Rental Booking & Deposits vs Holdback: Rental Deposits
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 Rental Booking & Deposits, Nov 12, 2026 for Holdback.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Rental Booking & Deposits and $34/month for Holdback.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 Rental Product
- · Basic Theme Integration
- · Daily & Weekly Rate Logic
Essential
- · Basic Theme Integration
- · Daily & Weekly Rate Logic
- · Standard Support
- · Up to 10 Rental Products
Professional
- · Advanced Custom Pricing Rules
- · Custom CSS Styling
- · Liability & Agreement Checkbox
- · Priority Developer Support
- · Unlimited Rental Products
Enterprise
- · Bulk Data Import/Export
- · Custom Feature Roadmap
- · Direct Developer Access
- · Everything in Professional
- · Priority Feature Development
- · White-Glove Theme Setup
Free
- · Covers 5 deposits a month
- · Every feature included
- · Late fees, claims and releases
- · Reason emailed for anything you keep
Standard
- · 14-day free trial
- · Covers 50 deposits a month
- · Every feature included
Pro
- · Covers 200 deposits a month
- · Every feature included
Scale
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited deposits
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStop worrying about damaged products or double-bookings. Rental Booking & Deposits makes it simple to rent out equipment, gear, or fashion with built-in security holds. • Booking Calendars: Let customers pick rental dates with daily or hourly slots. • Automatic Deposits: Collect security holds at checkout to cover damaged items. • Conflict-Free Inventory: Prevent double-bookings automatically across all dates.
Holdback runs the hire from checkout to return. The customer pays the hire fee at checkout and Shopify saves their card for a deposit, shown up front and taken only if owed. Late? Keep the agreed daily rate for the days late, up to the deposit. Back fine? Release it from It's back. Not returned or lost: keep up to the deposit, as the checkout terms say. Damage goes as an itemised request the customer approves.
- Add a rental option to any product
- Use variants to create flexible rental options
- Customers choose rental duration by selecting quantity (days)
- Quick setup, simple workflow – no technical expertise needed
- Hire fee at checkout; Shopify saves the card for the deposit, nothing taken
- Not returned or lost: keep up to the deposit the customer agreed to at checkout
- One check when a hire's back: fine, damaged, part missing, not returned or lost
- Late fees at the daily rate agreed at checkout, only when you confirm it's late
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 |  Rental Booking & Deposits | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Rental Booking & Deposits | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 2 | 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 | Rental Booking & Deposits | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month(ahead) | $34/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Rental Booking & Deposits | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #53 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 1, 2025 | Nov 12, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Auremist | Aprilfourteen Ltd |
FAQ
Rental Booking & Deposits and Holdback: common questions
- Is Rental Booking & Deposits or Holdback cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Rental Booking & Deposits and $34/month for Holdback. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- 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 Rental Booking & Deposits, Nov 12, 2026 for Holdback; 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 Rental Booking & Deposits, Nov 12, 2026 for Holdback. 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.