Lightning Inventory

Shopify inventory optimization app by Automate Commerce·Stocktakes | Transfers | Adjustments | Supplier Receipts | Barcode Scanning | CSV

Snapshot

4.30(11 reviews)#63of 432 inInventory optimization

Ongoing.AI tracks Lightning Inventory daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

Rating

4.30

11 reviews

Pricing

From $15/mo

free_trial

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

4

launched Jul 21, 2021

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Catalog position

Where Lightning Inventory sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Inventory optimization category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Inventory optimization

#63

of 432 active apps

Review count percentile

85th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

65th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

4

since 2021

Listing change cadence

What Lightning Inventory has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

Listing changes · last 21 days+14shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-05 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-17shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-17 → 2026-06-20shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-20 → 2026-06-21shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-21 → 2026-06-24tagline: Lighting fast inventory transfer… → Stocktakes | Transfers | Adjustm…description: A lighting fast way to transfer … → The Lightning-fast way to manage…pricing_tiers: LIGHTNING PRO → LIGHTNING PROcategories: Inventory optimization (+1 more) → Inventory optimizationshopify_lastmod: 2026-06-24 → 2026-06-26shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-26 → 2026-06-28shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-28 → 2026-06-30Jun 11, 26Jun 21, 26Jul 2, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-28 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 29

2026-06-26 → 2026-06-28

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 28

2026-06-24 → 2026-06-26

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

4.30(11 reviews)
  • 92%positive11
  • 0%neutral0
  • 8%negative1

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    Lifesaving app. We use it to keep track of our returns and the functionality is great. We are able to barcode scan from multiple mobile or ipads and keep the count in one file, ready for a list to transfer back to our main warehouse. The customer support is outstanding, regular improvements and very responsive.
    Kojo Fit · 5 · 2024-06-09

    What merchants complain about

    I wish this did the one simple thing I needed it to: move all of my inventory at one location to another with one click. But it doesn't. I still had to choose every item (over 200 of them) manually, add them to a list and then manually click through every one to bring its number to zero at the first location, having also adjusted the inventory numbers individually at the second location. For me, this is money totally wasted - I could have done that myself without the app.
    Nettle + Silk · 2 · 2024-09-20

    Plans

    Lightning Inventory pricing tiers.

    LIGHTNING PRO

    $15.95/month

    • Real-time, multi-user stocktakes
    • Instant or send & receive transfers
    • Supplier receipts
    • Instant adjustments
    • CSV import & export
    • Barcode & QR scanning

    Capabilities

    What Lightning Inventory can do.

    The 7 capabilities Lightning Inventory lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

    Inventory management

    7
    • Barcodes
    • Multi-location
    • SKUs
    • Stock replenishment
    • Stock transfer
    • Scanners
    • Inventory planning

    FAQ

    Lightning Inventory — frequently asked questions.

    What is Lightning Inventory on Shopify?
    Lightning Inventory is a Shopify app in the Inventory optimization category. The Lightning-fast way to manage inventory. Keep stock levels accurate with real-time, multi-user stocktaking, optimized for mobile and desktop. Scope your stocktakes by location, vendor, product type, tag, or bay/bin locations stored in metafields. Move inventory between locations with instant or send/receive transfers, make adjustments on the go, and receive inventory from suppliers into your store. Plus CSV import/export, barcode and QR scanning, and much more. It averages 4.30 out of 5 across 11 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does Lightning Inventory cost?
    Lightning Inventory has a single paid plan at $15/month on the Shopify App Store.
    Is Lightning Inventory free?
    No, Lightning Inventory is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $15/month on the Shopify App Store.
    When was Lightning Inventory launched?
    Lightning Inventory launched on July 21, 2021 — over 4 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 11 merchant reviews.
    Is Lightning Inventory Built for Shopify?
    Lightning Inventory does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
    What are the best Lightning Inventory alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare Lightning Inventory with Etsy Integration by QuickSync, Inventory Management, 506 EasyScan SKU & Barcode, and Bundles.app. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.

    Methodology

    Where the numbers come from.

    Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

    Find every brand running Lightning Inventory.

    Ongoing.AI tracks every Shopify brand’s app stack daily. Pull the full install list, filter by vertical or geography, and catch the moment merchants install — or churn off.

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