Add urgency with visual low stock countdown counter & hurrify customers to buy before out of stock. Boost holiday sales with an urgency inventory alert.
Free plan available, paid plans from $4.99/month. Prices are the published USD list prices on the Shopify App Store and exclude usage charges.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Development Stores Free | Free |
| Monthly Plan | $4.99/month |
From our daily App Store rank tracking and review history — signals a static listing doesn't show.
Measured against the 6 reviewed apps in Inventory optimization, where it currently sits at #2 of 6 listings.
| Scarcity.AI: Low Stock Counter | Inventory optimization median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7 | 4.75 |
| Reviews | 83 | 55 |
Review volume is around the middle of the category, so read the rating as a real but not decisive signal.
We track Shopify App Store search results daily. Scarcity.AI: Low Stock Counter currently sits at #3 for “stock countdown”, and is in the top 10 for 10 of the terms we track it on.
| Search term | Position | How contested |
|---|---|---|
| stock countdown | #3 | Moderate(43/100) |
| stock counter | #3 | Approachable(33/100) |
| glowroad | #3 | Moderate(43/100) |
| modalyst | #3 | Approachable(33/100) |
| low stock counter | #3 | Approachable(32/100) |
| low stock | #5 | Approachable(36/100) |
| dser | #6 | Approachable(39/100) |
| counter | #7 | Approachable(32/100) |
| dsers | #8 | Moderate(41/100) |
| urgency | #9 | Moderate(46/100) |
| fomo | #12 | Approachable(32/100) |
Its most contested win is “urgency” at #9, a term we score 46/100 for difficulty — the apps competing for it hold thousands of reviews between them.
The most-reviewed apps in Inventory optimization, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 506 EasyScan SKU & Barcode | 5 | 335 | $9.99/mo | compare |
| PML Stock Take Inventory Count | 4.9 | 78 | $10.79/mo | compare |
| Bulk Product Edit by MITS | 4.5 | 31 | $3.99/mo | compare |
| Nada • Hide Out of Stock | 4.8 | 23 | $9.99/mo | compare |
| Material Manager | 4.2 | 19 | $19.99/mo | compare |
Built by Effective Apps, on the App Store since June 2020.
Scarcity.AI: Low Stock Counter has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4.99 per month. The free tier is normally capped on volume, so check the limit against what your store does today.
Scarcity.AI: Low Stock Counter publishes 2 plans: Development Stores Free (free), Monthly Plan at $4.99/month. These are list prices from the Shopify App Store and exclude any usage-based charges.
Scarcity.AI: Low Stock Counter holds 4.7 out of 5 from 83 merchant reviews. That is a small sample, so weigh the rating lightly — read the most recent reviews and judge the app on its features and support instead.
Scarcity.AI: Low Stock Counter currently ranks #3 for "stock countdown" in Shopify App Store search, based on our daily rank tracking.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Inventory optimization are 506 EasyScan SKU & Barcode, PML Stock Take Inventory Count and Bulk Product Edit by MITS. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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