Comparison

Stocklet vs Back in Stock by Appikon

Back in Stock by Appikon is one of the most established restock-alert apps on Shopify. Stocklet covers the same core job — capture demand on sold-out variants, email the shopper when inventory returns — but changes where that email lands and what you can prove it earned: a one-click checkout instead of the product page, and recovered dollars instead of opens and clicks.

Capability
Stocklet
Back in Stock (Appikon)
Email CTA destination
Pre-filled Shopify checkout — variant already in the cart
Back to the product page, where the shopper re-decides
Per-variant waitlists
Yes — Small ≠ Medium ≠ Large, Forest ≠ Cobalt
Variant-level signups supported
Klaviyo sync
Included from Starter ($9/mo)
Integrations available, typically on paid tiers
Revenue attribution
Recovered dollars via cart-attribute + 7-day fallback match
Primarily reach metrics — sends, opens, clicks
Setup
Drag-in theme app block — no Liquid edits
Theme widget plus configuration
Product focus
Back-in-stock only — one job, done well
Back-in-stock alongside the maker's other apps

Comparison reflects publicly available information about Back in Stock (Appikon) and may change. Verify current details on each app's Shopify App Store listing.

Why teams choose Stocklet

Appikon's app is a capable, widely installed restock-alert tool, and if all you need is to notify shoppers that something returned, it does that. The question is what happens after the notification. Stocklet's email drops the shopper into a pre-filled Shopify checkout with the exact variant already in the cart, removing the return trip to the product page where restock sales most often leak.

Stocklet also reports the metric a finance team will accept. A hidden cart attribute ties each recovered order back to the original signup, with a 7-day email-and-variant fallback for shoppers who came back directly, so the dashboard shows recovered dollars rather than send and open counts.

Klaviyo sync is included from the $9 Starter plan, and there's a permanent free plan with 50 alerts a month — so you can run Stocklet against your own catalog before deciding, without a trial clock.

Send shoppers to checkout, not back to the product page.

Free plan forever. Klaviyo sync from $9. Coming soon to the Shopify App Store.