(Updated September 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for pre-sales Shopify apps and see which apps are gaining the most install momentum. Review counts are the closest proxy to actual installs — Shopify doesn't publish install numbers — so review velocity is one of the strongest signals of merchant adoption for pre-sales apps.
All tracked pre-sales Shopify apps ranked by total review count, with new reviews gained vs 30 days ago and average rating. Filter by country and date range; sort by reviews or review velocity.
| App | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|
3,557161 | 4.9 | |
3,512142 | 5.0 | |
2,98382 | 4.9 | |
2,755244 | 4.9 | |
2,00434 | 5.0 | |
1,84037 | 4.8 | |
1,5192 | 4.8 | |
1,364236 | 5.0 | |
1,20162 | 5.0 | |
1,19439 | 4.9 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 pre-sales Shopify apps over the past year — a longitudinal view of which apps keep accumulating reviews and which have flattened.
| App | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3,11183 | 3,242131 | 3,404162 | 3,569165 | 3,713144 | 3,828115 | |
3,037149 | 3,213176 | 3,376163 | 3,516140 | 3,642126 | 3,751109 | |
1,89350 | 1,93340 | 1,97340 | 2,00734 | 2,04437 | 2,09147 | |
1,70546 | 1,75247 | 1,80351 | 1,84542 | 1,90863 | 1,94032 | |
793166 | 943150 | 1,138195 | 1,382244 | 1,497115 | 1,55356 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 pre-sales Shopify apps reached 1,000 reviews — months since launch on the X-axis, cumulative review count on the Y-axis. Adjust the milestone or app set with the filters above.
| App | Months to Reach 1,000 Reviews | Current Review Count |
|---|---|---|
38 | 3,554 | |
41 | 1,966 | |
46 | 3,619 | |
51 | 3,004 | |
104 | 2,750 |
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Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert leads pre-sales Shopify apps with 3,557 cumulative reviews and a 4.9★ average rating. Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ (3,512 reviews) and Seal Subscriptions App (2,983 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 45.8% of all reviews across the top tier — a fragmented review landscape with reviews spread broadly. Notable mover: Order Printer Pro: PDF Invoice added the most new reviews this month (+244) — a strong recent install signal.
Pre-Sales reviews are spread broadly — Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert (3,557), Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ (3,512), and Seal Subscriptions App (2,983) all carry meaningful review bases. With this distribution, review velocity and rating differentiate pre-sales apps better than total reviews alone.
Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert accumulated 2,057 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026, growing from 1,771 to 3,828 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for pre-sales apps. Across the top 5 plotted pre-sales apps, the steepest ongoing slopes mark the ones still actively winning new merchants — absolute review counts matter less than recent acceleration when picking apps in a category that's still growing.
Comparing pre-sales apps on review trend slope rather than absolute count is the sharper signal — an app gaining reviews fast is winning current merchants, while Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert's 3,828 cumulative base reflects long-running adoption that may or may not still be translating to new installs.
Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ reached 1,000 reviews in 38 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 pre-sales apps tracked here. Preorder Now Presale Timesact in 41 months, Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert in 46 months, Seal Subscriptions App in 51 months, and Order Printer Pro: PDF Invoice took 104 months to cross the same milestone, a 66-month spread between the fastest and slowest in the set.
All 5 apps in this set have crossed 1,000 reviews, with current cumulative counts now ranging from 1,966 (Preorder Now Presale Timesact) to 3,619 (Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert) — a 1.8× difference, showing how far ahead the leader has continued to build past the milestone.
The 66-month gap between Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ's and Order Printer Pro: PDF Invoice's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this pre-sales set — the leader found its merchant audience early, while late-rampers took multiple years to reach the same review depth. For merchants comparing these apps today, slower-ramping apps may have closed the functionality gap but still operate on smaller review bases.
Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert has the most reviews among pre-sales Shopify apps with 3,557 total reviews, ahead of Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ at 3,512. Sort the table by Reviews (High to Low) to see the full ranked list.
Reviews are the closest publicly available proxy for install volume on Shopify — Shopify doesn't publish install counts, so cumulative reviews and review velocity are the standard way to measure adoption. For pre-sales apps, this page shows total reviews, new reviews per month, and time-to-1,000 reviews so you can compare both established scale and current momentum.
Order Printer Pro: PDF Invoice is gaining the most new reviews this month among pre-sales apps, adding 244 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ hit 1,000 reviews in 38 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked pre-sales Shopify apps. Use the "Fastest to 1,000 Reviews" chart above to compare against other apps or change the milestone (5,000, 10,000, etc.).
The top 5 pre-sales apps average 4.9★ across 14,893 combined reviews — a strong overall quality benchmark. Individual ratings appear in the table above; sort by Reviews to see how rating varies across the most-installed apps.
Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert has accumulated the most reviews over time (3,557), but Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ currently holds higher market share. Cumulative reviews reflect long-running merchant adoption, while market share is computed from recent review velocity — so a faster-ramping newer app can lead share before its cumulative reviews catch up.
Review counts and rating data refresh weekly on this page. The Reviews Trend chart aggregates monthly intervals by default — switch to weekly granularity for shorter-term signals or yearly for macro trends.
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