Persistent Cart Recovery vs Please Stay ‑ Recover Sales
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 1, 2026 for Persistent Cart Recovery, Oct 14, 2026 for Please Stay.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Persistent Cart Recovery 4.8 from 5 reviews and Please Stay 5.0 from 8 reviews.
- Please Stay lists 5 features Persistent Cart Recovery’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom branding, Customizable widgets, Targeting rules.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Pro Plan
- · Advanced Visitor Targeting
- · High-Conversion Recovery Templates
- · Unlimited Tab Messages
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStop losing revenue to cart abandonment. Automatically sync carts across different devices, browsers, and even in incognito, with Magefan Persistent Carts. Store contents from each cart session for up to 5 weeks and recover carts instantly on the customer's next visit. Monitor exactly how much revenue you make from synced carts in built-in analytics. No annoying emails, popups, notifications or manual setup.
We help you rescue inactive carts with the browser's title bar. You lose sales everyday when customers switch tabs ... never to be seen again. Stop letting these sales slip through your fingers. Please Stay recovers these inactive carts by turning your browser tab into an attention-grabbing billboard after customers bounce. We'll give you total control over how your tab looks once visitors become inactive.
- Easy setup: enable persistent carts in one click. Works instantly with any theme
- Automation: save and auto sync carts across devices, browsers and sessions
- Built-in analytics: number of orders, persistent carts and revenue they bring
- No friction: cart sync runs in the background with no impact on speed or UX
- Recover inactive customers with messages that trigger after customers leave.
- Completely customize your browser tabs with animations, messages and favicons.
- Track how your tabs perform and see how many sales are rescued.
- Trigger the right message at the right time based on the customer's cart.
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 |  Persistent Cart Recovery |  Please Stay |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Persistent Cart Recovery | Please Stay |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.8 ★ | 5.0 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 5 | 8(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Persistent Cart Recovery | Please Stay |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Persistent Cart Recovery | Please Stay |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #65(ahead) | #236 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jan 30, 2026 | Sep 22, 2017 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Magefan | Lamify |
FAQ
Persistent Cart Recovery and Please Stay: common questions
- Which has better reviews, Persistent Cart Recovery or Please Stay?
- On the Shopify App Store: Persistent Cart Recovery 4.8 from 5 reviews and Please Stay 5.0 from 8 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Persistent Cart Recovery lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Automated workflows, Behavior tracking, Conversion tracking, Cross-device carts. Please Stay lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Custom branding, Customizable widgets, Targeting rules, 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 Nov 1, 2026 for Persistent Cart Recovery, Oct 14, 2026 for Please Stay; 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 1, 2026 for Persistent Cart Recovery, Oct 14, 2026 for Please Stay. 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.