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Slide cart drawer with upsells, reward bar & free shipping goal. Sticky add to cart bar included
| Metric | Cart Pencil | Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | 36 | ★ 1.2k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Pricing tiers | 4 tiers | 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 1 |
On the measured data here, Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell leads on more dimensions (3 vs 0). Pick Cart Pencil if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: Cart Pencil audit • Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell audit
| Field | Cart Pencil | Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 81/100 listing audit | 90/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Feb 2018 | Mar 2025 |
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| Keyword | Cart Pencil | Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell |
|---|---|---|
| cart upsell customization | Not ranked | #1 |
| cart drawer cart | Not ranked | #1 |
| cart sharing and saving | Not ranked | #1 |
| edit orders | #20 | Not ranked |
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Both Cart Pencil and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell offer a free plan. Cart Pencil lists no paid plan with a published price; Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell 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.
Cart Pencil (4.9★, 36 reviews) and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell (5.0★, 1,211 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell 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; Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (1,211 vs 36).
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: Cart Pencil has 36 published reviews; Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell has 1,211 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Cart Pencil and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell 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 Cart Pencil" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.