What’s the best app for tracking your profit?
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The thread centers on choosing a Shopify app to track true profit rather than just revenue. Suggested tools include BeProfit, TrueProfit, AutoDS, Mantle, Bloom, ProfitLossDash, ClearProfit, Lifetimely, and FyreTrail, with comparisons based on features such as COGS (cost of goods sold), ad spend syncing, shipping/payment fees, custom expenses, product-level profitability, cohort/LTV reporting, and real-time P&L dashboards.
Several replies emphasize that accurate profit tracking depends on whether an app captures total ad spend, tracks COGS by variant, supports custom costs, and preserves historical margins when costs change. ProfitLossDash and ClearProfit were highlighted for cost accuracy and pricing, while TrueProfit and Lifetimely were positioned as stronger analytics options.
The latest discussion shifts to landed cost, duty, and foreign exchange handling. A concern was raised about whether landed costs stay accurate when duty or FX rates change after a purchase order is entered. The response clarified that FyreTrail recalculates landed cost only when the store changes purchase order costs; it does not automatically track duty or FX rate changes. The discussion remains open with no single best app selected.
Hello there @Licommerce!
To track your actual profit on Shopify, not just sales, there are a couple of good options.
For something simple and easy to use, BeProfit is a popular choice. It pulls in product costs, ad spend, shipping, and fees so you can see your real profit per order or product.
If you’re running a lot of ads and want more detailed breakdowns, TrueProfit is another solid option.
For a basic overview, Shopify’s built-in analytics is fine, but it won’t show true profit unless you add all your costs manually.
Hi! If you’re looking for the best app to track your profit, I highly recommend AutoDS. It has a built-in profit tracking dashboard that gives you a clear breakdown of your earnings, costs, fees, and net profit in real time.
It automatically factors in: product cost, shipping fees, selling platform fees (like eBay, Shopify, etc.), order fulfillment costs, any additional expenses you input
You can view profit reports by product, supplier, store, or time period, which makes it super easy to know what’s working and where to optimize.
Hey! I’d recommend Mantle. It’s been really helpful to measure all of the basic customer acquisition and retention metrics.
Hey @Licommerce,
If you need an app that excels at tracking profit, Bloom is worth checking out. You can automatically factors in all the costs and expenses your business incurs, so the profit number is accurate.
You can also break profit down by product, order, or channel for any date range. Please share your requirements for a profit-tracking app, and I’ll point you to the best way to set it up.
Cheers!
Hey! I’ve tried a few, but the one I use most is AutoDS because it has a profit dashboard that updates automatically with fees and shipping costs. Makes it way easier to see what you’re actually making without spreadsheets.
I’ve tried a few profit tracking apps, and for me, TrueProfit has been the most practical so far.
What I like is that it doesn’t just show revenue, it actually breaks down COGS, ad spend, transaction fees, shipping, and other costs so I can see my real net profit clearly. That alone helped me avoid scaling products that looked good in revenue but weren’t actually that profitable.
Recently, they’ve also improved a lot in terms of UI and features. I’ve been using:
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Product Analytics to see which products are truly profitable (not just best-sellers).
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Marketing Attribution to better understand which ad channels are driving real conversions.
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Custom Costs: this is a big one for me because I can add extra costs (agent fees, packaging, apps, etc.) and get a much more accurate net profit number.
It’s not perfect, but for the price and what it offers, it’s been a solid option for my store.
Just sharing my experience and it might be worth testing with the trial to see if it fits your workflow
Hey there! Another option worth looking at is ProfitLossDash. It gives you a real-time P&L by pulling in all your Shopify fees, syncing your Google and Meta ad spend, and letting you add custom expenses on top of that.
A couple things that set it apart: unlimited orders at a flat rate so you’re not paying more as you scale, and it locks in your historical product costs so if your COGS change your past margins stay accurate instead of getting recalculated.
Definitely worth trying out if you’re looking for something simple and accurate 
Depends on what level of analytics you need.
If you want LTV analysis, cohort reports, and predictive models: Lifetimely or TrueProfit are the established options. BeProfit is solid too with good custom reporting.
If you mainly just want to see your daily P&L with real COGS and ad spend baked in use ProfitLossDash
The things I’d look for in any profit app: does it pull TOTAL ad spend (not just attributed), does it track COGS per variant (not averaged), and does it timestamp costs so historical data stays accurate when costs change. Those three things are where most tools quietly get the numbers wrong.
Hey @Licommerce
Most of the profit tracking apps out there do a decent job, but most of them also charge $29-99/month which kind of defeats the purpose when you’re trying to protect your margins.
I’ve been using ClearProfit recently and it honestly surprised me. It pulls in your COGS, shipping, payment fees, and ad spend from Meta, TikTok, Google, and Snapchat automatically, then shows you your actual net profit in real time. The part I found most useful is seeing profit broken down per product and per variant, because you’d be surprised how many “best sellers” are actually bleeding money once you factor everything in.
The whole thing is free too, no order limits or paywalls. Setup took maybe 5 minutes.
Worth trying: ClearProfit – Profit Tracker - Shows real profit by combining all revenue and expenses | Shopify App Store
Best,
Moeed
We kept running into cases where an order looked profitable at first and then slowly wasn’t anymore once refunds and shipping got involved. After a while I stopped fully trusting the dashboard numbers and kept opening individual orders to sanity check them.
What ended up working for you here? I’ve tried a couple of profit apps and none get landed cost/duty right curious if you found one that does.
What are you finding that isn’t “right”? How is it you expect that landed cost is correct?
Further, because you tried those apps, I’m sure hoping you communicated with them to tell them your concerns and gave them an opportunity to explain why it is they calculate and cannot change or at least gave them the opportunity to change. Apps having that feedback is crucial.
Fair question. It’s less that the number is wrong and more whether it stays right. Does FyreTrail’s landed cost recalculate automatically if a duty rate or the FX rate moves after the PO’s already in, or is it locked in at whatever it was when it was entered?
Landed Cost only recalculates when the store changes various costs on a Purchase Order. If the store changes the PO it’s expected (by the store) that the landed cost should also change. I will say that we do not automatically track duty rates or FX rates within the app. Doing so would lead to the problems you’re calling out.