Luma: Price Watcher vs The Watchlyst ‑ Price Alerts
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
- On the Shopify App Store: Luma 5.0 from 1 reviews and The Watchlyst 4.4 from 41 reviews.
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Luma and $5/month for The Watchlyst.
- Luma lists 6 features The Watchlyst’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom pricing, Percentage discounts, Price alerts.
Head to head
Price drop alerts to bring back customers
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 100 Customer email notifications
- · 50 Personal watcher discounts
- · 50 Price watchers
- · All features
Small
- · 200 Personal watcher discounts/month
- · 200 Price watchers/month
- · 400 Customer email notifications/month
- · All features
Medium
- · 1000 Customer email notifications/month
- · 500 Personal watcher discounts/month
- · 500 Price watchers/month
- · All features
Large
- · 1000 Customer email notifications/month
- · All features
- · Unlimited personal watcher discounts
- · Unlimited price watchers
Free Plan
- · Unlimited Alerts
Basic Plan
- · Multi-Language Support
- · Multi-Region Support
- · Unlimited Alerts
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAdd a Price Watcher widget to your product page, allowing customers to subscribe to price changes. They’ll receive notifications when a product's price matches their set conditions. Analyze price watcher's data with reports, identify popular products, and create personalized discounts to drive sales. By meeting customer expectations with this app, you can enhance engagement and effectively manage conversions.
Watchlyst helps merchants recover lost sales by allowing shoppers to subscribe to price drop alerts for products they are interested in. When prices fall, the app automatically sends notifications, encouraging customers to return and complete their purchase.
- Easy to install and customize the watcher block to match your brand
- Notify users when a product meets their preferred conditions
- Create personalized discounts to encourage customers to complete their purchase
- View and manage subscriptions and discounts with powerful filters
- Setup in minutes. Fully automated.
- Personalize buttons, forms and emails in sync with your brand.
- Engage visitors, capture leads, track product prices, send alerts on auto pilot.
- 1:1 personalized email alerts for each customer.
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 |  Luma |  The Watchlyst |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Luma | The Watchlyst |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★(ahead) | 4.4 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 41(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Luma | The Watchlyst |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $10/month | $5/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Luma | The Watchlyst |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #213 | #119(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 23, 2025 | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | bigstepscenter@gmail.com | Thalia |
FAQ
Luma and The Watchlyst: common questions
- Is Luma or The Watchlyst cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Luma and $5/month for The Watchlyst. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Luma or The Watchlyst?
- On the Shopify App Store: Luma 5.0 from 1 reviews and The Watchlyst 4.4 from 41 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Luma lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Custom pricing, Percentage discounts, Price alerts, Price matching. 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.