QueueFront: Wait Rooms & Lists vs Waitly
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for QueueFront, Oct 13, 2026 for Waitly.
The short answer
- Only Waitly lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for QueueFront and $9/month for Waitly.
- QueueFront lists 3 features Waitly’s listing doesn’t mention, including Back in stock, Email, Waitlists.
Head to head
Starter
- · 1 launch/month; 1 room at a time
- · 500 active shopper-hours/month
- · 500 entries/launch and per month
- · 72 hours/launch, including prequeue
- · Checkout protection and bot controls
- · Email support; SMS billed separately
Growth
- · 2,500 entries/launch; 7,500/month
- · 3 launches/month; 1 room at a time
- · 5,000 active shopper-hours/month
- · 72 hours/launch, including prequeue
- · Checkout protection and bot controls
- · Custom email domain; remove attribution
Launch
- · 10,000 entries/launch; 25,000/month
- · 12,500 active shopper-hours/month
- · 5 launches/month; 3 rooms at a time
- · 72 hours/launch, including prequeue
- · Checkout protection and bot controls
- · Custom email domain; remove attribution
Scale
- · 10 launches/month; 5 rooms at a time
- · 25,000 entries/launch; 100,000/month
- · 50,000 active shopper-hours/month
- · 72 hours/launch, including prequeue
- · Checkout protection; SMS billed extra
- · Custom email domain; remove attribution
Free
- · Sign-up form, dashboard, send log
- · Small "Powered by Waitly" line
- · Unlimited notifications, no cap
- · Your own subject and message
Waitly
- · Everything in the Free plan
- · No Waitly branding in e-mails
- · Unlimited notifications, no cap
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureRun your next product drop with confidence. Build interest before launch with product-page waitlists and email notifications. Welcome shoppers into branded waiting rooms, control the admission pace, screen for bots with Cloudflare Turnstile, and validate queue access at supported Shopify checkouts. Customize logos, colors, and messages.
Every sold-out product page is a sale that walked away. Waitly catches those shoppers: when a variant hits zero, a small form appears on your product page, and the moment you restock, everyone waiting gets an e-mail with a link to the product. You write the sender name, subject and message yourself. Your dashboard shows who is waiting and which products are most in demand, so you know what to reorder.
- Create waiting rooms for your store, collections, products, or variants
- Schedule launches, control entry rates, and customize your room's branding
- Screen for bots and validate queue access at supported Shopify checkouts
- Add product-page waitlists and email shoppers about launches or restocks
- Sign-up form appears on sold-out variants and hides when back in stock
- Automatic e-mail with a direct product link the moment stock returns
- Dashboard with your waiting list and the products most in demand
- Your own sender name, subject and message, in Dutch or English
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 |  Waitly | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Waitly | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Waitly | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Waitly | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #62 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | AtlasFlare LLC | Jayden |
FAQ
QueueFront and Waitly: common questions
- Is QueueFront or Waitly cheaper?
- Only Waitly lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for QueueFront and $9/month for Waitly. 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?
- QueueFront lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Back in stock, Email, Waitlists. Waitly lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings, Auto-alerts, Notification button. 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 3, 2026 for QueueFront, Oct 13, 2026 for Waitly; 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 3, 2026 for QueueFront, Oct 13, 2026 for Waitly. 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.