Smart Collection Manager vs ReturnHQ : Return & Exchange
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 13, 2026 for ReturnHQ.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Smart Collection Manager 5.0 from 11 reviews and ReturnHQ 5.0 from 9 reviews.
- Paid plans start at $24.99/month for Smart Collection Manager and $19/month for ReturnHQ.
- ReturnHQ lists 5 features Smart Collection Manager’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk editing, Import and export, Pin products.
Head to head
Momentum
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Basic
- · All Basic Features
- · Auto Sync Every 36 Hours
- · Manual Sync
- · Up to 1000 Products
- · Up to 20 Advanced Collections
Standard
- · Auto Sync Every 24 Hours
- · Everything in Basic
- · Sort by discount
- · Up to 50 Advanced Collections
- · Up to 5000 Products
Business
- · Auto Sync Every 12 Hours
- · Everything in Standard
- · Sorting by CSV
- · Up to 100 Advanced Collections
- · Up to 10000 Products
Pro
- · Auto sync every 6 hours
- · Everything in Business
- · Unlimited Products
Founder
- · All couriers, auto pickup retry
- · Customizable returns & exchange portal
- · Email & WhatsApp notifications
- · Same or different-product exchanges
- · Store credit & discount-code refunds
- · Unlimited requests · $0.12 each
Unlimited
- · 1 courier included
- · 2 return & exchange rules
- · 2 workflow automations
- · Customizable returns & exchange portal
- · Email & WhatsApp notifications
- · Same or different-product exchanges
Scale
- · All couriers, auto pickup retry
- · Customizable returns & exchange portal
- · Email & WhatsApp notifications
- · Same or different-product exchanges
- · Store credit & discount-code refunds
- · Unlimited requests · $0.06 each
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureImprove 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.
Automated returns and exchanges from start to finish. Customers submit requests through a branded portal that validates orders and queues them in your inbox. Approve in one click and the refund, courier pickup, and customer notifications fire automatically. What used to take 15 minutes per return takes 30 seconds. Built for stores that want returns out of email threads, spreadsheets, and 5 separate dashboards.
- 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
- Bulk reorder products across multiple collections using CSV upload
- Smart fuzzy matching finds products even with slight name variations
- Preview product position changes before applying them to live collections
- Automatic verification and retry logic ensures successful reordering
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 | Smart Collection Manager |  ReturnHQ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Smart Collection Manager | ReturnHQ |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 11(ahead) | 9 |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Smart Collection Manager | ReturnHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $24.99/month | $19/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 3 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Smart Collection Manager | ReturnHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #41 | #33 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 31, 2022 | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Ozeefy | RankEase |
FAQ
Smart Collection Manager and ReturnHQ: common questions
- Is Smart Collection Manager or ReturnHQ cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $24.99/month for Smart Collection Manager and $19/month for ReturnHQ. 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 ReturnHQ?
- On the Shopify App Store: Smart Collection Manager 5.0 from 11 reviews and ReturnHQ 5.0 from 9 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Smart Collection Manager lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Automated, Drag and drop, Filtering, Push down. ReturnHQ lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk editing, Import and export, Pin products, Real-time updates. 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 13, 2026 for ReturnHQ; 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 13, 2026 for ReturnHQ. 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.