PreOrder Guard ‑ Preorders vs TA Preorder & Back In Stock
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 27, 2026 for PreOrder Guard, Nov 6, 2026 for TA Preorder & Back In Stock.
The short answer
- Only PreOrder Guard lists a free plan.
- TA Preorder & Back In Stock lists 7 features PreOrder Guard’s listing doesn’t mention, including Badges, Buttons, Coming soon.
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
- · 3 active preorders at a time
- · Deposit or full payment at checkout
- · Native purchase options, no theme code
- · Risk grade on every preorder promise
- · Shipment slips flagged in dashboard
- · Suggested safe cap from your forecast
Growth
- · Everything in Free
- · Up to 50 active preorders
Pro
- · Everything in Growth
- · Unlimited active preorders
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureWhen a product is about to sell out, PreOrder Guard lets you keep selling against the shipment already on its way. It suggests a preorder cap from your own sales history and the incoming quantity, holding back a buffer for supplier delays. Sales do not stop at the cap: you turn the preorder off yourself. Preorders run on Shopify's native purchase options, so nothing is written to your theme.
Use TA Preorder & Back In Stock notifications to recover sales from out-of-stock products and maximize revenue from upcoming launches. Enable preorder, backorder, and presale campaigns with deposits or partial payments, send automated back in stock alerts, capture demand with waitlists, track performance through analytics, and localize your storefront with auto-translated app UI and custom content for each language,…
- Safe preorder cap so you never sell more than the shipment covers
- Risk alerts when a shipment slips or a cap sells through too fast
- Runs on native purchase options — no theme code, no leftovers
- Take a deposit now and charge the balance automatically later
- Enable pre-order for selected products or variants in admin
- Flexible payment: full, partial, with optional discount settings
- Cancel or refund unfulfilled pre-order orders
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 |  PreOrder Guard |  TA Preorder & Back In Stock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | PreOrder Guard | TA Preorder & Back In Stock |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.9 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 36 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 0% |
Pricing
| Measure | PreOrder Guard | TA Preorder & Back In Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $14.90/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | PreOrder Guard | TA Preorder & Back In Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #113 | #16(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #4 on Rookies in Pre-orders |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Languages | 10 | 1 |
| Developer | addson | Tech Arms P&N |
FAQ
PreOrder Guard and TA Preorder & Back In Stock: common questions
- Is PreOrder Guard or TA Preorder & Back In Stock cheaper?
- Only PreOrder Guard 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?
- PreOrder Guard lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Deferred payments, Multi-language, Variants. TA Preorder & Back In Stock lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Badges, Buttons, Coming soon, Custom text. 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 Oct 27, 2026 for PreOrder Guard, Nov 6, 2026 for TA Preorder & Back In Stock; 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 Oct 27, 2026 for PreOrder Guard, Nov 6, 2026 for TA Preorder & Back In Stock. 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.