and gives you a full audit trail of every edit. When something gets changed by mistake, one click reverts it. Real-time alerts via email and Slack. Filterable history with CSV export. Built-in admin block on every product page. Deleted product recovery.
ShelfBeacon helps merchants review catalog changes, product data issues, approved competitor signals, exports, and daily reminder emails from one read-only dashboard. It prioritizes what to review first before launches, promotions, or store updates. The app requests read_products only and does not edit products, change prices, or write to Shopify data.
- Real-time change detection for prices, inventory, content, SEO, and metafields
- One-click revert restores any tracked field, variant, or sales channel instantly
- Daily email digests and real-time Slack alerts scoped to the fields you choose
- Filterable change history with multi-select filters, date ranges, and CSV export
- Daily read-only catalog watch with clear next steps.
- Fix-first product issue prioritization.
- Approved competitor store signal review.
- CSV exports for team review and handoff.
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 |  Catalog Canary |  ShelfBeacon |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Catalog Canary | ShelfBeacon |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 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 | Catalog Canary | ShelfBeacon |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $10/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Catalog Canary | ShelfBeacon |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #517(ahead) | #1013 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 7, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Catalog Canary | DerifiOwner |
FAQ
Catalog Canary and ShelfBeacon: common questions
- Is Catalog Canary or ShelfBeacon cheaper?
- Only Catalog Canary lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Catalog Canary and $9/month for ShelfBeacon. 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?
- Catalog Canary lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Historical analysis, Notifications, Report scheduling. ShelfBeacon lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Custom reports. 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 Oct 13, 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 Oct 13, 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.