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Showcase stunning before and after transformations with an interactive image comparison slider. Showcase stunning before and after transformations with an interactive image comparison slider. Perfect for highlighting product results, design changes, or impactful visuals, this app boosts engagement by letting customers visually compare images. Fully customizable to match your store's style and responsive for mobile devices, it's ideal for stores focused on beauty, fitness, design, and more. Enhance storytelling, captivate users, and bring shoppers with this easy-to-use comparison tool! Showcase stunning before and after transformations with an interactive image comparison slider. Perfect for highlighting product results, design changes, or impactful visuals, this app boosts engagement by letting customers visually compare images. Fully customizable to match your store's style and responsive for mobile devices, it's ideal for stores focused on beauty, fitness, design, and more. Enhance storytelling, captivate users, and bring shoppers with this easy-to-use comparison tool! more Easily compare before and after images with a smooth, interactive slider. Customize slider colors, layout, and styles to match your store’s branding. Optimized for a seamless experience on both desktop and mobile devices. Quick and simple setup with no coding required, ready in minutes. Ideal for beauty, fitness, design, and other visually-driven online stores.

1.0(Reviews)

Secure your store’s content with features that prevent copying, cutting, and right-click actions. Enhance your online store's security with advanced content protection features. This powerful tool prevents unauthorized copying, cutting, and right-click actions on text and images, ensuring your valuable content remains secure. With added safeguards against keyboard shortcuts and drag-and-drop actions, you can protect both desktop and mobile experiences for your customers. Improve your store’s integrity and maintain control over your content, allowing you to focus on growing your business. Enhance your online store's security with advanced content protection features. This powerful tool prevents unauthorized copying, cutting, and right-click actions on text and images, ensuring your valuable content remains secure. With added safeguards against keyboard shortcuts and drag-and-drop actions, you can protect both desktop and mobile experiences for your customers. Improve your store’s integrity and maintain control over your content, allowing you to focus on growing your business. more Prevent unauthorized copying and cutting of text and images. Disable right-click actions to protect your content from theft. Block keyboard shortcuts to stop access to browser tools. Restrict drag-and-drop actions on images for enhanced security. Ensure mobile and desktop protection for a seamless user experience.

5.0(Reviews)

Add custom HTML, CSS, JS, and Liquid to enhance your store’s design and functionality easily. Gain full control over your store’s design and functionality. This app lets you embed custom HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Liquid code, enabling you to modify your store’s appearance and add unique features. Easily apply code globally to run across all pages or target specific sections for a tailored look. Perfect for embedding custom tags, snippets, and specialized elements anywhere on your site, this tool helps you create a distinct shopping experience without editing theme files. Gain full control over your store’s design and functionality. This app lets you embed custom HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Liquid code, enabling you to modify your store’s appearance and add unique features. Easily apply code globally to run across all pages or target specific sections for a tailored look. Perfect for embedding custom tags, snippets, and specialized elements anywhere on your site, this tool helps you create a distinct shopping experience without editing theme files. more Embed custom HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Liquid code effortlessly. Apply global code for enhancements across all pages. Target specific sections with tailored code snippets. Add custom tags to enhance search functionality. Modify store appearance without editing core theme files.

5.0(Reviews)

External links for buying in external shops and affiliate marketing to enhance your online store! Elevate your store by replacing your Add to Cart button with customizable external link buttons. These buttons allow you to guide customers to affiliate pages with enticing options like Buy on AliExpress or Buy on Amazon. Perfect for boosting your affiliate marketing strategy, these external links can be displayed on any page of your site. Seamlessly integrate with leading affiliate networks, including Rakuten, Avantlink, and LinkShare, as well as popular marketplaces like eBay and AliExpress. Elevate your store by replacing your Add to Cart button with customizable external link buttons. These buttons allow you to guide customers to affiliate pages with enticing options like Buy on AliExpress or Buy on Amazon. Perfect for boosting your affiliate marketing strategy, these external links can be displayed on any page of your site. Seamlessly integrate with leading affiliate networks, including Rakuten, Avantlink, and LinkShare, as well as popular marketplaces like eBay and AliExpress. more Create per-product links for seamless purchases in external shops. Link directly to affiliate marketing pages to drive revenue opportunities. Easily manage fixed links for consistent access to external retailers. Simplify dropshipping by linking directly to supplier product pages. Optimize your store with custom external links tailored for each product.

4.9(Reviews)

Animate your messages with a scrolling announcement bar to effectively promote offers and updates. Elevate your store with a dynamic scrolling announcement bar or marquee banner that brings your messages to life. Highlight promotions, updates, and key info with animated banners that grab attention. Fully customizable: adjust speed, add images, and choose placement (top or within the page). Perfect for showcasing sales, discounts, or urgent news, this announcement bar ensures your updates stand out. Drive engagement and keep customers informed with this essential tool for modern online stores. Elevate your store with a dynamic scrolling announcement bar or marquee banner that brings your messages to life. Highlight promotions, updates, and key info with animated banners that grab attention. Fully customizable: adjust speed, add images, and choose placement (top or within the page). Perfect for showcasing sales, discounts, or urgent news, this announcement bar ensures your updates stand out. Drive engagement and keep customers informed with this essential tool for modern online stores. more Customize your scrolling announcement bar to match your brand’s unique style. Animate your scrolling announcement bar to grab attention and boost engagement. Place your announcement bar at the top or within the page for visibility. Add images to your scrolling announcement bar for visually appealing messages. Adjust your scrolling announcement bar’s speed for better readability and UX.

5.0(Reviews)

Showcase logos in a scrolling carousel to highlight clients, brands, or partners on your store! Enhance your website’s credibility with BL Logo Showcase. This easy-to-use app lets you display logos in a sleek, customizable scrolling carousel. Highlight your clients, partners, or featured brands to build trust and enhance your site’s professionalism. With adjustable settings for layout, speed, and style, you can match the carousel to your store's branding effortlessly. Improve user experience, engage visitors, and create a polished, modern logo display in minutes! Enhance your website’s credibility with BL Logo Showcase. This easy-to-use app lets you display logos in a sleek, customizable scrolling carousel. Highlight your clients, partners, or featured brands to build trust and enhance your site’s professionalism. With adjustable settings for layout, speed, and style, you can match the carousel to your store's branding effortlessly. Improve user experience, engage visitors, and create a polished, modern logo display in minutes! more Easily install and set up with no coding, saving time and effort for your store. Customize the logo carousel to match your store's unique design and branding. Showcase logos in a smooth, continuous scrolling loop for effortless engagement. Showcase partner logos to improve your store's perceived professionalism. Optimized for speed, the app runs smoothly without slowing down your store.

5.0(Reviews)

Display a customizable button that opens a popup size chart, guiding customers to the right fit. BL Size Chart Button is a customizable tool that adds a dedicated button on your product pages. When clicked, it opens a popup displaying a detailed size chart and size guide to help customers view accurate sizing information for apparel and clothing. Its responsive design and simple, no-code setup make integration effortless while reducing sizing uncertainty and returns. This solution works seamlessly across devices, ensuring customers have clear, consistent sizing details every time. BL Size Chart Button is a customizable tool that adds a dedicated button on your product pages. When clicked, it opens a popup displaying a detailed size chart and size guide to help customers view accurate sizing information for apparel and clothing. Its responsive design and simple, no-code setup make integration effortless while reducing sizing uncertainty and returns. This solution works seamlessly across devices, ensuring customers have clear, consistent sizing details every time. more Customizable Popup Button: Easily integrate a button on your product pages. Multiple Size Chart Formats: Choose from markdown tables, images, or a page. Measuring Instructions: Provide clear instructions for accurate sizing. User-Friendly Popup: Enhance the shopping experience with intuitive design. Reduce Returns: Offer detailed size info to help customers find the right fit.

0.0(Reviews)

Add story-style highlight menus to showcase products, collections, and categories in clickable bars. Add story-style highlight menu bars to your storefront for better product navigation. Create clickable menu items with custom icons and links to showcase collections, products, categories, and promotions. Customize colors, borders, fonts, and icon sizes to match your brand. Mobile-responsive design ensures smooth navigation on all devices. No coding required-install and configure directly in your theme editor for instant results. Add story-style highlight menu bars to your storefront for better product navigation. Create clickable menu items with custom icons and links to showcase collections, products, categories, and promotions. Customize colors, borders, fonts, and icon sizes to match your brand. Mobile-responsive design ensures smooth navigation on all devices. No coding required-install and configure directly in your theme editor for instant results. more Add story-style highlight menu bars with custom icons for product navigation Create collection sliders and category menus with clickable navigation links Customize menu colors, borders, fonts, and icon sizes-no coding required Mobile-responsive design for seamless navigation on all devices and screens Install directly in theme editor with instant setup and live preview options

1.0(Reviews)

Black Friday revenue boost for your store using a side bar. The ideal Black Friday sales driver. # New feature: promote your Black Friday & Cyber Monday BFCM sales. The ultimate Black Friday animation sidebar Add a sidebar to your store and drive more Black Friday sales. Increase cart value in your store and promote your products this black friday. The Black Friday sidebar by SideMonkey is designed to make your life easy. * Maximize a sale or event you are holding. Black Friday, Cyber Monday or a special event. * Drive sales to the products you desire to sell. * Increase cart value # New feature: promote your Black Friday & Cyber Monday BFCM sales. The ultimate Black Friday animation sidebar Add a sidebar to your store and drive more Black Friday sales. Increase cart value in your store and promote your products this black friday. The Black Friday sidebar by SideMonkey is designed to make your life easy. * Maximize a sale or event you are holding. Black Friday, Cyber Monday or a special event. * Drive sales to the products you desire to sell. * Increase cart value more Dynamic Black Friday animated banners to drive sales and improve conversion Engaging Black Friday animations & color palettes for a unique site and sidebar Maximize conversions and increase sales with black Friday themed animated banner

5.0(Reviews)

Add Try Before You Buy to your store to acquire more customers and lower CAC. Blackcart’s Try Before You Buy (TBYB) helps you acquire more customers by targeting uncertain shoppers. Customers can try your products at home, for a period of time of your choosing, and then decide which items to keep and pay for. TBYB converts store visitors to customers that would not have otherwise purchased. More orders, with no additional marketing spend, leads to lower customer acquisition cost and higher store profitability. Blackcart’s Try Before You Buy (TBYB) helps you acquire more customers by targeting uncertain shoppers. Customers can try your products at home, for a period of time of your choosing, and then decide which items to keep and pay for. TBYB converts store visitors to customers that would not have otherwise purchased. More orders, with no additional marketing spend, leads to lower customer acquisition cost and higher store profitability. more Try Before You Buy platform One-click add to storefront, cart and checkout (Online Store 2.0) Choose your customers’ trial period Choose which products are eligible for Try Before You Buy Analytics directly in your Shopify Dashboard

0.0(Reviews)

Start a private label beauty, cosmetic or skincare line in less than 5 minutes! Dropshipped & 0 MOQ! Start your makeup line in less than 5 minutes! Everything you need to launch your personalized, vegan, private label cosmetics brand easily. We are an easy to use platform offering beauty, wellness, and cosmetic products customized on demand and dropshipped. Choose from hundreds of beauty products including lipstick, skincare, mascara, lipgloss, blush, eyeshadow, eyelashes, men's skincare, makeup accessories, subscription boxes and more! Start a skincare line or cosmetics line with Blanka today! Start your makeup line in less than 5 minutes! Everything you need to launch your personalized, vegan, private label cosmetics brand easily. We are an easy to use platform offering beauty, wellness, and cosmetic products customized on demand and dropshipped. Choose from hundreds of beauty products including lipstick, skincare, mascara, lipgloss, blush, eyeshadow, eyelashes, men's skincare, makeup accessories, subscription boxes and more! Start a skincare line or cosmetics line with Blanka today! more Customize Beauty Products: Makeup, skincare, cosmetics, lipstick, gloss & more No MOQs: Sell just 1 branded product. There are no minimums and no order fees Automated Dropshipping: US-made, cruelty-free whitelabel beauty products Priority Chat & Email Support: Get instant support as you build your brand Sample Orders: Sample products and fall in love before you sell them on Shopify

4.8(Reviews)

Preview art anywhere with Augmented Reality visualizations for your entire catalog. Simply add the Blankwall AR Button to your product page, and your entire art catalog is instantly supported. Whether you have 100 products or 10000, Blankwall enables AR using your existing product listings without needing manual per-product setup. Simply add the Blankwall AR Button to your product page, and your entire art catalog is instantly supported. Whether you have 100 products or 10000, Blankwall enables AR using your existing product listings without needing manual per-product setup. more Augmented Reality previews using native iOS and Android support. No app install. Colour accurate and true to scale 3D model visualizations. Automatic generation of 3D models. No manual process for each new asset.

4.7(Reviews)

Blaze is a smart no-code tool to create dashboards that easily displays your sales data. We give you everything you need to create apps and internal tools that supercharge your team's processes. With Blaze, you can now build amazing software for your team, and you don’t need to know how to code! This app allows Shopify customers to connect their Shopify data into Blaze. It is not an extension of the Shopify dashboard, but rather an integration app for use with the Blaze platform. An active Blaze subscription is required, navigate to the "Support" tab to contact Blaze today! We give you everything you need to create apps and internal tools that supercharge your team's processes. With Blaze, you can now build amazing software for your team, and you don’t need to know how to code! This app allows Shopify customers to connect their Shopify data into Blaze. It is not an extension of the Shopify dashboard, but rather an integration app for use with the Blaze platform. An active Blaze subscription is required, navigate to the "Support" tab to contact Blaze today! more Connect with your Orders, Products and Customers. Build your business workflows without code. Integrate with data from other databases and systems.

0.0(Reviews)

Localize shopping with geolocation. Redirect customers to the right country, market and currency. Geolocation Redirects helps merchants deliver localized shopping by detecting visitor location with GeoIP. A customizable geolocation popup welcomes customers in their local language and style. The app supports automatic country redirects to show correct prices, languages, and currencies for each market. Shoppers can manually switch markets using a country, currency, and language selector, ensuring the right geo experience across stores. Geolocation Redirects helps merchants deliver localized shopping by detecting visitor location with GeoIP. A customizable geolocation popup welcomes customers in their local language and style. The app supports automatic country redirects to show correct prices, languages, and currencies for each market. Shoppers can manually switch markets using a country, currency, and language selector, ensuring the right geo experience across stores. more Full setup and customization available through app support team Redirect visitors to correct market domain or expansion store Automatic or Popup redirect - Currency, Country & Language Selector Allow visitors to trigger selector or popup to switch store anytime Set up custom redirects fully compatible with Markets

5.0(Reviews)

Cross-sell suite with Walmart’s Complete the Look/Amazon’s Styling Ideas, & Pairs Well With widgets Styling Ideas lets merchants add Amazon like Styling Ideas and Walmart's "Complete the Look" sections to Shopify product pages, enabling customers to explore full styling suggestions for each product. The 'Styling Ideas' widget showcases cohesive product sets to encourage multi-item purchases, while 'Pair With' highlights related products like 'Pairs well with' to boost cross-sell opportunities. Fully responsive and customizable, these sections enhance product discovery & increase order value. Styling Ideas lets merchants add Amazon like Styling Ideas and Walmart's "Complete the Look" sections to Shopify product pages, enabling customers to explore full styling suggestions for each product. The 'Styling Ideas' widget showcases cohesive product sets to encourage multi-item purchases, while 'Pair With' highlights related products like 'Pairs well with' to boost cross-sell opportunities. Fully responsive and customizable, these sections enhance product discovery & increase order value. more Add Shop the Look with Walmart and Amazon style Styling Ideas Easily create cross sell product pair or styling ideas for your products Highlight related products with "Pairs Well With" below product description Reduce the product search time and encourage users to buy more Easy setup: Simple installation and configuration for quick start.

0.0(Reviews)

Create, manage, and scale your SMS Marketing program with ease! The AI-powered SMS Marketing suite. Your SMS Marketing Powerhouse. AI Automated Sales/Replies and Robust Conversational SMS Launch and scale your business with a full suite of SMS Marketing tools including: AI Messaging, Automations, Popups, Segments, Keywords, 2-Way Conversational SMS Schedulable Campaigns, QR Codes, Real-time analytics & MORE BlazeSMS's robust and AI-Powered interface will guide you to success with every tool you need to turn visitors into revenue, fast! Your SMS Marketing Powerhouse. AI Automated Sales/Replies and Robust Conversational SMS Launch and scale your business with a full suite of SMS Marketing tools including: AI Messaging, Automations, Popups, Segments, Keywords, 2-Way Conversational SMS Schedulable Campaigns, QR Codes, Real-time analytics & MORE BlazeSMS's robust and AI-Powered interface will guide you to success with every tool you need to turn visitors into revenue, fast! more Agentic AI Automated SMS Chat - AI Agents that are tuned to your store Campaigns - Send finely-tuned campaign blasts to segments via SMS bump messages Conversational SMS - Beautiful 2-way conversational SMS & easy SMS go compliance Segments - Robust and targeted segements of your SMS app subscribers Analytics - Real time analytics for AOV, Customer LTV & ROI + Much More!

5.0(Reviews)

Streamline fulfillment, provide shipping rates, and improve checkout with our shipping app. Our app streamlines the fulfillment process and improves the checkout experience for merchants by providing real-time shipping rates during checkout, handling order fulfillment, and enabling easy tracking and management of shipments. With our app, merchants can save time and resources while providing a smooth shopping experience for their customers. It is ideal for merchants who want to simplify their fulfillment process and provide a seamless checkout experience. Our app streamlines the fulfillment process and improves the checkout experience for merchants by providing real-time shipping rates during checkout, handling order fulfillment, and enabling easy tracking and management of shipments. With our app, merchants can save time and resources while providing a smooth shopping experience for their customers. It is ideal for merchants who want to simplify their fulfillment process and provide a seamless checkout experience. more Real-time shipping rates Fulfillment handling Order tracking Customizable shipping options Multi-carrier support

1.0(Reviews)

Improve ad performance and maximise conversions with AI powered ad campaigns and 1st-Party data Blend simplifies online advertising across Google, Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft and TikTok. Quickly launch and manage ad campaigns across multiple channels in just seconds. Machine learning algorithms automatically optimize ad performance, boosting sales and ROAS. Start utilizing your first-party data with our "Pulse" add-on for seamless data integration across marketing channels including Klaviyo, to maximise conversions and engage your customers in a post cookie world. Blend simplifies online advertising across Google, Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft and TikTok. Quickly launch and manage ad campaigns across multiple channels in just seconds. Machine learning algorithms automatically optimize ad performance, boosting sales and ROAS. Start utilizing your first-party data with our "Pulse" add-on for seamless data integration across marketing channels including Klaviyo, to maximise conversions and engage your customers in a post cookie world. more Create a campaign once — and deploy it on multiple channels in seconds Effortless funnel management with automated audience creation Always on AI monitors performance and automatically adjusts to maximise ROAS Use your First-Party customer data for improved retargeting across channels Capture more events about your visitors to trigger more Klaviyo flows

4.4(Reviews)

Natively local store translations in 120 languages combining advanced AI and expert human linguists Expand your business to new markets with completely accurate translations that leverage BOTH AI innovations and professional human translators. BLEND Store Translation localizes webpages, catalogs, and product descriptions with no development or code changes needed. Store content is synchronized automatically, and owners choose the elements to localize, selecting the relevant services, languages, and translation methods including advanced machine translation and human translation and editing. Expand your business to new markets with completely accurate translations that leverage BOTH AI innovations and professional human translators. BLEND Store Translation localizes webpages, catalogs, and product descriptions with no development or code changes needed. Store content is synchronized automatically, and owners choose the elements to localize, selecting the relevant services, languages, and translation methods including advanced machine translation and human translation and editing. more Language options: Commerce localization services in 120 languages Human translation services: Leverage a global network of 25,000 experts Machine learning capabilities: Access to advanced machine translation engines Content ownership: Translated content belongs to the store owner for good

3.2(Reviews)

O Bling é um sistema de gestão empresarial. São diversas ferramentas que possibilitam o controle total sobre as vendas, finanças, estoque, produtos, clientes, pedidos, comissões de vendedores e muito mais. O sistema permite ainda a emissão de notas fiscais eletrônicas, a geração de boletos bancários e de cobranças e de propostas comerciais. Tudo isso para atender as necessidades das micro e pequenas empresas. São diversas ferramentas que possibilitam o controle total sobre as vendas, finanças, estoque, produtos, clientes, pedidos, comissões de vendedores e muito mais. O sistema permite ainda a emissão de notas fiscais eletrônicas, a geração de boletos bancários e de cobranças e de propostas comerciais. Tudo isso para atender as necessidades das micro e pequenas empresas. more Permite a importação de produtos da plataforma da Shopify para o Bling Permite a importação de pedidos da plataforma da Shopify para o Bling Permite a exportação de produtos da plataforma da Bling para o Shopify

3.0(Reviews)

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Find the Perfect Shopify Apps for Your Store in 2025

Our comprehensive Shopify app directory helps you discover the best tools to grow your e-commerce business. Whether you're looking for marketing automation, inventory management, customer support, or any other functionality, our directory makes it easy to find, compare, and choose the right apps for your needs.

Why Use Shopify Apps in 2025?

Shopify apps extend the functionality of your store, helping you automate tasks, improve customer experience, increase sales, and streamline operations. With thousands of apps available, you can customize your store to meet your specific business requirements without needing custom development.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Shopify Apps

Are Shopify apps worth the investment?

Yes, quality Shopify apps are typically worth the investment as they can significantly increase your store's functionality, improve customer experience, and boost sales. Many apps offer free trials or freemium models, allowing you to test their value before committing to a paid plan.

How many Shopify apps should I install?

It's best to be selective with your app installations. Too many apps can slow down your store and create conflicts. Focus on essential apps that address your specific business needs. Start with 5-10 core apps and evaluate their performance before adding more.

Can Shopify apps affect my store's loading speed?

Yes, some apps can impact your store's performance. Apps that add JavaScript to your storefront or make numerous API calls can slow down page loading times. Always monitor your store's performance after installing new apps and remove any that cause significant slowdowns.

What are the must-have Shopify apps for new stores?

New Shopify stores should prioritize apps for SEO, email marketing, analytics, social proof, and abandoned cart recovery. These categories address the fundamental needs of growing e-commerce businesses and typically offer the best return on investment.

Are free Shopify apps good enough or should I use paid ones?

While some free apps offer good functionality, paid apps generally provide more features, better support, and regular updates. Consider your specific needs and budget. Many successful stores use a mix of free and paid apps, investing in paid options for critical business functions.