Side-by-side comparison
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| Metric | Blink | Hide out of stock | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7 ★ | ★ 4.8 ★ |
| Total reviews | 73 | ★ 10k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free |
| Pricing tiers | 4 tiers | — |
| Listed features | 4 | ★ 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 2 |
On the measured data here, Shop leads on more dimensions (2 vs 0). Pick Blink if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
Built only from the Shopify App Store listing data shown on this page. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparisons. Read the methodology
Read each app's audit: Blink | Hide out of stock audit • Shop audit
| Field | Blink | Hide out of stock | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 78/100 listing audit | 82/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| 1 supported |
| 21 supported |
| Listed since | Oct 2019 | Sep 2020 |
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| Keyword | Blink | Hide out of stock | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| hide sold out products | #1 | Not ranked |
| shop | Not ranked | #1 |
| shop translation services | Not ranked | #2 |
| shopping assistant chatbot | Not ranked | #3 |
| blind box | #10 | Not ranked |
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No tracked changes.
| Signal | Blink | Hide out of stock | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 ★ (73) | 4.8 ★ (10k) |
Review text isn't collected for this app yet (73 reviews on the marketplace).
love this app
excellent
Both Blink | Hide out of stock and Shop offer a free plan. Blink | Hide out of stock lists no paid plan with a published price; Shop lists no paid plan with a published price. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
Blink | Hide out of stock (4.7★, 73 reviews) and Shop (4.8★, 10,348 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Shop holds the higher average rating (4.8★ vs 4.7★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Shop has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (10,348 vs 73).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: Blink | Hide out of stock has 73 published reviews; Shop has 10,348 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Blink | Hide out of stock and Shop both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Blink | Hide out of stock" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.