ShelfWatch vs InfoQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShelfWatch
This app uses advanced image recognition to analyze retail shelves. Merchandisers can capture shelf photos to receive reports on stock levels, compliance, and product placement for immediate store improvements.
- Image recognition for product identification
- Share of Shelf analysis
- Out of Stock detection
- Planogram compliance checks
- Point of Sales material monitoring
- Offline photo processing
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ParallelDots' state-of-the-art mobile application, ShelfWatch is built on leading-edge image recognition algorithms to identify products on the retail shelf. ShelfWatch allows merchandisers and sales reps to take a photo of the retail shelf, upload it to ParallelDots cloud and quickly get an actionable report on immediate corrective actions to be taken in the store ShelfWatch delivers the following KPIs in the mobile report: 1. Share of Shelf 2. Out of Stock 3. Planogram Compliance 4. Point of Sales Materials presence and compliance Key features of ShelfWatch are: - Integration with route plans - Questionnaires and surveys - Offline blur and angle detection in photos - Image stitching - Historical store data Note: To use the ParallelDots ShelfWatch mobile app with your business data, you must have an annual subscription of ParallelDots ShelfWatch, with mobile services enabled by our customer success team.
InfoQuest
This mobile solution allows for systematic on-site audits to gather qualitative and quantitative information. It's designed to help improve customer experience wherever your brand engages with customers. Audits can be conducted by professional associates or your own team members.
- On-site audits
- Qualitative data capture
- Quantitative data capture
- Customer experience improvement
- Professional audit teams
- Team member audits
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InfoQuest, a new offering from RetailData, a 35-year pioneer in the observational intelligence space. InfoQuest is a mobile solution to capture any qualitative or quantitative information you need to improve the customer experience, anywhere your customer engages with your brand. InfoQuest empowers systematic and controlled on-site audits, conducted either by our team of professional Research Associates or your team members.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: InfoQuest at 2.6 against ShelfWatch's 1.4. InfoQuest also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (25% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
InfoQuest holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ShelfWatch's written reviews are positive against 25% of InfoQuest's.
ShelfWatch ships an update every 3 weeks, InfoQuest every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ShelfWatch | InfoQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (20 ratings) | 2.6 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ParallelDots, Inc. | Retail Data, LLC |
Customer experience
ShelfWatch
InfoQuest
In-app purchases
ShelfWatch
No in-app purchases
InfoQuest
No in-app purchases
