PreOrder Guard ‑ Preorders vs Preorderly • Preorder PreSale
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 9, 2026 for Preorderly • Preorder PreSale.
The short answer
- Only PreOrder Guard lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.90/month for PreOrder Guard and $14.99/month for Preorderly • Preorder PreSale.
- Preorderly • Preorder PreSale lists 11 features PreOrder Guard’s listing doesn’t mention, including Badges, Buttons, Coming soon.
Head to head
Pre-Order/Sold Out/Coming Soon/Backorder/Pre-sale/Out of Stock
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
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
BASIC ($14.99)
- · All features + unlimited preorders
- · For stores on the Basic Shopify
- · Live chat support!
- · No hidden fees
SHOPIFY ($24.99)
- · All features + unlimited preorders
- · For stores on the Shopify pricing plan
- · Live chat support!
- · No hidden fees
ADVANCED ($32.99)
- · All features + unlimited preorders
- · Live chat support!
- · No hidden fees
- · On the Advanced Shopify pricing plan
PLUS ($44.99)
- · All features + unlimited preorders
- · Live chat support!
- · No hidden fees
- · On the Shopify Plus pricing plan
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.
Stop losing sales to Out of stock. Preorderly turns unavailable and not-yet-launched products into pre-orders customers can buy today. Enable products one by one, by collection, or automatically by tag. Show a Ships by date and countdown, carried onto the order confirmation, and warn shoppers when a cart mixes pre-order and in-stock items.
- 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
- Customize preorder button/text for collections, products, and variants
- Schedule fulfillment and start/end times for preorder items with notification.
- Display preorder button/badge in homepage/collection page.
- Limit quantity per customer/product and tagging preorder items in order page
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 |  Preorderly • Preorder PreSale |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 221 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 5 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 19% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Sporting Goods |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Canada, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | PreOrder Guard | Preorderly • Preorder PreSale |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.6 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 73 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | PreOrder Guard | Preorderly • Preorder PreSale |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $14.90/month(ahead) | $14.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | PreOrder Guard | Preorderly • Preorder PreSale |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #113 | #54(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #19 in Pre-orders |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Aug 3, 2026 | Jan 18, 2018 |
| Languages | 10 | 1 |
| Developer | addson | Storefrontist2 |
FAQ
PreOrder Guard and Preorderly • Preorder PreSale: common questions
- Is PreOrder Guard or Preorderly • Preorder PreSale cheaper?
- Only PreOrder Guard lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.90/month for PreOrder Guard and $14.99/month for Preorderly • Preorder PreSale. 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 1 the others don’t mention, such as Multi-language. Preorderly • Preorder PreSale lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Badges, Buttons, Coming soon, Custom branding. 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 9, 2026 for Preorderly • Preorder PreSale; 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 9, 2026 for Preorderly • Preorder PreSale. 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.