Holdback: Rental Deposits vs HoldCart — Cart Reservation
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 12, 2026 for Holdback, Oct 29, 2026 for HoldCart.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $34/month for Holdback and $19.99/month for HoldCart.
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
- · 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
Free
- · 15-minute hold timer
- · One-click disable & safe uninstall
- · Protect 3 products
- · Real inventory holds, fail-safe
- · Up to 100 reservations/month
Pro
- · Analytics dashboard
- · Checkout grace period
- · Custom hold timers, 2 to 60 min
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited reservations
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureHoldback 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.
Shoppers add a one-of-a-kind item to their cart, race to checkout, and find it already sold. HoldCart places a genuine inventory hold the moment an item is added, so the unit is actually reserved while they check out, then auto-releases back to stock when the timer ends. It is not a fake countdown or manufactured urgency — it is a real hold with a real timer.
- 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
- Real inventory holds — items are genuinely reserved at add-to-cart, not faked
- Fail-safe by design — if the app fails, your checkout keeps working
- Honest countdown — shoppers see a real timer backed by a real hold
- Automatic release — holds expire and return to stock on their own
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 |  HoldCart | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | HoldCart | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 3 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Holdback and HoldCart: common questions
- Is Holdback or HoldCart cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $34/month for Holdback and $19.99/month for HoldCart. 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 Nov 12, 2026 for Holdback, Oct 29, 2026 for HoldCart; 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 12, 2026 for Holdback, Oct 29, 2026 for HoldCart. 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.