(Updated September 2026) Compare reviews and ratings for store development Shopify apps and see which apps are gaining the most install momentum. Review counts are the closest proxy to actual installs — Shopify doesn't publish install numbers — so review velocity is one of the strongest signals of merchant adoption for store development apps.
All tracked store development Shopify apps ranked by total review count, with new reviews gained vs 30 days ago and average rating. Filter by country and date range; sort by reviews or review velocity.
| App | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|
2,754105 | 4.9 | |
1,4983 | 5.0 | |
7544 | 4.8 | |
7354 | 4.7 | |
6834 | 4.7 | |
42312 | 4.9 | |
391 | 4.8 | |
3718 | 4.6 | |
346 | 5.0 | |
3363 | 5.0 |
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Monthly cumulative review count for the top 5 store development Shopify apps over the past year — a longitudinal view of which apps keep accumulating reviews and which have flattened.
| App | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2,420117 | 2,551131 | 2,65099 | 2,771121 | 2,882111 | 2,94563 | |
7463 | 7471 | 7503 | 7544 | 7562 | 7571 | |
7302 | 730 | 7322 | 7353 | 7361 | 736 | |
6713 | 6743 | 6795 | 6834 | 6841 | 684 | |
37520 | 39823 | 41113 | 42413 | 43511 | 4427 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 store development Shopify apps reached 1,000 reviews — months since launch on the X-axis, cumulative review count on the Y-axis. Adjust the milestone or app set with the filters above.
| App | Months to Reach 1,000 Reviews | Current Review Count |
|---|---|---|
34 | 1,494 | |
40 | 2,811 | |
Not yet reached | 705 | |
Not yet reached | 680 | |
Not yet reached | 645 |
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Section Store: Theme Sections leads store development Shopify apps with 2,754 cumulative reviews and a 4.9★ average rating. Avada Boost Sales Trust Badges (1,498 reviews) and Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit (754 reviews) round out the top 3. Combined, the top 3 apps hold 60.4% of all reviews across the top tier — a fragmented review landscape with reviews spread broadly. Notable mover: Section Store: Theme Sections added the most new reviews this month (+105) — a strong recent install signal.
Store Development reviews are spread broadly — Section Store: Theme Sections (2,754), Avada Boost Sales Trust Badges (1,498), and Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit (754) all carry meaningful review bases. With this distribution, review velocity and rating differentiate store development apps better than total reviews alone.
Section Store: Theme Sections accumulated 2,297 new reviews from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026, growing from 648 to 2,945 cumulative reviews — a steep addition rate for store development apps. Across the top 5 plotted store development apps, the steepest ongoing slopes mark the ones still actively winning new merchants — absolute review counts matter less than recent acceleration when picking apps in a category that's still growing.
Comparing store development apps on review trend slope rather than absolute count is the sharper signal — an app gaining reviews fast is winning current merchants, while Section Store: Theme Sections's 2,945 cumulative base reflects long-running adoption that may or may not still be translating to new installs.
Avada Boost Sales Trust Badges reached 1,000 reviews in 34 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 store development apps tracked here. Section Store: Theme Sections crossed the same milestone in 40 months, 6 months behind.
3 apps on this chart haven't yet crossed 1,000 reviews: Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit at 705, langify ‑ translate your store at 680, Translate store ‑ GTranslate at 645 cumulative reviews. Rise Gift Cards & Store Credit is closest to the milestone — its current count puts it roughly 71% of the way to 1,000.
Avada Boost Sales Trust Badges and Section Store: Theme Sections reached 1,000 reviews within 6 months of each other — a tight cluster suggesting the top store development apps had similarly strong early adoption curves. Merchants picking among these are choosing between apps that all earned merchant trust at a comparable pace.
Section Store: Theme Sections has the most reviews among store development Shopify apps with 2,754 total reviews, ahead of Avada Boost Sales Trust Badges at 1,498. Sort the table by Reviews (High to Low) to see the full ranked list.
Reviews are the closest publicly available proxy for install volume on Shopify — Shopify doesn't publish install counts, so cumulative reviews and review velocity are the standard way to measure adoption. For store development apps, this page shows total reviews, new reviews per month, and time-to-1,000 reviews so you can compare both established scale and current momentum.
Section Store: Theme Sections is gaining the most new reviews this month among store development apps, adding 105 reviews in the past 30 days. Switch the table sub-tab to "Review Changes" to see all apps ordered by review velocity.
Avada Boost Sales Trust Badges hit 1,000 reviews in 34 months since launch — the fastest review ramp among tracked store development Shopify apps. Use the "Fastest to 1,000 Reviews" chart above to compare against other apps or change the milestone (5,000, 10,000, etc.).
The top 5 store development apps average 4.8★ across 6,335 combined reviews — a strong overall quality benchmark. Individual ratings appear in the table above; sort by Reviews to see how rating varies across the most-installed apps.
Review counts and rating data refresh weekly on this page. The Reviews Trend chart aggregates monthly intervals by default — switch to weekly granularity for shorter-term signals or yearly for macro trends.
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