CoAttend ‑ Booking app vs CXS Smart Booking
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 CoAttend, Oct 16, 2026 for CXS Smart Booking.
The short answer
- Only CXS Smart Booking lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for CoAttend and $1/month for CXS Smart Booking.
- CoAttend lists 12 features CXS Smart Booking’s listing doesn’t mention, including Block dates, Booking pages, Branding.
Head to head
The easy way to sell your events and services
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · Attendance Rolls
- · Calendars
- · Custom fields
- · Google Calendar Sync
- · Multi language
- · Shopify POS integration
Basic
- · All Starter features
- · Custom CSS
- · Email reminders and "Thank you" emails
- · Remove branding
- · Shopify Flow integration
- · Up to 10 events
Pro
- · All Basic features
- · Multiple Google Calendars
- · Unlimited events
- · Waitlist full events, email spot alerts
Free
- · 100 bookings /month
- · Booking Confirmation Email
- · Booking Popup Widget
- · Calendar to View Bookings
- · Custom Duration Slots
- · Free to install
Basic
- · 1000 bookings/month
- · Add up to 2 people type with pricing
- · Add up to 3 add-on services (salon/spa)
- · All Free Plan features
- · Booking Rechesuling and cancellation
- · Booking Reminder Emails
Grow
- · 5,000 bookings/month
- · All Basic Plan features +
- · Conditional Logic [for fields]
- · Date/Time Field
- · Form field required option [check box]
- · Popular Booking Insights
Advanced
- · 10,000+ bookings/month
- · Add unlimited services (spa/salon)
- · All Grow Plan features
- · File upload field in form
- · Thank You / Review Email
- · Unlimited people Type With price
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCoAttend simplifies event management in Shopify admin using our app. Efficiently handle orders, bookings, and notifications with a user-friendly interface. Enable customers to add multiple attendees on your Shopify store. Let customers join a waitlist when events are full and get email alerts when spots open. Purchases occur via Shopify checkout for seamless experience.
CXS Smart Bookings allows businesses to turn an ordinary Shopify product into bookable experiences that your customers will never forget. This smart booking system enables flexible scheduling, automated email reminders, and built-in performance analytics - all from one centralized dashboard.
- Customers can choose a date/time from the calendar.
- Multiple attendees per booking. Unlimited bookings in all our plans.
- Send automatic email notifications before and after an event.
- Events and bookings sync automatically to your Google Calendar.
- Choose flexible booking types: slot-based, single-day, and date-range bookings
- Collect service-specific information using a dynamic booking form builder
- Manage and track all bookings easily through a single centralized dashboard
- Send reminders and confirmations through emails
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 |  CoAttend |  CXS Smart Booking |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 2 | 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 | Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Media | Not published |
| Top store countries | New Zealand, United Kingdom | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | CoAttend | CXS Smart Booking |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 2.9 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 13 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | CoAttend | CXS Smart Booking |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $1/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 30 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | CoAttend | CXS Smart Booking |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #71(ahead) | #81 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #8 on Pricing moves in Event booking |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Mar 12, 2020 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | CoAttend | CXSnippets |
FAQ
CoAttend and CXS Smart Booking: common questions
- Is CoAttend or CXS Smart Booking cheaper?
- Only CXS Smart Booking lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for CoAttend and $1/month for CXS Smart Booking. 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?
- CoAttend lists 12 the others don’t mention, such as Block dates, Booking pages, Branding, Custom CSS. 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 CoAttend, Oct 16, 2026 for CXS Smart Booking; 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 CoAttend, Oct 16, 2026 for CXS Smart Booking. 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.