The same answers sit in the page JSON-LD, so a crawler and a merchant read the same thing.
How do I install Catalog monitoring?
Open the app host at app.catalogsentry.com and install through Shopify. Billing is inside Shopify: 14-day trial, then $49/mo. The public App Store listing is still in review, so the app host is the install path until that listing is live.
Do I need to install anything for the free audit?
No. Every Shopify store serves its catalogue publicly at /products.json. We read only what your storefront already gives to anyone who asks, plus one product page to check its structured data. Nothing is connected and nothing is stored.
What does the trial cost, and how do I cancel?
The trial is $0 for 14 days. After that Shopify Billing charges $49 every 30 days. There is no Polar, Lemon Squeezy, or extra card form. Cancel from Shopify admin the same way as any other app.
What is the difference between this and a Shopify feed app?
Feed apps build and submit your product feed, and they are good at it. They look at one snapshot. They cannot tell you that your product IDs were rewritten yesterday, that your catalogue silently stopped syncing, or that your product pages are invisible to AI shopping assistants.
What Shopify access does the app need?
read_products and read_publications, so it can compare what you publish. Connecting Google Merchant Center and Meta still needs a human signup. The free audit and the Billing trial do not.