Instock by Pluglify vs Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Jul 6, 2026 for Instock by Pluglify, Oct 22, 2026 for Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi.

The short answer

  • Only Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi lists a free plan.
  • Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi lists 4 features Instock by Pluglify’s listing doesn’t mention, including Back in stock, Custom alerts, Email.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Instock by Pluglify: —
Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi: 41
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Pitch
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Auto Hide Out of Stock, Sold Out product, 404 Redirect for OOS

Categories
  • Stock alerts
  • Stock alerts
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jul 6, 2026
Feb 3, 2020
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
—
1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
—
—
Top countries
—
—

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

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Instock by PluglifyHide Sold Out by StockyphiCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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From $0 to $20/month
Plans
Free
Getting StartedFree
  • · Advance Rules, Delay & Threshold feature
  • · Hide/Unhide products
  • · Manage upto 100 products
  • · Multi-location
  • · Notification and Reports
  • · Redirection
Basic$5/month
14-day free trial
  • · Advance Rules, Delay & Threshold feature
  • · Hide/Unhide products
  • · Manage upto 1000 products
  • · Multi-location
  • · Notification and Reports
  • · Redirection
Pro$10/month
14-day free trial
  • · Advance Rules, Delay & Threshold feature
  • · Hide/Unhide products
  • · Manage upto 10000 products
  • · Multi-location
  • · Notification and Reports
  • · Redirection
Business$20/month
14-day free trial
  • · Advance Rules, Delay & Threshold feature
  • · Hide/Unhide products
  • · Manage upto 20000 products
  • · Multi-location
  • · Notification and Reports
  • · Redirection
Coverage
4 of 8 features50%
7 of 8 features88%
Unique strengths
  • Alert settings
  • Back in stock
  • Custom alerts
  • Email
  • Inventory reports
Stock alerts
50%4/8
88%7/8
Analytics and reporting
0%0/1
100%1/1
Customization
100%1/1
0%0/1
Notifications
50%3/6
100%6/6
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Instock by PluglifyHide Sold Out by Stockyphi8 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

Instock keeps your storefront clean by automatically managing sold-out products. Hide them from collection pages, fade them while keeping product pages live, move them to the bottom, or show a Sold out badge. Get low-stock email alerts when inventory reaches your threshold. Simple setup, no code edits, and built with a Shopify theme app extension.

Managing out of stock products shouldn't be a hassle. With Stockyphi, hide out of stock (or sold out) products in real time and publish them back when they’re available automatically. Advanced redirection rules, streamline inventory management with multi-location support, and enhance your store's customer experience. No coding required—start saving time and increasing conversions today!

Key points
  • Hide sold-out products from collection pages automatically
  • Fade sold-out items, move them down, or show a Sold out badge
  • Get low-stock email alerts when inventory hits your threshold
  • Automatically hide Out-of-Stock Products || Easily Publish Back in Stock Product
  • Get notified over email and download various reports about the updates.
  • Multi-Location: Hide based on location || Hide product on all sales channel
  • Advance Rules|| Hide product with No Image/Description || Redirection available
Screenshots
Before and after comparison showing sold-out products removed fr
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Activity Report | Out of Stock | Redirect | Hide Sold Out |Stock
Stockyphi Redirection Multi Location hide no image productSettings | Out of Stock | Redirect | Hide Sold Out | StockSettings | Redirect| Hide Sold Out | Stock

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.

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Adoption

MeasureInstock by PluglifyHide Sold Out by Stockyphi
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureInstock by PluglifyHide Sold Out by Stockyphi
App Store ratingNot published4.7 ★
App Store reviewsNot published41
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data0
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureInstock by PluglifyHide Sold Out by Stockyphi
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$5/month
Longest free trialNot listed14 days
Plans listedNot published4

Listing

MeasureInstock by PluglifyHide Sold Out by Stockyphi
Shopify category rank#201in Stock alerts#72(ahead)in Stock alerts
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJul 6, 2026Feb 3, 2020
Languages1English1English
DeveloperPluglifyGypsyphi

FAQ

Instock by Pluglify and Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi: common questions

Is Instock by Pluglify or Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi cheaper?
Only Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi lists a free plan. 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?
Instock by Pluglify lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings. Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Back in stock, Custom alerts, Email, Inventory reports. 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 Jul 6, 2026 for Instock by Pluglify, Oct 22, 2026 for Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi; 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 Jul 6, 2026 for Instock by Pluglify, Oct 22, 2026 for Hide Sold Out by Stockyphi. 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.