Stocky vs UreyukiBox

The short version

Stocky vs UreyukiBox, feature by feature

Rows are grouped the way Stocky users actually think about the app: deciding, ordering, receiving, and everything physical.

Where Stocky is still ahead

The important gaps, so you can rule UreyukiBox out quickly if they are your core workflow:

• POS integration. Stocky was built into POS Pro. UreyukiBox is an admin app, so a retail-floor workflow built around POS devices does not map over. There is no committed delivery date for a POS surface. Stocktakes, receiving, stock adjustments and barcode scanning already exist in the admin app.
• Other sales channels. UreyukiBox is built around the Shopify store and does not support non-Shopify channel workflows. There is no committed delivery date for multi-channel support.
• Supplier payment terms. UreyukiBox does not store per-supplier closing dates or payment cycles, so the purchasing cashflow calendar projects spend at the date stock arrives. Real payments land later, so the calendar shows the money as needed earlier than it truly is — safe, but not exact.
• Minimum order quantities need a paste step. Stocky exposes MOQs neither through its API nor in any CSV export. Copy the Order limits table and paste it directly into UreyukiBox; the importer matches SKUs and quantities without spreadsheet cleanup, but this route is separate from the API copy.
• No review history yet. UreyukiBox is newly listed on the App Store. If a long public track record is part of how you choose software, that is a fair reason to pick an older app.

Where UreyukiBox goes further

• Safety stock you can reason about. Reorder points carry a service level and a statistical safety-stock component computed from your own demand and lead-time variability — shown as a breakdown, not a black box.
• Double-ordering prevention. Suggested quantities subtract stock on hand, inbound transfers, and orders you have already placed in the app — so a slow supplier does not get ordered twice.
• Slow movers handled separately. Products that sell occasionally are estimated from order frequency and size rather than a 30-day average that swings wildly.
• Money-side visibility. A purchasing cashflow calendar projects when draft orders will hit your bank account, and dead-stock detection shows where cash is sleeping.
• Supported Stocky records are stored. Suppliers feed current operations and product–supplier links are retained. Historical purchase orders, line items, adjustments, imported reports, normalized rows and their original source files can be searched and reviewed in Stocky Data, then exported as CSV or PDF. Plan-restricted rows are masked on the server rather than delivered to the browser.

One Stocky migration entry for API copy and standalone CSV import

Migration is the part a Stocky replacement most often fumbles, so here is exactly how it works, including where each file comes from:

1. API copy in Stocky migration, through August 31. Paste a Stocky API key to preserve suppliers, purchase-order parents and line items, stock-adjustment parents and line items, purchase tax types, API payloads, and product–supplier candidates recovered from PO history. Copied purchase tax types remain reference data and are not assigned to products automatically.
2. Standalone Stocky CSV import, from September 1. Open it directly from the same Stocky migration entry without API copy or an API key. Import low_stock_csv.csv from Reports → Low Stock; each stocktake’s download_csv.csv; purchase_orders.csv plus every individual purchase_order_<number>.csv; adjustment, Stock on hand, available Transfers, Average cost and other Stocky-generated report files. The importer retains the original and normalizes tables it can parse.
3. Supported screen tables and evidence. Paste each vendor’s Order limits table for MOQs and Statistics-style tables with their filter context. If a note exists only on a Stocky screen, attach the screen or file as evidence rather than claiming an API field that Stocky does not expose.
4. Review and export. Stocky Data provides record lists, details, search, upcoming-payment summaries, source files and CSV/PDF downloads. Originals remain available for later re-import.

Every Stocky API stops on August 31, so finish the API route first. Shopify says read-only exports remain available for at least 90 days, so standalone Stocky CSV import, the supported Order limits/Statistics table import and evidence capture remain the post-shutdown path. Save independent originals early rather than making the grace period your only copy. See Shopify’s official transition guide. The shutdown checklist covers what to export in what order.

How the other Stocky alternatives compare

Prices are lined up at the tier that actually reaches the same job — forecast, purchase order, receive, write back to Shopify inventory. Comparing first tiers against first tiers flips the answer (Stockie’s $4.99 tier is alerts only; its purchase orders live on the $59.99 tier). Figures were read directly from each App Store listing in August 2026, with every rating and review count re-checked on 5 August 2026.

Also worth comparing: Shopify’s native purchase orders

The third option is free: Shopify’s native supplier management and purchase orders. Sidekick can recommend products from sales and create a draft PO, while Shopify Flow can send low-stock notifications. The remaining difference is a durable replenishment policy with lead times, MOQs, automatic alerts and supplier-ready emails. If you are weighing that route, read Stocky vs Shopify’s native purchase orders before deciding.

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