Cost+: Advanced POS Discounts vs Manual Discounts: Cost & More
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 Cost+, Nov 7, 2026 for Manual Discounts.
The short answer
- Only Cost+ lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Cost+ and $0.99/month for Manual Discounts.
- Cost+ lists 1 features Manual Discounts’s listing doesn’t mention, including Dynamic pricing.
Head to head
Momentum
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Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 POS location
- · 1 basic discount
- · Apply discount on POS
Premium
- · All Free features +
- · Apply discounts to draft orders
- · Unlimited basic discounts
Professional
- · Advanced discounts
- · All Premium features +
- · Apply discount or spend caps
- · Filter discounts by tag or collections
- · Restrict by customer tag or POS location
- · Restrict by staff ID or security code
Enterprise
- · All Professional features +
- · Online automated discounts (coming soon)
- · Unlimited POS locations
Standard plan
- · Access to all the app features.
- · No additional charges
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCost+ integrates seamlessly with Shopify, enabling quick discount application across the POS cart and admin draft orders. Customize pricing with in-store exclusive rates, special customer pricing, and staff discounts. View product costs directly at the POS to help staff determine the lowest acceptable price.
Preset discounts for staff or employee, loyalty or VIP, military, senior, student or teacher, friends and family, price match, damaged item markdown. On POS: cashiers pick one from a tile, or apply your default from its own tile in one tap. Fixed or percentage: one discount on the whole cart.
- Save custom discounts to suit your store.
- Apply discounts with an extension to the Shopify POS cart.
- Create percentage discounts up to 2 decimal places accuracy.
- Create manual discounts for your POS
- Apply default discounts via shortcut on the main screen.
- Sync between devices
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 | Cost+ |  Manual 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 | Cost+ | Manual Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 3.7 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 4 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Cost+ | Manual Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month | $0.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Cost+ | Manual Discounts |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #245(ahead) | #633 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 26, 2023 | Feb 3, 2023 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Made Simple Apps | Merchbytes |
FAQ
Cost+ and Manual Discounts: common questions
- Is Cost+ or Manual Discounts cheaper?
- Only Cost+ lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Cost+ and $0.99/month for Manual 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?
- Cost+ lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Dynamic pricing. Manual Discounts lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as 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 Cost+, Nov 7, 2026 for Manual 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 Cost+, Nov 7, 2026 for Manual 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.