Pre‑Order | Restock Notifier vs Restocker: Back in Stock Alert
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 Pre‑Order, Nov 5, 2026 for Restocker.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Pre‑Order and $9/month for Restocker.
- Pre‑Order lists 17 features Restocker’s listing doesn’t mention, including Alert settings, Back in stock, Banners.
Head to head
Restock Notification to Customers
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 5 pre-orders
- · Code-free setup
- · Customizable notify button and popups
- · First 50 emails free
- · Multiple popup templates
- · No app branding
Premium
- · 20 pre-orders/ mo
- · 200 emails/ mo
- · Admin notification
- · Auto customer creation and Analytics
- · Customizable from email (Sender of the e
- · Everything in free plan
Gold
- · Everything in premium Plan
- · Faster notification
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited emails
- · Unlimited pre-orders
Free
- · 1 pre-order product
- · Back-in-stock alerts (10 emails/mth)
- · CSV export of your waitlist
- · Delivery log
Growth
- · 10 pre-order products
- · 500 alert emails per month, soft limit
- · CSV export of your waitlist
- · Delivery log
Unlimited
- · CSV export of your waitlist
- · Delivery log
- · Unlimited alert emails
- · Unlimited pre-order products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAre you losing your customer when there's "Soldout" button on product, convert "Soldout" to "Notify Me" Or "PreOrder" button and know about your products demands, Your customer can ask for the product restock notification and whenever you restocked the product the email notification will be sent to the customer.
Tired of apps that fail silently on a big restock, or charge a cut of your pre-order revenue? Restocker is built differently. Shoppers join a waitlist and get an automatic email the moment you restock. Pre-orders use native Shopify selling plans, so Shop Pay cannot oversell you. Every notification writes to a permanent delivery log: not just "sent" but actually delivered.
- Automated emails to customers when restock sold out products.
- Allow to place a Pre order when inventory running out of stock
- Generate more leads and get back customers by sending email notification.
- Customize notify button, popup, email body as per your brand.
- Back-in-stock alerts: automatic email the moment inventory returns
- Pre-orders via native selling plans, with no oversells at checkout
- Delivery log: permanent proof of every notification and its status
- No theme code edits: widgets install as clean theme app extension blocks
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 |  Pre‑Order |  Restocker |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 205 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −1 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Pre‑Order | Restocker |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.5 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 53 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Pre‑Order and Restocker: common questions
- Is Pre‑Order or Restocker cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Pre‑Order and $9/month for Restocker. 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?
- Pre‑Order lists 17 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings, Back in stock, Banners, Coming soon. Restocker lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Customer demand. 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 Pre‑Order, Nov 5, 2026 for Restocker; 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 Pre‑Order, Nov 5, 2026 for Restocker. 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.