App directory

Shopify apps, checked and compared.

Plain facts on the apps that add color swatches, variant images and custom product options to a Shopify store: 19 apps and 22 comparisons, read October 26, 2026.

Swatch and variant image apps.

Turn the variants you already have into color and image swatches, and show the right photos for each one.

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Combined listing apps.

Link separate products, one per color or style, so they show as one product with swatches.

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Product options apps.

Add fields Shopify variants cannot hold: text, uploads, dates and paid add-ons, with swatches as one option type.

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Popular comparisons.

Comparison

GLO Color Swatch vs OP Color Swatch

GLO Color Swatch from $9.90/month; OP Color Swatch from $11.90/month.

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GLO Color Swatch vs Rubik Variant Images

GLO Color Swatch from $9.90/month; Rubik Variant Images from $25/month.

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Rubik Variant Images vs OP Color Swatch

Rubik Variant Images from $25/month; OP Color Swatch from $11.90/month.

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GLO Color Swatch vs Swatchy

GLO Color Swatch from $9.90/month; Swatchy from $8.99/month.

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FB Variant Image vs Rubik Variant Images

FB Variant Image from Free; Rubik Variant Images from $25/month.

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Variants King vs Rubik Combined Listings

Variants King from $14.90/month; Rubik Combined Listings from $10/month.

How we list apps.

Read from the source

Every price, plan, rating and feature comes from the app's own Shopify App Store listing and its developer's pages, with the date we read them.

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No developer pays to be listed or placed, and no link here earns us a commission. Apps are listed alphabetically.

Said, not tested

A listing says what an app does; we report what it says and mark what it leaves out. Try any app on a copy of your theme first.

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