Symo Annotations vs WEB‑STAT: Live Web Analytics
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 Symo Annotations, Nov 9, 2026 for WEB‑STAT.
The short answer
- Only WEB‑STAT lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Symo Annotations and $4.95/month for WEB‑STAT.
- WEB‑STAT lists 18 features Symo Annotations’s listing doesn’t mention, including Activity tracking, Cohort analysis, Custom dashboards.
Head to head
Professional traffic analysis for your shop. Live data.
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Premium
- · Unlimited annotations
Free
- · 14-day Pro preview, then Free
- · Devices and browsers used
- · Latest 50 visits: detailed log & map
- · New vs. repeat visitor
- · Traffic sources and entry pages
- · Traffic summaries for all visits
Basic
- · 6 months of aggregated report history
- · Everything in Free, plus:
- · Exclude your own visits
- · Latest 100 visits: detailed log & map
- · Traffic source and referrer reports
- · Up to 10,000 page views/month
Plus
- · 1 year of aggregated report history
- · Bounce-rate reports
- · Everything in Basic, plus:
- · Latest 1,000 visits: detailed log & map
- · Time-on-site reports
- · Up to 100,000 page views per month
Pro
- · 2 years of aggregated report history
- · Archive details of all visits
- · Downtime alerts
- · Everything in Plus, plus:
- · Label and recognize visitors
- · Latest 2,000 visits: detailed log & map
Max
- · 5 years of aggregated report history
- · Daily aggregation for all reports
- · Everything in Pro, plus:
- · Latest 5,000 visits: detailed log & map
- · Up to 500,000 page views per month
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureUnderstanding your store’s performance goes beyond numbers. With Symo Annotations, you can add context directly to your sales and traffic data, helping you quickly identify what caused spikes, dips, or shifts in customer behavior. Whether you’re launching a new product, running a campaign, changing your pricing, or testing a new strategy, annotations help you keep a clear record of what happened, and why.
Watch store activity as it happens. See where visitors come from, the pages they view, how long they stay, and the paths they take. Track traffic sources, campaigns, conversions, bounce rates, and locations through clear reports and maps. Filter your own visits, schedule alerts and email reports, and export or share results. Setup takes minutes: enable the theme app embed without editing code.
- Add notes to your analytics
- See your annotations directly on charts
- Understand spikes and dips
- Keep your team aligned
- Observe visitors interacting with your website, live.
- Full visitor details, including path through your site, and time on each page.
- Beautiful, user-friendly reports. View, print, email, share or export.
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 |  Symo Annotations |  WEB‑STAT |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 112 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +12 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 12 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | Symo Annotations | WEB‑STAT |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 7 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 1 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Symo Annotations | WEB‑STAT |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month | $4.95/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | 5 |
Listing
| Measure | Symo Annotations | WEB‑STAT |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #1366 | #260(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jan 16, 2026 | Oct 2, 2018 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | siemons.io | WEB-STAT |
FAQ
Symo Annotations and WEB‑STAT: common questions
- Is Symo Annotations or WEB‑STAT cheaper?
- Only WEB‑STAT lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Symo Annotations and $4.95/month for WEB‑STAT. 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?
- WEB‑STAT lists 18 the others don’t mention, such as Activity tracking, Cohort analysis, Custom dashboards, Custom reports. 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 Symo Annotations, Nov 9, 2026 for WEB‑STAT; 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 Symo Annotations, Nov 9, 2026 for WEB‑STAT. 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.