Inventory Guard ‑ Forecast vs Restock Forecast
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.90/month for Inventory Guard and $4.99/month for Restock Forecast.
- Inventory Guard lists 4 features Restock Forecast’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-restock, Inventory tracking, Replenishment reminders.
Head to head
Free
- · Demand forecasts
- · Health check
- · Reorder points
- · Up to 250 products
Starter
- · Everything in Free
- · Up to 8,000 products
Pro
- · Everything in Starter
- · Up to 10,000 products
Free
- · A record of every stock change
- · Excel and CSV import and export
- · Forecast for 50 products
- · Stockout dates and order quantities
- · Weekly, daily or monthly email alert
Lite
- · Alerts to 2 more people as well as you
- · Instant alerts, not just scheduled
- · Slack as well as email
- · Unlimited products
- · Your own reorder point per product
Standard
- · Alerts to as many people as you need
- · Everything in Lite
- · Muted products keep their real numbers
- · Silence a whole collection at once
- · Silence products you never reorder
Pro
- · Email or PDF the order to a supplier
- · Everything in Standard
- · Freight and duty spread across items
- · Purchase orders from the reorder list
- · Receive stock back into Shopify
- · Stock counts with a barcode scanner
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStocky is no longer available after August 31, 2026. Inventory Guard picks up the part most merchants used it for: knowing when to reorder. It turns your real order history into a demand forecast per product, using sales trends and weekday patterns. Each reorder point covers demand over the supplier lead time, plus safety stock for your demand swings.
A Stocky alternative for the whole reorder loop. It emails you when something needs ordering before a delivery could arrive, and stays quiet when nothing does. Moving from Stocky? Bring in your purchase order export: suppliers, costs and real lead times come with you, free on every plan. Raise purchase orders, add freight and duty, email them to suppliers, and receive stock back into Shopify.
- Demand forecast per product, built from your real order history
- Reorder points that account for supplier lead time and demand swings
- Products ranked by urgency with a plain-language reorder plan
- Stockout dates for every product, based on your real sales velocity
- Reorder quantities that account for supplier lead time and stock cover
- Urgency ranking that puts today's purchase decisions at the top
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 |  Inventory Guard |  Restock Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Inventory Guard | Restock Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Inventory Guard | Restock Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.90/month | $4.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Inventory Guard | Restock Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #548 | #365(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 30, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | addson | lala.com |
FAQ
Inventory Guard and Restock Forecast: common questions
- Is Inventory Guard or Restock Forecast cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.90/month for Inventory Guard and $4.99/month for Restock Forecast. 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?
- Inventory Guard lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-restock, Inventory tracking, Replenishment reminders, Restock notifications. Restock Forecast lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Insights. 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; 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. 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.