Restock Forecast vs Skubird: Inventory Forecasting

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 $4.99/month for Restock Forecast and $49/month for Skubird.
  • Skubird lists 4 features Restock Forecast’s listing doesn’t mention, including Email notifications, Inventory tracking, Replenishment reminders.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Inventory optimization
  • Inventory optimization
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Aug 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $19.99/month
From $0 to $179/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · 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$4.99/month
  • · 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$9.99/month
  • · 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$19.99/month
30-day free trial
  • · 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
FreeFree
  • · 90% confidence on every recommendation
  • · In-app reorder recommendations
  • · No credit card required
  • · Up to 25 tracked SKUs
Starter$49/month
30-day free trial
  • · 90% confidence recommendations
  • · Email reorder digest
  • · Up to 100 tracked SKUs
Growth$99/month
30-day free trial
  • · Adjustable confidence level
  • · Critical item alerts
  • · Per-product lead times
  • · Up to 500 tracked SKUs
Pro$179/month
30-day free trial
  • · Everything in Growth
  • · Priority email support
  • · Up to 2,000 tracked SKUs
Coverage
5 of 9 features56%
6 of 9 features67%
Unique strengths
  • Analytics
  • Forecasting
  • Insights
  • Email notifications
  • Inventory tracking
  • Replenishment reminders
  • Restock notifications
Inventory optimization
56%5/9
67%6/9
Inventory management
75%3/4
75%3/4
Notifications and analytics
40%2/5
60%3/5
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Restock ForecastSkubird9 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

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.

Skubird tells you exactly what to order, how much and when, with a 90% confidence range from your sales data. Forget dashboards and spreadsheets: you get a finished reorder list ranked by urgency, with a dollar-value risk estimate for any item you delay. Per-vendor and per-SKU lead times adapt to your real supply chain. Free for up to 25 SKUs, no card required. Paid plans start at $49/month with a 30-day trial.

Key points
  • 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
  • Reorder recommendations with specific quantities and order-by dates
  • Every forecast includes by a confidence range from your sales data
  • Email notifications sorted by urgency
  • Dollar-value risk estimates for delayed reorders
Screenshots
Lower-urgency products with reorder quantities and totals
Urgency tiles and products ranked by stockout riskReorder counts update after changing the lead time inputFour urgency tiles ranking products by how soon they run out
skubird per product analysis
skubird dashboard with inventory reordering recommendationsskubird onboardingskubird dashboard

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

MeasureRestock ForecastSkubird
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

MeasureRestock ForecastSkubird
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureRestock ForecastSkubird
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$4.99/month(ahead)$49/month
Longest free trial30 days30 days
Plans listed44

Listing

MeasureRestock ForecastSkubird
Shopify category rank#365in Inventory optimizationNot enough data
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedAug 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Languages1English1English
Developerlala.comSkubird - Inventory Forecasting

FAQ

Restock Forecast and Skubird: common questions

Is Restock Forecast or Skubird cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Restock Forecast and $49/month for Skubird. 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?
Restock Forecast lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Forecasting, Insights. Skubird lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Email notifications, Inventory tracking, Replenishment reminders, Restock notifications. 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.