apps almanac
All issues

The Almanac · Monthly issue

May 2022

A look at what happened in the Shopify App Store in May 2022.

Aggregate and category-level throughout. No individual app data on this page.

Activity record

142

38 vs prev

Apps launched

4,740

Cumulative apps

5,785

507 vs prev

Reviews posted

4.79

out of 5

Mean rating of reviews

4%

of reviews

1-2 star share

Month-over-month changes: launches +38, reviews +507.

Top categories by launches

  1. 1Analytics10 launched
  2. 2Upsell and cross-sell7 launched
  3. 3Design elements - Other6 launched
  4. 4Shipping6 launched
  5. 5Dropshipping6 launched
  6. 6Pop-ups5 launched
  7. 7Loyalty and rewards5 launched
  8. 8Storefronts - Other5 launched

Top categories by reviews

  1. 1Upsell and cross-sell530 reviews
  2. 2SEO446 reviews
  3. 3Product reviews430 reviews
  4. 4Loyalty and rewards400 reviews
  5. 5Discounts295 reviews
  6. 6Product bundles273 reviews
  7. 7Email marketing270 reviews
  8. 8Marketplaces264 reviews
Older: April 2022All issuesNewer: June 2022

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.

Data sources · Methodology · Freshness

Track these shifts as they move.

Open a free account to get the full per-app and per-category breakdowns, momentum tracking, and your own watchlist.

Free account · 3 lookups / month · no credit card

How these numbers are computed: methodology.