The 10 Best Abandoned Checkout Apps for Shopify

The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for abandoned checkout, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.

Updated October 10, 2026 · Organic ranking

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Nothing here recovers an abandoned cart, and that is not a quibble. A Shopify cart is merchandise and a total, with nobody attached to it. What Shopify records is an abandoned checkout, defined as an incomplete checkout where the customer added items and provided contact information but did not complete the purchase, and it comes with a recovery URL. Before that contact detail exists, there is no record and no one to write to.

That single fact splits the category. Some apps work the abandoned checkout Shopify already has, which is reliable and starts late. Others capture an email address or a phone number themselves, in the cart drawer or an exit popup, so they can message people who never reached checkout at all. The second is the real reason to pay for one of these, and it is a different feature from the first.

Shopify also does a version of this for free, which is worth measuring against. Its own recovery message is sent by default only to customers subscribed to email marketing, and defaults to a ten hour wait. Consent is tracked per channel as separate objects for email, SMS and WhatsApp, each with its own opt-in level and state, so permission on one channel says nothing about another.

1

Abandoned Cart Email Marketing

★ 4.9 (173 reviews) · Free plan available

Email marketing & abandoned checkout recovery. Pay-As-You-Send
Built for Shopify
2

WhatFlow WhatsApp Business API

★ 5.0 (46 reviews) · Free trial available

Recover abandoned checkouts and send order updates on WhatsApp
3

Whapi: WhatsApp API Automation

★ 5.0 (43 reviews) · Free trial available

Recover abandoned checkouts, confirm orders & chat on WhatsApp
Built for Shopify
4

Wiz AI Email Marketing

★ 5.0 (225 reviews) · Free plan available

Drive sales via AI email marketing & abandoned cart recovery
Built for Shopify
5

Exportsy Sync To Google Sheets

★ 4.9 (32 reviews) · Free plan available

Sync orders, refunds & abandoned checkouts to Google Sheets
Built for Shopify
6

Vrobo: WhatsApp API Automation

★ 5.0 (53 reviews) · Free trial available

Recover abandoned checkouts, confirm orders & chat on WhatsApp
7

Propel Replay, Survey, Heatmap

★ 4.9 (702 reviews) · Free plan available

Fix lost sales: record session replays, heatmaps, AI analytics
Built for Shopify
8

Releasit COD Form & Upsells

★ 4.9 (2,496 reviews) · Free to install

Cash on Delivery Form for Dropshipping: Upsells, OTP, SMS
Built for Shopify
9

SMART Checkout Rules & Upsells

★ 5.0 (793 reviews) · Free

Checkout upsell app, rules & post purchase upsells to grow AOV
Built for Shopify
10

Abandoned Checkout To Draft

· Free

Recover abandoned checkouts into draft orders

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What to look for in a Abandoned Checkout app

Pre-checkout capture, or not: Ask directly whether the app can only work from Shopify's abandoned checkouts or whether it captures contact details earlier. The answer decides how many people it can reach, and it is the difference between recovering a fraction of drop-offs and recovering most of them.
Which channel, and whether you may use it: Email, SMS and WhatsApp each carry their own consent state on the customer record. An app that sends on a channel you have no permission for is a compliance problem, not a growth tactic. Check what it does when consent is missing: skipping is the right behaviour.
Against the free one: Shopify already sends a recovery email after a default wait. Decide whether you are replacing that or adding to it, make sure both are not firing, and hold the app to a lift measured over the native baseline rather than over silence.
What the discount policy is: Every app here offers discounts in recovery messages, and it is the fastest way to teach customers to abandon on purpose. Look for controls: a delay before any discount appears, a cap, exclusions, and reporting that separates carts recovered with a discount from carts recovered without one.
How the sequence stops: The message that arrives after someone has already bought is the one people remember. Ask how quickly a completed order halts the sequence, what happens when the same person abandons twice in a week, and whether there is a frequency cap across all your apps rather than just this one.
Attribution you can argue with: Recovery apps take credit generously. Ask what window they attribute over, whether a customer who would have returned anyway counts, and whether you can see the underlying orders. A number you cannot reconcile with your own reports is not a number.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best Abandoned Checkout app for Shopify?

Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "abandoned checkout", Abandoned Cart Email Marketing currently holds the #1 spot, with a 4.9 star rating across 173 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.

How is this ranking determined?

We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "abandoned checkout", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "abandoned checkout", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.

Which Abandoned Checkout apps are Built for Shopify?

7 of the top 10 abandoned checkout apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Abandoned Cart Email Marketing, Whapi: WhatsApp API Automation, Wiz AI Email Marketing, Exportsy Sync To Google Sheets, Propel Replay, Survey, Heatmap and more.

What does the Built for Shopify badge mean?

Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify is the highest level of recognition Shopify awards an app. To earn the badge, an app must meet Shopify's standards for safety, performance, ease of use, and proven usefulness: it cannot slow down the admin, storefront, or checkout, must integrate seamlessly into the Shopify admin, and must demonstrate quality through installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring ones with the badge is a safe default. Learn more about the Built for Shopify badge →

As of October 10, 2026, the top-ranked abandoned checkout app on the Shopify App Store is Abandoned Cart Email Marketing, with a 4.9 star rating across 173 reviews. 7 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 5.0 stars across 4,563 reviews.

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