Never Miss vs Slingshot
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Feb 19, 2026 for Never Miss, Oct 13, 2026 for Slingshot.
The short answer
- Never Miss lists 6 features Slingshot’s listing doesn’t mention, including Inventory reports, Low stock, Out of stock.
Head to head
Growth
Scale
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureDon’t lose sales when products sell out. With Back in Stock Alerts, shoppers can instantly subscribe to be notified by email or SMS when their favorite items are restocked. Re-engage high-intent customers, recover lost revenue automatically, and boost repeat sales with personalized alerts that bring shoppers back to buy. Easy to install and fully automated — no code required.
When a product sells out, interested shoppers leave and most never return. Slingshot captures them before they go and brings them back when you restock. Shoppers sign up in one step, no account needed, through an on-site widget you add in the theme editor. The moment you restock, every waiting shopper gets a branded email linking back to the product.
- Send restock email & SMS alerts to re-engage shoppers and recover lost sales.
- Fully customize restock buttons and alert templates to match your brand perfectl
- Boost sales with customizable countdown timers, banners & bars to drive urgency.
- No-code on-site signup widget for out-of-stock products
- Automatic branded email the moment a product is back in stock
- Revenue attribution that ties each alert to the sale it earned
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 |  Never Miss |  Slingshot |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Never Miss | Slingshot |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Never Miss | Slingshot |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $19/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Never Miss | Slingshot |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #231(ahead) | #247 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 20, 2025 | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Owl Nest Commerce | nerd with attitude |
FAQ
Never Miss and Slingshot: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Never Miss lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory reports, Low stock, Out of stock, Pop-ups. Slingshot lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings, Auto-alerts, Email, Notification templates. 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 Feb 19, 2026 for Never Miss, Oct 13, 2026 for Slingshot; 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 Feb 19, 2026 for Never Miss, Oct 13, 2026 for Slingshot. 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.