PAL Collection Sort Guard vs Sortify: Collection Sorting
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for PAL Collection Sort Guard, Oct 15, 2026 for Sortify.
The short answer
- Only Sortify lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for PAL Collection Sort Guard and $4.99/month for Sortify.
- Sortify lists 9 features PAL Collection Sort Guard’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Automated, Bulk editing.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Standard
- · Audit manual and automatic sort
- · Export read-only audit as CSV
- · View collection sort findings
Free
- · 1 active daily scheduled sort
- · Included on Free
- · Included on Free
- · Manual Run now anytime
- · Move out-of-stock products to the end
- · Sales, tags & custom rules
Starter
- · 5 active daily scheduled sort
- · Any daily run time
- · Move out-of-stock to end
- · Run now anytime
- · Sales, tags & custom rules
- · Sort by sales (7-60 days)
Pro
- · 20 active daily scheduled sorts
- · Any daily run time
- · Large catalogs & agencies
- · Move out-of-stock to end
- · Run now anytime
- · Sales, tags & custom rules
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featurePAL Collection Sort Guard provides a read-only inventory of collection sort orders. It shows each collection’s current sort mode, highlights manual sorting, summarizes sort-order usage across the catalog, links to the matching Shopify Admin collection, and exports a diagnostic CSV. The app never changes collection ordering.
Sortify updates product order in Shopify collections using settings you define for each collection, including sales performance and stock status. Schedule a daily sort in your store timezone or run a sort when you need a refresh. This reduces manual reordering and helps customers see relevant products first on collection pages.
- Show each collection’s current sort order
- Highlight collections using manual sort order
- Summarize sort-order usage and export a diagnostic CSV
- Set a separate daily sort schedule for each collection.
- Sort products by recent sales using a time range you define.
- Group products by type or tag and control their order.
- Send out-of-stock products to the start or end of a list.
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 |  Sortify | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sortify | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 2 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Sortify | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month | $4.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Sortify | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #33 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 9, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Practical AI Lab | Shopfabrik Berlin GmbH |
FAQ
PAL Collection Sort Guard and Sortify: common questions
- Is PAL Collection Sort Guard or Sortify cheaper?
- Only Sortify lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for PAL Collection Sort Guard and $4.99/month for Sortify. 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?
- Sortify lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Automated, Bulk editing, Custom rules. 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 Nov 9, 2026 for PAL Collection Sort Guard, Oct 15, 2026 for Sortify; 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 9, 2026 for PAL Collection Sort Guard, Oct 15, 2026 for Sortify. 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.