Smart Collection Manager vs MDPositions ‑ Sort Collections

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 24, 2026 for Smart Collection Manager, Oct 16, 2026 for MDPositions.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: Smart Collection Manager 5.0 from 9 reviews and MDPositions 5.0 from 1 reviews.
  • Only MDPositions lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $24.99/month for Smart Collection Manager and $9.99/month for MDPositions.
  • Smart Collection Manager lists 4 features MDPositions’s listing doesn’t mention, including Collection creation, Drag and drop, Filtering.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Smart Collection Manager: 9
MDPositions: 1
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Pitch
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Categories
  • Collections
  • Collections
Languages
  • English
  • English
  • French
Launched
Oct 31, 2022
Mar 23, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
1 last full 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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Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

0510JanMarJunOctSmart Collection Manager: 6 reviews in January 2026Smart Collection Manager: 5 reviews in March 2026Smart Collection Manager: 1 reviews in October 2026MDPositions ‑ Sort Collections: 1 reviews in June 2026
Smart Collection ManagerMDPositionsCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $24.99 to $119/month
From $0 to $24.99/month
Plans
Basic$24.99/month
3-day free trial
  • · All Basic Features
  • · Auto Sync Every 36 Hours
  • · Manual Sync
  • · Up to 1000 Products
  • · Up to 20 Advanced Collections
Standard$49.99/month
3-day free trial
  • · Auto Sync Every 24 Hours
  • · Everything in Basic
  • · Sort by discount
  • · Up to 50 Advanced Collections
  • · Up to 5000 Products
Business$79.99/month
3-day free trial
  • · Auto Sync Every 12 Hours
  • · Everything in Standard
  • · Sorting by CSV
  • · Up to 100 Advanced Collections
  • · Up to 10000 Products
Pro$119/month
3-day free trial
  • · Auto sync every 6 hours
  • · Everything in Business
  • · Unlimited Products
FreeFree
  • · 1 rule, 3 criteria, 3 collections
Starter$9.99/month
  • · 5 sorts, 8 criteria, 20 collections
  • · Auto-schedule every 24h
  • · Locked positions
  • · Sort by tag, product type and rating
Pro$24.99/month
  • · 16 criteria, auto-schedule every 6h
  • · Locked positions
  • · Priority support
  • · Unlimited sorts & collections
Coverage
5 of 7 features71%
3 of 7 features43%
Unique strengths
  • Collection creation
  • Drag and drop
  • Filtering
  • Push down
  • Custom rules
  • Manual
Collections
71%5/7
43%3/7
Collection management
100%1/1
0%0/1
Sorting actions
67%4/6
50%3/6
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Smart Collection ManagerMDPositions7 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

Improve the way your products are displayed in collections – No coding required. Smart Collection App helps Shopify merchants organize their collections with powerful sorting and merchandising options. Whether launching new products, managing sales or optimizing for customer experience, this app gives you the flexibility to control how products appear.

MDPositions automatically reorders the products in your Shopify collections. A sort rule combines up to 16 criteria: price, stock, recent sales, margin, promotions, tags, and any number, rating or date metafield, such as the review rating from Judge.me, Loox or Yotpo. Weight each criterion from 1 to 10, apply one rule to several collections and let it run every 6 or 24 hours.

Key points
  • Sort products on the basis of higher or lower inventory (Automated)
  • Sort products on the basis of inventory availability of all variants (Automated)
  • Send sold-out products to the bottom (Automated)
  • Manual sorting by drag and drop
  • 13 critères de tri combinables : prix, stock, ventes, marge, promotions, etc.
  • Poids personnalisables de 1 à 10 pour chaque critère de tri
  • Planification automatique du tri de vos collections toutes les 6h ou 24h
  • Positions verrouillées pour garder vos produits phares en tête de collection
Screenshots
Sort collection products manually by drag and drop
Set schedule to automatically sort products in collectionsAutomated Product SortingView all collections and sort them with one click
MDPositions dashboard - sort rules list with active sorts
MDPositions - creating a sort rule with criteria and collectionsMDPositions app - Smart product sorting for Shopify collectionsMDPositions dashboard - empty state with getting started guide

All the numbers

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A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.

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Adoption

MeasureSmart Collection ManagerMDPositions
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

MeasureSmart Collection ManagerMDPositions
App Store rating5.0 ★5.0 ★
App Store reviews9(ahead)1
New reviews, 28 days0Not enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureSmart Collection ManagerMDPositions
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$24.99/month$9.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trial3 daysNot listed
Plans listed43

Listing

MeasureSmart Collection ManagerMDPositions
Shopify category rank#41(ahead)in Collections#54in Collections
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedOct 31, 2022Mar 23, 2026
Languages1English2English, French
DeveloperOzeefyFORTY & FREE

FAQ

Smart Collection Manager and MDPositions: common questions

Is Smart Collection Manager or MDPositions cheaper?
Only MDPositions lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $24.99/month for Smart Collection Manager and $9.99/month for MDPositions. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
Which has better reviews, Smart Collection Manager or MDPositions?
On the Shopify App Store: Smart Collection Manager 5.0 from 9 reviews and MDPositions 5.0 from 1 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Smart Collection Manager lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Collection creation, Drag and drop, Filtering, Push down. MDPositions lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Custom rules, Manual. 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 24, 2026 for Smart Collection Manager, Oct 16, 2026 for MDPositions; 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 24, 2026 for Smart Collection Manager, Oct 16, 2026 for MDPositions. 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.