CTIOLab Inventory Management vs StockCue: Inventory Planner
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 2, 2026 for CTIOLab Inventory Management, Oct 13, 2026 for StockCue.
The short answer
- Only StockCue lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for CTIOLab Inventory Management and $19/month for StockCue.
- StockCue lists 5 features CTIOLab Inventory Management’s listing doesn’t mention, including Email notifications, Out of stock notifications, Replenishment reminders.
Head to head
Starter
- · Barcode stock counts
- · Low-stock & best-seller reports
- · Purchase orders & receiving
- · Sales-based reorder forecasts
- · Supplier import from spreadsheet
- · Up to 1,000 active SKUs
Growth
- · Everything in Starter
- · Up to 10,000 active SKUs
Pro
- · Everything in Starter
- · Unlimited active SKUs
Free
- · Bundle-aware forecasting
- · Demand forecasting with seasonality
- · In-app low-stock alerts
- · Sales velocity and reorder points
- · Track up to 50 SKUs
Starter
- · Ask questions of your reports
- · Barcode labels and bin locations
- · Buying planner with MOQ and case-pack
- · Everything in Free
- · Purchase orders: PDF + email to supplier
- · Receiving, full or partial, synced
Growth
- · CSV exports: alerts and suppliers
- · Everything in Starter
- · Explainable forecast: why this qty
- · Inventory audit log export
- · Inventory reconciliation
- · Scan-to-receive on mobile
Scale
- · ABC analysis, incl. margin-weighted
- · Automated PO drafts on a schedule
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority support
- · Slack alerts
- · Stock transfers between locations
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCTIOLab Inventory replaces reorder spreadsheets with forecasts built from your own Shopify sales, supplier lead times and stock on hand. It suggests what to order, turns that into purchase orders you can email to suppliers, and updates Shopify stock as you receive, including with a barcode scanner. Run stock counts, move stock between locations and track drop-ship and backordered lines.
StockCue tells you what to reorder, how much, and when. It reads 24 months of order history, blends recent and baseline velocity, drops outliers, and applies your store's own seasonal curve to the month you're buying for. Alerts reach you in-app, by email, in Slack, or via Shopify Flow. The buying planner groups buys by supplier, applies MOQ and case-pack rounding, and drafts POs to send and receive against.
- Reorder suggestions from your sales history, lead times and stock on hand
- Purchase orders emailed to suppliers, received by hand or by barcode scan
- Stock counts with a scanner, with any differences written back to Shopify
- Transfers between locations; drop-ship and backorder tracking; low-stock alerts
- Low-stock and reorder-point alerts before items run out
- Demand forecasting for what to reorder and when
- Purchase orders you can email to suppliers as a PDF and track
- Receive incoming stock against open purchase orders
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 |  StockCue | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StockCue | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 2 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | StockCue | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month | $19/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | StockCue | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #106 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 2, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | CTIOLab LLc | DevMerx |
FAQ
CTIOLab Inventory Management and StockCue: common questions
- Is CTIOLab Inventory Management or StockCue cheaper?
- Only StockCue lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for CTIOLab Inventory Management and $19/month for StockCue. 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?
- CTIOLab Inventory Management lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Backorders, Inventory sync, Real-time updates, Stock transfer. StockCue lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Email notifications, Out of stock notifications, Replenishment reminders, SKUs. 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 2, 2026 for CTIOLab Inventory Management, Oct 13, 2026 for StockCue; 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 2, 2026 for CTIOLab Inventory Management, Oct 13, 2026 for StockCue. 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.