Session Flow: Persistent Login vs Shopify Flow
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 8, 2026 for Session Flow, Nov 7, 2026 for Shopify Flow.
The short answer
- Shopify Flow lists 40 features Session Flow’s listing doesn’t mention, including Abandoned cart, APIs, Automations.
Head to head
Automate everything and get back to business
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Growth
- · Analytics
- · Cross-device customer continuity
- · Klaviyo Revenue Amplifier
- · Meta Match Quality Enhancer
- · Persistent Customer Identification
- · Retention focused customer accounts
Scale
- · Advanced personalization
- · Custom integrations
- · Dedicated implementation specialist
- · Everything in Growth, plus:
- · Faster access to new features
- · Priority support
Enterprise
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSession Flow keeps customers logged in across visits so returning shoppers are recognised instantly. By maintaining login state, carts, and preferences, the app reduces friction and enables personalised shopping experiences. Session Flow ensures marketing, analytics, and account-based tools work as intended when customers return.
Flow makes it easy to build custom workflows to automate marketing, order fulfillment, inventory management, fraud prevention, and more. Boost productivity and reclaim your time by automating tasks, streamlining business processes, customizing how your store works, or connecting to your favorite apps and external services.
- Keep shoppers logged in so personalisation works on every return visit
- Prevent lost carts, preferences, and account context between sessions
- Ensure email, loyalty, and subscription apps recognise returning users
- Maintain customer continuity without forcing shoppers to log in again
- Automate your store with hundreds of example templates for popular use cases.
- Customize by adding conditional logic and as many actions as you need.
- Works with tags, metafields, fulfillment, B2B, Slack, Google Sheets, and more.
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 |  Session Flow |  Shopify Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 5 | 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 | Health & Beauty, Apparel & Accessories | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Session Flow | Shopify Flow |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.7 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 15,343 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 679 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 63% |
Pricing
| Measure | Session Flow | Shopify Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $199/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Session Flow | Shopify Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #141 | #1 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 11, 2026 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Digital Mavericks | Shopify |
FAQ
Session Flow and Shopify Flow: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Session Flow lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Accounts portal, Email verification, One-time password (OTP), Profiles. Shopify Flow lists 40 the others don’t mention, such as Abandoned cart, APIs, Automations, Browse abandonment. 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 8, 2026 for Session Flow, Nov 7, 2026 for Shopify Flow; 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 8, 2026 for Session Flow, Nov 7, 2026 for Shopify Flow. 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.