STOQ vs Timesact: which preorder and back-in-stock app is right for your store?
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STOQ vs Timesact: full comparison
The differences that matter
Both apps cover preorders and restock alerts, with SMS, Klaviyo, and Markets. Here's where the choice actually comes down — including where Timesact is the cheaper fit.
Pricing you can actually predict
Timesact's price depends on four things at once: CORE or PRO, Flexible or Fixed, your Shopify plan level, and your order volume. Fixed plans are billed by your Shopify plan — $23 on Basic up to $117 (CORE) or $147 (PRO) at Plus — and Flexible plans add $0.20–$0.30 per order over 10, plus SMS and a $10 add-on. Two stores with the same preorder volume can pay very different amounts.
STOQ is one flat ladder: $10, $29, or $69, the same whether you're on Basic Shopify or Plus. You can read your bill off the plan name.
Shopify Markets and reporting, without the PRO upsell
On Timesact, Shopify Markets, charge-on-fulfillment, and reporting beyond a 30-day window are PRO-only — so to get market targeting and full reporting you're on PRO Fixed, which reaches $147/month at Plus.
STOQ includes Shopify Markets and full reporting on every paid plan, starting at $10. You don't move up a tier — or pay a Plus surcharge — to sell by market or see recovered revenue.
Built to scale: POS, API, and bundles
Timesact runs on your online store, has no public API or headless support, and its newer preorder workflow doesn't work with Shopify bundle apps.
STOQ sells preorders on Shopify POS, ships a read-and-write API, headless, and Dev Mode, and stays bundle-app compatible — the pieces a growing or custom store needs, alongside the online store.
Switching is simple
Switching to STOQ doesn't mean starting over. If you have signups in another app, bring them with you, and your customers keep getting restock alerts on time. Three steps:
