The Best Shopify Store Hours & Scheduling Apps Compared

For stores that need actual checkout enforcement, OrderRules is the best Shopify store hours app — it blocks orders outside business hours, includes a 1-click holiday calendar for 16 countries, and ALSO covers order limits, MOQ, and per-customer rules in the same app. We Are Open is the only other app that enforces at checkout, but it does scheduling only. The other 4 apps (Opening Hours, Store Hours, Common Ninja, Closing Time Manager) display hours but cannot block orders.

No. Shopify has no native way to display business hours, schedule store open/close times, or block checkout outside hours. Any of these capabilities requires an app — either a display-only widget or an app like OrderRules or We Are Open that enforces at checkout via Shopify Functions.

Display-only apps show your business hours on the storefront as a widget but cannot prevent customers from placing orders outside those hours. Enforcement apps use Shopify Functions to block checkout when your store is closed — Shop Pay, Apple Pay, and direct checkout URLs are all covered. 5 of 6 store hours apps are display-only; only OrderRules and We Are Open actually enforce.

OrderRules' free Starter plan includes store hours, a holiday calendar and a daily cap of up to 100 orders, and it closes checkout outside your hours. Free display-only options: Opening Hours by Daniel's Partner (1 location), Store Hours by GoodApps (free to install, paid usage from $1/month), Common Ninja (300 views a month) and Closing Time Manager. OPH by Addify is free and hides the cart button outside hours, which a direct checkout link can get around. We Are Open has no free plan ($9.99/month). Checked October 8, 2026.

Only if the app enforces at checkout via Shopify Functions. Display widgets cannot stop orders — customers see the hours but checkout still works. Apps that block orders outside hours: OrderRules (recommended — also covers order limits) and We Are Open (scheduling only). OPH (Addify) hides the cart button but the workaround is bypassable via direct checkout URL.

Not if you pick OrderRules. Most merchants run two apps — one for scheduling (display or enforcement) and one for order limits — which means two subscriptions, two dashboards, and two rule systems to maintain. OrderRules combines both in one app. Replace two apps with one.

Store-hours apps typically run from free to about $10 per month, which makes this one of the cheaper app categories. OrderRules covers store hours on its free Starter plan — unlimited business-hours schedules, a one-click holiday calendar for 16 countries, dynamic storefront messaging and checkout validation via Shopify Functions, at no cost. You only move to Pro at $9.99/month if you also need order limits, per-customer caps or CSV bulk management. Because the same app handles hours and limits, most merchants who need both pay once rather than subscribing to two apps.

Each day has its own open and close times, and you can close whole days. OrderRules gives each day one opening window, and that window can run past midnight for late-night service. It doesn't support two separate windows in one day, such as lunch from 11am to 2pm and dinner from 5pm to 9pm with checkout closed in between. For that, use delivery time slots on Advanced, or a scheduling app like We Are Open that supports multiple slots per day.

Two things, in that order. A daily order cap, so the store stops taking orders once the kitchen or workshop is full rather than only when it closes. Then per-customer purchase limits, if one buyer clearing your stock is a risk — those cap how many orders, units, spend or weight a single customer can buy in a period, and are enforced at checkout. Store hours and a daily cap of up to 100 orders are free on the Starter plan; weekly and monthly caps and per-customer rules are on Pro.