Catalog Canary vs ShopCanary

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

  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Catalog Canary and $19/month for ShopCanary.
  • Catalog Canary lists 3 features ShopCanary’s listing doesn’t mention, including Data export, Historical analysis, Report scheduling.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Catalog Canary: 1
ShopCanary: —
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Pitch
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Categories
  • Analytics
  • Analytics
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jul 7, 2026
Aug 21, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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—
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $39/month
From $0 to $19/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · 7-day change history
  • · Price & inventory monitoring
  • · Track up to 10 products
Starter$10/month
7-day free trial
  • · 30-day change history
  • · All field monitoring
  • · Email notifications
  • · Track up to 100 products
Growth$14.95/month
7-day free trial
  • · 90-day change history
  • · All field monitoring
  • · CSV export
  • · Email notifications
  • · Track up to 1,000 products
Pro$39/month
7-day free trial
  • · 365-day change history
  • · All field monitoring
  • · CSV export
  • · Email notifications
  • · Priority support
  • · Unlimited products
FreeFree
  • · All issues visible in your dashboard
  • · One canary, checking every order
  • · Weekly summary email
Pro$19/month
14-day free trial
  • · Google Merchant Center feed monitoring
  • · Real-time alerts with full evidence
  • · Slack alerts and discount timeline
Coverage
5 of 5 features100%
2 of 5 features40%
Unique strengths
  • Data export
  • Historical analysis
  • Report scheduling
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Analytics
100%5/5
40%2/5
Visuals and reports
100%5/5
40%2/5
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Catalog CanaryShopCanary5 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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How it sells itself

Catalog 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.

Some store failures announce themselves. The expensive ones don't. Discounts stop applying. Free shipping starts charging. Products get disapproved in Google overnight. Nothing errors, and orders keep going out until someone complains. ShopCanary checks every order against rules you declare and watches your Google Merchant Center feed.

Key points
  • 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
  • Checks every order against the discount and shipping rules you declare
  • Alerts include the order, the rule, and expected versus actual values
  • Watches your Google Merchant Center feed for disapprovals and ID changes
  • Flags discount edits that line up with when a rule started failing
Screenshots
Notification settings and per-field tracking options
Every product change tracked, with one-click RestoreSlack alert showing a product change, before and afterDashboard with change stats and a live activity feed
Alerts settings with the weekly summary and delivery log
Rules page where you declare what should always happenShopCanary dashboard showing each check and any open issuesOnboarding wizard for setting up your first check

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureCatalog CanaryShopCanary
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureCatalog CanaryShopCanary
App Store rating5.0 ★Not published
App Store reviews1Not published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureCatalog CanaryShopCanary
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$10/month(ahead)$19/month
Longest free trial7 days14 days
Plans listed42

Listing

MeasureCatalog CanaryShopCanary
Shopify category rank#517(ahead)in Analytics#1634in Analytics
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJul 7, 2026Aug 21, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperCatalog CanaryHJBCodeForge

FAQ

Catalog Canary and ShopCanary: common questions

Is Catalog Canary or ShopCanary cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Catalog Canary and $19/month for ShopCanary. 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 Data export, Historical analysis, Report scheduling. 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.