StoreHQ: SEO & AEO Audit vs StoreScan ‑ Audit & Optimize
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for StoreHQ, Oct 13, 2026 for StoreScan.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for StoreHQ and $9.99/month for StoreScan.
- StoreScan lists 10 features StoreHQ’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, Analytics, Content optimization.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 lifetime scan
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
- · Scores and prioritized issues
- · Up to 50 pages per scan
Starter
- · 2 rescans per month
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
- · Scores and prioritized issues
- · Up to 250 pages per scan
Growth
- · 5 rescans per month
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Custom page allocation by type
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
- · Scores and prioritized issues
Pro
- · 10 rescans per month
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Custom page allocation by type
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Hand-pick exact URLs to audit
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
Free Plan
- · 2 store scans / month
- · Basic recommendations
- · In-app issue list
- · SEO scanner only
- · Severity tagging (High / Medium / Low)
Starter Plan
- · 10 store scans / month
- · 4 core scanners
- · Email alerts for critical issues
- · In-app issue list with filters
- · Manual scans (run anytime)
- · Severity tagging & recommendations
Pro Plan
- · 30 store scans / month
- · AI-powered recommendations
- · Email alerts for critical issues
- · Fix tracking
- · Full scanner suite (10 scanners)
- · Manual + scheduled scans
Enterprise Plan
- · 100 store scans / month
- · AI-powered recommendations
- · All Pro features included
- · Email alerts for critical issues
- · Full scanner suite (10 scanners)
- · Manual + scheduled scans
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStoreHQ runs a full, read-only technical SEO and AEO audit of your Shopify store - no edits, ever - checking readiness for Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI search engines. Scan titles, meta descriptions, headings, alt text, JSON-LD structured data, internal links, canonicals, crawlability, robots.txt, llms.txt, agents.md, sitemaps, and redirects.
StoreScan identifies and fixes critical store issues that hurt conversions and SEO. Our 9 automated scanners check setup, SEO, page speed, security, accessibility, broken links, inventory, analytics, and images. Each scan generates a health score with prioritized issues. Get AI-powered recommendations with step-by-step instructions.
- Run a full-store SEO and AEO audit from Shopify admin in one scan.
- Compare admin SEO fields with what your live storefront pages render.
- Check robots.txt, sitemap coverage, agents.md, llms.txt for crawler readiness.
- See SEO and AEO scores with issues grouped by severity and category.
- 9 scanners: SEO, performance, security, accessibility, inventory & analytics
- AI-powered recommendations with step-by-step fix instructions for each issue
- Schedule automatic scans, get email alerts, generate professional PDF reports
- Track store health score over time and monitor issue resolution progress
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 |  StoreHQ |  StoreScan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StoreHQ | StoreScan |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 6 | 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
StoreHQ and StoreScan: common questions
- Is StoreHQ or StoreScan cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for StoreHQ and $9.99/month for StoreScan. 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?
- StoreHQ lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as 404 pages, Duplicate content, JSON-LD, Redirects. StoreScan lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, Analytics, Content optimization, Image optimization. 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 14, 2026 for StoreHQ, Oct 13, 2026 for StoreScan; 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 14, 2026 for StoreHQ, Oct 13, 2026 for StoreScan. 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.