Prepay Boost — COD to Prepaid vs Shadow COD
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Prepay Boost, Oct 14, 2026 for Shadow COD.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $14.99/month for Prepay Boost and $20/month for Shadow COD.
- Prepay Boost lists 4 features Shadow COD’s listing doesn’t mention, including Payment messages, Personalized messages, Widget placement.
Head to head
Starter
- · A/B testing + analytics dashboard
- · Hard COD blocks for risky segments
- · RTO savings estimator
- · Unlimited rules: reorder,rename,hide COD
Plus
- · COD surcharge line at checkout
- · Everything in Starter
- · Payment-step checkout UI extension
- · Prepaid discount reacts to chosen method
Shadow COD Pro
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCash on Delivery orders are refused at the door more often than prepaid orders, and each refused parcel costs a merchant twice: shipping out and shipping back. This app reduces that by guiding shoppers toward prepaid payment at checkout. Merchants build rules that show prepaid first, rename Cash on Delivery, hide it for risky carts, or block checkout for conditions like country or cart value.
Shadow COD protects COD revenue in two ways. It builds a per-store risk profile for each buyer based on their return history and hides COD at checkout only for confirmed returners — good and first-time buyers are never affected. It also asks every buyer placing a COD order to verify their phone via SMS OTP before checkout, stopping fake-number and address-not-found orders before they ship.
- Reorder, rename, hide, or block Cash on Delivery at checkout
- Target rules by country, cart value, products, collections, or customer tags
- Runs natively in checkout — no theme edits and no added slowdown
- Built-in A/B testing and an estimated RTO-savings dashboard
- Hides COD at checkout for buyers with a confirmed COD return history
- Learns automatically from your tagged returns — no buyer lists to maintain
- Risk dial (Conservative, Balanced, Observe) plus manual allow and block lists
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 |  Prepay Boost |  Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Prepay Boost | Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Prepay Boost | Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $14.99/month(ahead) | $20/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Prepay Boost | Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #106 | #96(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | SudoApps | vaynoxstudio |
FAQ
Prepay Boost and Shadow COD: common questions
- Is Prepay Boost or Shadow COD cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $14.99/month for Prepay Boost and $20/month for Shadow COD. 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?
- Prepay Boost lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Payment messages, Personalized messages, Widget placement, Widget 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 13, 2026 for Prepay Boost, Oct 14, 2026 for Shadow COD; 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 13, 2026 for Prepay Boost, Oct 14, 2026 for Shadow COD. 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.