CheckoutStride vs Checkout Rules & Discounts
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for CheckoutStride, Nov 10, 2026 for Checkout Rules & Discounts.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $8/month for CheckoutStride and $3.99/month for Checkout Rules & Discounts.
- Checkout Rules & Discounts lists 17 features CheckoutStride’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk discounts, Bulk editing, Campaigns.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
FREE
- · Cross-sell
- · Custom banners and fields
- · Discounts based on attributes/tags
- · Validate Mixed cart, Metafields, Address
- · Volume Discount
Premium
- · Blackout Dates/weekly-off from delivery
- · Delivery date selection
- · Free Plan + DOB validation
- · Hide payment methods
- · Hide shipping methods
Explorer
- · 1 discount rejection rule
- · 3 active checkout validations
- · 3 active payment rules
- · 3 active shipping rules
- · 3 product, shipping and order discounts
- · Contact support to claim for paid stores
Professional
- · 1 discount rejection rule
- · 10 product, shipping & order discounts
- · 100+ advanced rules & conditions
- · 5 checkout validations
- · 5 payment rules
- · 5 shipping rules
Master
- · 100 product, shipping & order discounts
- · 100+ advanced rules & conditions
- · 15 checkout validations
- · 15 discount rejection rules
- · 15 payment rules
- · 15 shipping rules
Master Plus
- · 25 checkout validations
- · 25 discount rejection rules
- · 25 payment rules
- · 25 shipping rules
- · Dedicated customer support
- · Everything is maximum capacity
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureA powerful tool for enhancing the checkout journey, boosting sales, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Seamlessly handle shipping options, payment methods, discounts using Shopify Functions, cross-selling, delivery date selection, delivery blackout dates, shipping address/PO Box/Country-based shipment validations, age verification, additional fields (like order notes, dynamic fields, gift message), mixed-cart order…
Make your checkout work the way your store needs. With 100+ advanced rules, including regex support, you can prevent checkout errors, reject discount codes, block risky COD orders, and keep checkout secure Easily hide, rename, or reorder payment and shipping methods based on cart total, weight, location, or tags.
- Set Buy X, Get Y discounts based on product metafields and product tags
- Hide Shipping and Payment Methods based on pre-defined custom rules as below
- Rules based on product tags, cart attributes, customer tags, sub-total, etc.
- Set delivery blackout days based on holidays and weekly off
- All-in-one: Checkout rules, Payment & Shipping customizations, shipping discount
- Create checkout validation rules by shipping address, customer, date time, cart
- Hide, sort, rename shipping and payment methods to improve checkout experience
- Hide express checkout buttons like PayPal or Apple Pay from the top of checkout
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 |  CheckoutStride |  Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | CheckoutStride | Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 87 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 0% |
Pricing
| Measure | CheckoutStride | Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $8/month | $3.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 30 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | CheckoutStride | Checkout Rules & Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #74 | #38 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Oct 20, 2023 | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Vsourz Technologies Inc. | Craftly |
FAQ
CheckoutStride and Checkout Rules & Discounts: common questions
- Is CheckoutStride or Checkout Rules & Discounts cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $8/month for CheckoutStride and $3.99/month for Checkout Rules & Discounts. 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?
- Checkout Rules & Discounts lists 17 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk discounts, Bulk editing, Campaigns, Checkout discounts. 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 for CheckoutStride, Nov 10, 2026 for Checkout Rules & Discounts; 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 for CheckoutStride, Nov 10, 2026 for Checkout Rules & Discounts. 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.