RetainAI: Cart Recovery vs Review Care AI: Recover Sales

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.

The short answer

  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for RetainAI and $9.99/month for Review Care AI.
  • RetainAI lists 5 features Review Care AI’s listing doesn’t mention, including Abandoned cart, Analytics, Email requests.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Product reviews
  • Email marketing
  • Product reviews
  • Email marketing
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jun 1, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $79/month
From $0 to $24.90/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · 50 emails per month
  • · AI-written abandoned cart recovery email
  • · RetainAI branded email footer
Pro$29/month
7-day free trial
  • · 1,000 emails per month
  • · Full 3-email recovery cadence
  • · One-click loyalty with discount codes
  • · Post-purchase review requests
Growth$79/month
7-day free trial
  • · 10,000 emails per month
  • · Everything in Pro
  • · Multi-store and priority support
Basic PlanFree
  • · 10 Emails trial (1st month)
  • · 5 Recovery emails/month thereafter
  • · AI-response drafts (Manual)
  • · Manual review sync
  • · Revenue recovery tracking
Advanced Plan$9.99/month
  • · Advanced review filtering
  • · Automatic AI draft generation
  • · Automatic review syncing
  • · Custom email tone settings
  • · Up to 500 recovery emails/month
Pro Plan$24.90/month
  • · Custom Store Name & Logo
  • · Full access to all automation tools
  • · Priority email support
  • · Unlimited recovery emails
  • · White-label branding (No 'Powered by')
Coverage
8 of 11 features73%
6 of 11 features55%
Unique strengths
  • Abandoned cart
  • Analytics
  • Email requests
  • Product reviews
  • +1 more
  • Follow-up emails
  • Templates
  • Win-back emails
Email marketing
70%7/10
60%6/10
Campaign types
60%3/5
60%3/5
Managing campaigns
80%4/5
60%3/5
Product reviews
100%1/1
0%0/1
Ways to collect reviews
100%1/1
0%0/1
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RetainAIReview Care AI11 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

RetainAI bundles three retention engines for small Shopify stores: AI-written abandoned cart recovery, post-purchase review request emails, and one-click loyalty with auto-issued Shopify discount codes. Built for stores that would otherwise install three separate apps for these jobs. Every recovery email is written by Claude AI using the customer's name and the line items in their cart.

Negative reviews can damage your store's reputation and lead to lost revenue. Review Care AI solves this by automatically syncing low-star reviews from Judgeme and drafting highly personalized, empathetic responses powered by AI. By streamlining the feedback loop and providing unique discount incentives, we help you save time, improve your public image, and turn unhappy buyers into repeat customers.

Key points
  • AI cart recovery: 3 emails at 1, 24, 72 hours, personalized to each cart
  • Post-purchase review requests sent 7 days after fulfillment, personalized by AI
  • One-click loyalty with auto-issued discount codes and zero theme edits
  • Instantly generate empathetic, personalized responses to negative product review
  • Save time with automated AI drafts created as soon as negative reviews are synce
  • Easily sync and manage 1-3 star reviews directly from your Judgeme account.
  • Include unique Shopify discount codes in recovery emails to win back customers.
Screenshots
Dashboard view of recovered carts and revenue
Loyalty card with customer points and reward thresholdClean dashboard showing empty state of the appClick-to-expand showing the email body inline
Review Care AI: Converting negative reviews into sales with AI.
Settings for custom AI reply tones and store branding.Dashboard with ROI analytics and synced Judge.me reviews.AI modal to generate and edit recovery email responses.

All the numbers

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Adoption

MeasureRetainAIReview Care AI
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureRetainAIReview Care AI
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureRetainAIReview Care AI
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$29/month$9.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trial7 daysNot listed
Plans listed33

Listing

MeasureRetainAIReview Care AI
Shopify category rank#404in Email marketing#403(ahead)in Email marketing
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJun 1, 2026Jul 17, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperOuttaAppsreview-care-ai

FAQ

RetainAI and Review Care AI: common questions

Is RetainAI or Review Care AI cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for RetainAI and $9.99/month for Review Care AI. 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?
RetainAI lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Abandoned cart, Analytics, Email requests, Product reviews. Review Care AI lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Follow-up emails, Templates, Win-back emails. 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; 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. 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.