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Notify Customers with Restock Alert when items are back in stock & make out-of-stock waitlist
Notify customers when products are back in stock and manage an out-of-stock waitlist.
| Metric | Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite | Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro |
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| Rating | ★ 5.0 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 4.4k | 18 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Pricing tiers | 4 tiers | — |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | 2 |
On the measured data here, Back In Stock,Notify Me leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick Essential if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite audit • Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro audit
| Field | Back In Stock,Notify Me | Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 96/100 listing audit | 85/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Languages | 23 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | May 2021 | Jul 2024 |
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| Keyword | Back In Stock,Notify Me | Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro |
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| restock alert | #1 | Not ranked |
| restock alerts | #1 | Not ranked |
| stock alert | #2 | Not ranked |
| back in stock | Not ranked | #23 |
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| Signal | Back In Stock,Notify Me | Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro |
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| Average rating | 5.0 ★ (4.4k) | 4.9 ★ (18) |
I was helped very quickly
Very helpful customer service and app seems to work great.
Great and quick response from Sam. It is budget friendly and comes with great features.
Kbite is exactly what we were looking for. It’s super easy to install, a breeze to use and very simple to customise. Huge shout-out to the owner, Sam - even though he’s a one-man team, his customer service is unmatched. He is always friendly and goes above and beyond to answer questions and help out. If you need a reli
We love using Kbite on our store because it was incredibly easy to set up and customise. It works great! Sam is an absolute pleasure to work with, always delivering top-tier, friendly support whenever you need it.
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Both Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite and Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro offer a free plan. Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite lists no paid plan with a published price; Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro 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.
Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite (5.0★, 4,429 reviews) and Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro (4.9★, 18 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). 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; Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (4,429 vs 18).
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: Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite has 4,429 published reviews; Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro has 18 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite and Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro 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 Essential ‑ Back In Stock Pro" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.