The Almanac · Monthly issue
September 2021
A look at what happened in the Shopify App Store in September 2021.
Aggregate and category-level throughout. No individual app data on this page.
Activity record
116
Apps launched
3,900
Cumulative apps
4,858
Reviews posted
4.75
Mean rating of reviews
5%
1-2 star share
Month-over-month changes: launches -24, reviews +108.
Top categories by launches
- 1Shipping10 launched
- 2Shipping solutions - Other9 launched
- 3Analytics9 launched
- 4Inventory sync8 launched
- 5Delivery and pickup7 launched
- 6Upsell and cross-sell6 launched
- 7Dropshipping6 launched
- 8Third-party logistics (3PL)5 launched
Top categories by reviews
- 1Upsell and cross-sell507 reviews
- 2Product reviews349 reviews
- 3Product bundles267 reviews
- 4SMS marketing262 reviews
- 5Loyalty and rewards260 reviews
- 6Email marketing254 reviews
- 7Discounts242 reviews
- 8Shipping230 reviews
This record is intentionally aggregate. Apps Almanac is derived market intelligence; we do not republish per-app Shopify data on public surfaces. Per-app signals (scores, trajectories, components) are available inside the app for signed-in users.
Apps Almanac is an independent service - not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Shopify Inc. "Shopify" is a trademark of Shopify Inc. We analyze only public listing data. We do not train or fine-tune any AI model on the scraped data.
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How these numbers are computed: methodology.