inStory: Product Stories vs Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 8, 2026.

The short answer

  • inStory is detected on 6.9× as many Shopify stores as Poloriz: 55 vs 8 as of Nov 8, 2026.
  • On the Shopify App Store: inStory 1.5 from 6 reviews and Poloriz 5.0 from 33 reviews.

Head to head

Detected stores

inStory: 55
Poloriz: 8

App Store reviews

inStory: 6
Poloriz: 33

New reviews, 28 days

inStory: 2
Poloriz: 0

Stores added, 28 days

inStory: 1
Poloriz: —
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Pitch

Create Instagram-like stories to drive more engagement.

Automatically create shoppable stories from your listings

Categories
  • Images and media - Other
  • Product display - Other
  • Storefronts - Other
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Apr 27, 2022
Jun 8, 2021
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
1 last full month
1 last full month
Detected stores
55active installs
  • Caderno Inteligente ®
  • CARE Natural Beauty
  • ninjoo
  • Mapache
  • Ibaadat By Jasmine
+50 more
8active installs
  • She-Ra Jewelry
  • PlatinExpress1
  • Sultana Studio | סולטנה
  • BLISS TLV
  • Spark
+3 more
Most common store size
101-200 products20%
501-1,000 products38%
Top countries
  • France36%
  • United States9%
  • Brazil5%
  • Israel63%
  • Romania13%
  • United States13%

Momentum

New reviews each month

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

035FebMayAugJanSepMarMayAugMayJulinStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in December 2022inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in September 2023inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in November 2023inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in March 2024inStory: Product Stories: 2 reviews in April 2024inStory: Product Stories: 2 reviews in May 2024inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in June 2024inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in August 2024inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in May 2025inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in February 2026inStory: Product Stories: 1 reviews in July 2026Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 4 reviews in February 2022Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 5 reviews in April 2022Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 2 reviews in May 2022Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in July 2022Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in August 2022Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 4 reviews in December 2022Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 4 reviews in January 2023Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in April 2023Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in September 2023Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in June 2024Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in December 2024Poloriz ‑ Shoppable Stories: 1 reviews in May 2025
inStoryPolorizCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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From $249 to $1,499/month
Plans
Free
Advanced$249/month
14-day free trial
  • · 50K page-views per month
  • · All Basic features
  • · Full customization
  • · Product recommendations
  • · Up to 2,000 stories
Professional$449/month
14-day free trial
  • · 100K page-views per month
  • · All Advanced features
  • · Desktop support
  • · Email support
  • · Full analytics
  • · Up to 4,000 stories
Premium$849/month
14-day free trial
  • · 250K page-views per month
  • · All Professional features
  • · Multiple sources
  • · Personalization
  • · Priority support
  • · Up to 8,000 stories
Enterprise$1,499/month
14-day free trial
  • · 500K page-views per month
  • · A/B testing
  • · All Premium features
  • · Unlimited stories
Coverage
0 of 0 features0%
0 of 0 features0%
Unique strengths
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inStoryPoloriz0 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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Integrations

inStory1.5(6)Poloriz5.0(33)
Works with also listed by another
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  • Shopify Flow
  • Google Analytics
  • Instagram
  • Google Tag Manager
  • JSON / XML / RSS
  • Catalog Feed
  • Java Script

Messaging

inStory1.5(6)Poloriz5.0(33)
How it sells itself

Keep engagement Add new stories to your products every day and keep your content fresh and new to keep your customers' engagement high. Exclusive content Use stories to promote special product or share a promotion. This way you will generate excitement with the limited time exclusive content.

Our Shoppable Stories app offers a modern digital storefront that keeps your online store up-to-date. While Instagram is a beloved platform for engaging with users, why not offer a similar experience on your store? Our interactive, auto-created stories provide an effective solution to increase engagement and page views per session, leading to more purchases.

Key points
  • Create single stories or groups of similar stories
  • Daily, weekly and monthly data analytics of story views
  • Attach stories to homepage, products or collections
  • Personalize your stories by adding links, texts and colors
  • Automatically creates stories from the images of the products in various designs
  • The products, categories, and pricing are constantly updated
  • Personalized product recommendations can be added to PDPs at no additional costs
Screenshots
Keep all of your stories in an archive
Keep the excitement by uploading on a daily basisAll the features, accessible from phoneKeep track of the engagement
Also available on Desktop
Analytics dashboard to edit, create and enable storiesCustomizable design for the brand - colors, fonts, effects.Fashion home page with Poloriz categories in circles

Installed with

inStory1.5(6)Poloriz5.0(33)

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureinStoryPoloriz
Detected stores55(ahead)as of Nov 8, 20268as of Nov 8, 2026
Net store change, 28 days−3estimated−2estimated
Stores added, 28 days1new and returningNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesApparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & GardenApparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden
Top store countriesFrance, United States, BrazilIsrael, Romania, United States

Reviews

MeasureinStoryPoloriz
App Store rating1.5 ★5.0 ★(ahead)
App Store reviews633(ahead)
New reviews, 28 days2(ahead)0
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureinStoryPoloriz
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$249/month
Longest free trialNot listed14 days
Plans listedNot published4

Listing

MeasureinStoryPoloriz
Shopify category rank#164in Images and media - Other#195in Storefronts - Other
Shopify App Charts#2 in Images and media - Other#4 in Storefronts - Other
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedApr 27, 2022Jun 8, 2021
Languages1English1English
DeveloperLiftPitchPoloriz

FAQ

inStory and Poloriz: common questions

Which is more popular, inStory or Poloriz?
inStory is detected on 6.9× as many Shopify stores as Poloriz: 55 vs 8 as of Nov 8, 2026.
Which has better reviews, inStory or Poloriz?
On the Shopify App Store: inStory 1.5 from 6 reviews and Poloriz 5.0 from 33 reviews.
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 8, 2026; 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 8, 2026. 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.