Shopify app comparison · updated Sep 16, 2026
Back In Stock,Notify Me vs Firepush
Compare Back In Stock,Notify Me and Firepush for Shopify using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
DEVSQUAT SOLUTIONS
Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite
Notify Customers with Restock Alert when items are back in stock & make out-of-stock waitlist
- Rating
- 5.00
- Reviews
- 4,126
- Review growth · 30d
- +263 · +6.8%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 5
- Stores observed
- 2,265
Firepush Ltd
Firepush ‑ SMS & Web Push
Increase revenue with cart recovery & engage customers with custom texts and web push notifications.
- Rating
- 4.80
- Reviews
- 200
- Review growth · 30d
- +39 · +24.2%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 10
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
What stands out
Back In Stock,Notify Me carries 20.5× the App Store review depth; the other measurable signals are close.
- Rating
- Back In Stock,Notify Me leads5.0 vs 4.8
- Review growth
- Firepush faster+24.2% vs +6.8%
- Review depth
- Back In Stock,Notify Me20.5× more reviews
- Observed adoption
- Not comparable yet
Review trajectory
How each app's Shopify reviews are moving.
Daily App Store review counts since we began tracking — who's gaining reviews fastest, who holds the larger base, and how the race is developing.
Back In Stock,Notify Me leads total reviews and is adding them fastest over the tracked window.
Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Aug 18 – Sep 16, 2026
Head-to-head
The signals, side by side.
Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.
| Dimension | Back In Stock,Notify Me | Firepush | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5.00 | 4.80 | Back In Stock,Notify Me +0.20 |
| Reviews | 4,126 | 200 | Back In Stock,Notify Me 20.5× |
| Review growth · 30d | +263 · +6.8% | +39 · +24.2% | Firepush faster |
| Listed pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 5 | 10 | Firepush +5y |
| Stores observed | 2,265 | No footprint yet | Not comparable |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
Back In Stock,Notify Me
4.99 avg · 4,004 reviews
Firepush
4.76 avg · 164 reviews
| Signal | Back In Stock,Notify Me | Firepush | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 99% | 88% | Back In Stock,Notify Me leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | 5.00 | — | Level |
| Replies to reviews | 1% | 1% | Level |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | 67% | 14% | Back In Stock,Notify Me leads |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 4% | 11% | Firepush leads |
| Top market | United States 35% | United States 51% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 4,004 | 164 | — |
Based on public merchant reviews, with newer feedback given more weight. OngoingAI matches each review to an identifiable store and the app they use.
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose Back In Stock,Notify Me if…
- You need stock alerts
- You need auto-alerts
- You need batch send
- A higher App Store rating is a priority
Choose Firepush if…
- You need web push
- You need cart recovery
- You need flash sales
- Recent review-growth signals matter to you
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
What Back In Stock,Notify Me and Firepush each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 3% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
Back In Stock,Notify Me only
19
- Stock alerts
- Auto-alerts
- Batch send
- Multi-language
- SMS
- Out of stock
- Price drop
- Custom alerts
- Alert settings
- Notification templates
- Notification button
- Pop-ups
- Waitlists
- Customer demand
- Inventory reports
- Performance reports
- Inventory tracking
- Marketing - Other
Firepush only
29
- Web push
- Cart recovery
- Flash sales
- Order updates
- Price alerts
- Promotions
- Welcome messages
- Retargeting
- Auto-notifications
- Subscriber list
- Opt-in
- List cleanup
- Segments
- Conversion tracking
- Engagement tracking
- SMS marketing
- A/B testing
- Bulk messaging
- Custom sender ID
- Personalized messages
- Scheduled messages
- Templates
- Real-time analytics
- ROI tracking
1 shared capabilities
- Back in stock
Observed adoption
Who actually runs each, on real stores.
The stores OngoingAI’s weekly census observes running each app, and the platform each skews toward — observed presence, not vendor-reported install totals.
Adoption comparison unavailable — a publishable footprint exists for only one app.
Back In Stock,Notify Me
2,265
stores observed
Skews Shopify · 100%
Firepush
No reliable footprint yet
OngoingAI hasn’t observed enough high-confidence installations to publish an adoption count. This does not mean zero installations.
Scope
What this comparison measures.
What it measures
Shopify App Store ratings and review counts, rating distribution, developer reply rates, reviewer tenure and geography, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Back In Stock,Notify Me and Firepush.
What it doesn’t
Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.
Methodology
Where the numbers come from.
Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Sep 16, 2026.
See who’s switching — as it happens.
Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Back In Stock,Notify Me or Firepush, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.