DateCue: Product Scheduler vs Metafield Expiry Scheduler
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 DateCue, Oct 14, 2026 for Metafield Expiry Scheduler.
The short answer
- Only DateCue lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for DateCue and $4.99/month for Metafield Expiry Scheduler.
- DateCue lists 2 features Metafield Expiry Scheduler’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom workflows, Product tags.
Head to head
Free
- · 100 product cues/month
- · Before / after date offsets
- · Bulk schedule: publish, hide & tag
- · Matching-products preview
Starter
- · 10,000 product cues/month
- · Email alert action
- · Email support
- · Everything in Free
Scale
- · 100,000 product cues/month
- · Everything in Starter
- · Priority support
- · Webhooks
Basic
- · Auto actions on date/datetime fields
- · Changes within 60 min of expiry
- · Execution history (last 30 days)
- · Preview affected items before run
- · Unpublish, Draft, or Archive
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureDateCue schedules when products publish, hide, and get tagged, in bulk or per product. No midnight logins. Pick products by collection, tag, or type and schedule one action: publish a drop, pull a collection at season end, or tag a sale in and out. Set an end date to auto-unpublish. Preview the affected count before saving. Also triggers on per-product metafield dates: launch, expiry, best-before.
Some products should stop showing on a set date: seasonal items, limited-time drops, flash sales, event products, and food past its best-before date. Removing them by hand is easy to forget. Metafield Expiry schedules it for you: add a date or date-time metafield to a product, choose to unpublish, set to draft, or archive, and the app checks hourly and acts when the date passes.
- Trigger product actions when the metafield date or time arrives.
- Change product status, add or remove tags, send email alerts, or fire webhooks
- Filter workflows by product status or tags.
- Execution logs record every action taken.
- Auto-unpublish (Online Store) or draft/archive when metafield date/time passes
- Use existing metafields set via Bulk Editor, CSV import, or other tools
- No Shopify Flow workflow required
- View an activity log of products updated by the app
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 |  DateCue |  Metafield Expiry Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | DateCue | Metafield Expiry Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | DateCue | Metafield Expiry Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $4.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | DateCue | Metafield Expiry Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #185(ahead) | #564 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 12, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 12 |
| Developer | Ripen | simple-extensions |
FAQ
DateCue and Metafield Expiry Scheduler: common questions
- Is DateCue or Metafield Expiry Scheduler cheaper?
- Only DateCue lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for DateCue and $4.99/month for Metafield Expiry Scheduler. 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?
- DateCue lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Custom workflows, Product tags. Metafield Expiry Scheduler lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Custom triggers. 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 DateCue, Oct 14, 2026 for Metafield Expiry Scheduler; 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 DateCue, Oct 14, 2026 for Metafield Expiry Scheduler. 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.