Is Cogsy an alternative to Lifetimely?

No. Lifetimely is a profit analytics app and Cogsy has no profit dashboard, ad spend or order reports. Cogsy manages the product cost that a profit app starts from, so the two are used together more often than one replaces the other.

How much does Lifetimely cost?

Free plan; paid plans from $49 to $299 a month, as shown on its Shopify App Store listing on 8 October 2026. Check the listing for current pricing.

Does Lifetimely keep a history of cost changes?

Yes, in its own way. Lifetimely's listing or help pages describe costs with dates or a cost history. Cogsy records every cost as a dated row with a source, and a row is never edited or deleted.

Cogsy vs Lifetimely

Lifetimely is built around lifetime value, cohorts and P&L. Its cost settings are capable: a cost set in Lifetimely can have a start and end date and can be imported by CSV, and a default margin stands in where a product has no cost. Those costs live in Lifetimely. Cogsy keeps the cost record in one place and writes it to Shopify, where every tool can read it.

Updated 8 October 2026

Profit analytics apps. Facts about Lifetimely are from its Shopify App Store listing and its own help pages as they read on 8 October 2026. A feature marked "not mentioned" may still exist; we only record what the vendor states.

Feature by feature

Capability	Cogsy	Lifetimely
Finds variants with no cost	Yes	Not mentioned
Costs with dates or a cost history	YesEvery cost has a date it applies from	Yes
A cost per supplier for one variant	YesYou choose which source is in use	Not mentioned
Extra costs on top of the unit cost	YesPer unit or as a percent of price	Not mentioned
Costs bundles from their components	Yes	Not mentioned
Cost import by CSV	YesBy SKU, with a preview	Yes
Bulk cost editing	PartlyBy CSV, or one cost for a product or the whole shop	Yes
Writes cost to Shopify's cost per item	YesWhen you run it; you choose what the figure includes	Not mentioned
Low-margin flags or alerts	PartlyFlags in the app; no notifications	Not mentioned
Spreads freight and duty across a shipment	NoYou enter the per-unit amount	Not mentioned
Purchase orders	No	Not mentioned
Inventory forecasting	No	Not mentioned
Profit by order	No	Not mentioned
Ad spend tracking	No	Yes

Choose Lifetimely if

You want LTV, cohort and CAC reporting.
You want a P&L with ad spend and custom reports.
You are content to estimate missing costs with a default margin.

Choose Cogsy if

You want missing costs listed and fixed, not estimated.
You want the corrected cost in Shopify itself, for Shopify's reports and other apps.
You need a cost per supplier, costs on top of the unit cost, or bundles.

Using both

Lifetimely reads the cost per item held in Shopify. Keep that figure right with Cogsy, with the costs you choose rolled into it, and Lifetimely reports profit on a number you can trace. A cost entered in Lifetimely overrides the Shopify one, so leave Lifetimely's own cost empty for products you manage in Cogsy.

About Lifetimely

An analytics app centred on profit and loss, customer lifetime value and cohort reporting for consumer brands. It combines store and marketing data into P&L, CAC and LTV reports with custom dashboards, sales forecasting and an AI 'Profit Agent'.

Listed as: Lifetimely Profit Analytics
Made by: Lifetimely
Price: Free plan; paid plans from $49 to $299 a month
Free trial: Free plan available; 14-day free trial on S, M and L
App Store rating: 4.9 from 552 reviews
On the App Store since: February 19, 2019
Built for Shopify badge: No

How Lifetimely handles product cost

The help center describes four cost methods with a fixed priority: a cost set in Lifetimely overrides Shopify's cost per item (imported automatically), and a default COGS margin is used only when a product has no other cost. A Lifetimely cost can carry an optional start date and end date; with no dates it applies to the full order history, and with a start date it applies only to orders placed on or after that date. Costs can be imported by CSV with required columns SKU and product_cost and an optional shipping_cost column, with a column-matching step before 'Import data'. Products with no cost are not flagged; instead the default margin percentage is applied as a fallback estimate. Lifetimely costs can be cleared in bulk, after which the Shopify cost or default margin applies again.

What Lifetimely does that Cogsy does not

Customer lifetime value, predictive LTV and cohort analysis
Profit and loss reporting with ad spend and CAC
Custom reports and dashboards
Sales forecasting and benchmarks
Default margin fallback so reports are not overstated while costs are missing
Amazon data add-on
AI Profit Agent and MCP connector

Lifetimely is a trademark of its owner; Cogsy is not affiliated with it. If something here is out of date, write to support@cogsy.app and we will correct it.

Questions

Is Cogsy an alternative to Lifetimely?: No. Lifetimely is a profit analytics app and Cogsy has no profit dashboard, ad spend or order reports. Cogsy manages the product cost that a profit app starts from, so the two are used together more often than one replaces the other.
Can I use Cogsy and Lifetimely together?: Lifetimely reads the cost per item held in Shopify. Keep that figure right with Cogsy, with the costs you choose rolled into it, and Lifetimely reports profit on a number you can trace. A cost entered in Lifetimely overrides the Shopify one, so leave Lifetimely's own cost empty for products you manage in Cogsy.
How much does Lifetimely cost?: Free plan; paid plans from $49 to $299 a month, as shown on its Shopify App Store listing on 8 October 2026. Check the listing for current pricing.
Does Lifetimely keep a history of cost changes?: Yes, in its own way. Lifetimely's listing or help pages describe costs with dates or a cost history. Cogsy records every cost as a dated row with a source, and a row is never edited or deleted.

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Costs on top of the unit cost
Packaging, fulfilment or duties per unit, or fees as a percentage of the price, for a variant, a product or the whole shop.