Sortby ‑ Collection Sort vs SortLock
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 $14.99/month for Sortby and $1.99/month for SortLock.
- Sortby lists 1 features SortLock’s listing doesn’t mention, including Push down.
Head to head
Free
- · 1 sorted collection
- · All rules and metafields included
- · Up to 1,000 products per collection
Growth
- · 20 sorted collections
- · All rules and metafields included
- · Up to 2,500 products per collection
Scale
- · All rules and metafields included
- · Unlimited products per collection
- · Unlimited sorted collections
Free
- · 1 active collection
- · 3 active product pins
- · 30-day recovery after reinstall
- · Activity and conflict history
- · Automatic background reconciliation
Pro
- · 30-day recovery after reinstall
- · All six collection sort rules
- · Conflict proposal review
- · Unlimited active collections
- · Unlimited product pins
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureManual merchandising doesn’t scale. Sale items sink below full-price stock, new arrivals hide at the bottom, and sold-out products greet shoppers. Sortby keeps every collection in the order you want. Pin hero products, lift anything on sale, tagged, or matching a pattern, then sort the rest by price, inventory, date, title, vendor, or any metafield.
SortLock keeps selected products in fixed collection positions while unpinned products continue following a native sort rule. Choose from six supported collection orders, then add pins for launches, seasonal products, and featured items. SortLock reconciles changes in the background, records activity and conflicts, and restores the original collection sort order when you unlock.
- Sort by any metafield: numbers, dates, ratings and sizes compared as values.
- Sort by inventory, price, title, vendor, type or product dates in one click.
- Pin the products you want seen, in the exact order you want them.
- Lift what matters with a tag, a text pattern or a number comparison.
- Pin products to fixed positions while the rest keep sorting automatically
- Choose six native collection sort rules for unpinned products
- Capture manual-order conflicts before restoring the protected collection
- Restore the collection's original sort order whenever you unlock
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 |  Sortby |  SortLock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sortby | SortLock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
FAQ
Sortby and SortLock: common questions
- Is Sortby or SortLock cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.99/month for Sortby and $1.99/month for SortLock. 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?
- Sortby lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Push down. 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.