Personalization Playground vs Smart Sorting Auto Collection
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Apr 19, 2026 for Personalization Playground, Oct 26, 2026 for Smart Sorting Auto Collection.
The short answer
- Only Smart Sorting Auto Collection lists a free plan.
- Smart Sorting Auto Collection lists 5 features Personalization Playground’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk editing, Pin products, Push down.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 sorting rule per collection
- · Push out-of-stock items to the bottom
- · Sort up to 250 products per collection
- · Sort up to 5 collections
- · Updates every 24 hours
New Store
- · 3 sorting rules per collection
- · Push out-of-stock items to the bottom
- · Sort up to 250 products per collection
- · Sort up to unlimited collections
- · Updates every 6 hours
Growing Store
- · 6 sorting rules per collection
- · Push out-of-stock items to the bottom
- · Sort up to 1000 products per collection
- · Sort up to unlimited collections
- · Updates every 3 hours
Scale Mode
- · Push out-of-stock items to the bottom
- · Sort unlimited products per collection
- · Sort up to unlimited collections
- · Unlimited sorting rules per collection
- · Updates every 30 minutes
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureThis app personalizes collection and product listing pages for each shopper using rule-based reordering. Merchants can define sorting by browsing behavior, product price, and product vendor, and place specific products in fixed positions to support vendor or supplier sponsored campaigns in a native experience.
Smart Sorting keeps your collection pages organized without manual work. Create sorting rules that push sold-out products to the bottom, keep bestsellers and new arrivals visible, and reorder products automatically as your inventory and sales change. Apply different rules to different collections and let the app re-sort them on a schedule.
- Rule-based PLP personalization for each shopper on every collection page
- Custom sorting by vendor, product price, or other attributes per collection
- Control which vendor products appear in fixed slots on PLPs
- Session-level analytics showing pages or interaction each shopper viewed
- Create custom sorting rules for each collection
- Automatically push sold-out products to the bottom
- Keep bestsellers and new arrivals at the top
- Re-sort collections automatically on a schedule
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 |  Personalization Playground |  Smart Sorting Auto Collection |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Personalization Playground | Smart Sorting Auto Collection |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 7 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Personalization Playground | Smart Sorting Auto Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $9/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Personalization Playground | Smart Sorting Auto Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #161 | #20(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 13, 2026 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Webon Pty Ltd | Holly Palm |
FAQ
Personalization Playground and Smart Sorting Auto Collection: common questions
- Is Personalization Playground or Smart Sorting Auto Collection cheaper?
- Only Smart Sorting Auto Collection lists a free plan. 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?
- Personalization Playground lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Collection creation, Segments. Smart Sorting Auto Collection lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk editing, Pin products, Push down, Redirect. 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 Apr 19, 2026 for Personalization Playground, Oct 26, 2026 for Smart Sorting Auto Collection; 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 Apr 19, 2026 for Personalization Playground, Oct 26, 2026 for Smart Sorting Auto Collection. 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.