Insomniac Purchase Orders vs Stock Buddy: Purchase Orders
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 Insomniac Purchase Orders, Nov 9, 2026 for Stock Buddy.
The short answer
- Only Stock Buddy lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Insomniac Purchase Orders and $12/month for Stock Buddy.
- Stock Buddy lists 7 features Insomniac Purchase Orders’s listing doesn’t mention, including Barcodes, Import and export, Insights.
Head to head
Restockly
Free
- · 2 stocktakes a month
- · One location
- · PDF purchase orders for suppliers
- · Phone stocktakes with team counting
- · Receive stock by scanning barcodes
- · Reorder from low stock or recent sales
One Location
- · Everything in Free
- · For stores with one location
- · Unlimited purchase orders
- · Unlimited stocktakes
Many Locations
- · Every location in your store
- · Everything in Free
- · Unlimited purchase orders
- · Unlimited stocktakes
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureOne-click Stocky CSV import. Insomniac PO keeps inventory moving without spreadsheets. Create purchase orders with live product search, send them to suppliers, and receive stock. Full and partial receipts push quantities straight into Shopify inventory. Reorder suggestions use your real sales velocity plus each supplier's lead time and your safety stock, and they subtract units already on open POs.
Stock Buddy does the jobs Stocky did. Import your Stocky suppliers and purchase orders, then carry on. Run stocktakes with any phone camera, with several staff counting at once, and review the differences before they update Shopify. Create POs that remember each supplier's cost, send them to suppliers as a PDF, and receive in full or in part by scanning. Spread shipping and duty across a PO.
- One-click Stocky CSV import: PO history and suppliers, safe to re-run
- Fill-shelves reorder points from sales velocity, lead time & safety stock
- Suggestions net out inbound units on open POs
- Barcode stocktakes on any phone, with your team counting at the same time.
- Purchase orders that remember each supplier's cost, sent as a PDF.
- Receive in full or in part by scanning, and stock updates in Shopify.
- Reorder suggestions from low stock or recent sales, made into a PO in one click.
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 |  Insomniac Purchase Orders | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Insomniac Purchase Orders | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Insomniac Purchase Orders | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month | $12/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Insomniac Purchase Orders | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #571 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 13, 2026 | Nov 9, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Insomniac Labs | Made By Buddy |
FAQ
Insomniac Purchase Orders and Stock Buddy: common questions
- Is Insomniac Purchase Orders or Stock Buddy cheaper?
- Only Stock Buddy lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Insomniac Purchase Orders and $12/month for Stock Buddy. 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?
- Insomniac Purchase Orders lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Email notifications, Inventory sync. Stock Buddy lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Barcodes, Import and export, Insights, Multi-location. 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 Insomniac Purchase Orders, Nov 9, 2026 for Stock Buddy; 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 Insomniac Purchase Orders, Nov 9, 2026 for Stock Buddy. 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.