Stop paying monthly for features Shopify can do natively.
Every popular Shopify app — reviews, subscriptions, loyalty, chat, bundles — can be built native to your theme. No recurring fees, no render-blocking widgets, your data stays yours.
All-in-one Apps
Growave
$49-$549/month
Cherry-pick the one or two Growave features you actually use and we build them native. Every other feature goes away, so does the monthly fee.
Vitals (40-in-1)
$29.99-$299.99/month
Pick the 3-5 Vitals features you actually use (sticky ATC, trust badges, currency switch, etc.) and we build them natively. Speed recovered, 90%+ of monthly fee saved.
Email & SMS
Klaviyo (free alternative)
$20-$5,000+/month (by contact count)
For most stores we build a lean email system on Shopify's native email + Resend/SendGrid transactional, with the automation logic (abandoned cart, post-purchase, win-back) running as a custom Shopify app. Full control, no per-contact fees.
Mailchimp for Shopify
$20-$350+/month
Native customer segmentation using Shopify's Customer API + metafields. Send via any ESP. Segments rebuild on every order, no sync drift.
Omnisend
$16-$1,000+/month
Same pattern as our Klaviyo alternative — transactional + automation via your own Shopify-native flows, triggered by customer events. Use any provider (Resend, SES, MailerSend) for sends.
Loyalty Programs
LoyaltyLion
$449-$4,700+/month
Same path as our Smile.io alternative — native points + tiers + redemption built into your theme. Rules you set, UI on your brand.
Smile.io
$49-$999/month
Custom loyalty program built native to your store — points, tiers, redemption — with UI matching your brand. Rules engine tailored to your margins. All data in your Shopify admin.
Page Builders
PageFly / GemPages / Shogun
$19-$499/month
Custom OS 2.0 sections + templates in your theme. Editable from Shopify customiser by anyone on your team. Zero JS runtime overhead. Pages inherit your theme's design tokens and stay fast.
Zipify Pages
$39-$117/month
Same approach as our PageFly/Shogun alternative — custom OS 2.0 sections in your theme, editable from Shopify customiser, zero runtime overhead.
Post-Purchase Upsells
Reviews
Judge.me
$15-$199/month
Same approach as our Loox alternative — native reviews in the theme, schema baked in, photo uploads handled in your Shopify admin.
Loox
$9.99-$299.99/month
A native reviews system built into your Shopify theme. Customer-emails are collected via a post-purchase flow, photo uploads land in theme assets or R2, and schema (aggregateRating) is baked into the product template — not an app script.
Yotpo Reviews
$19-$800+/month
Same playbook as our Loox + Judge.me alternatives — native Shopify reviews, AggregateRating schema, photo uploads in theme. All data in metafields you own.
Reviews + Loyalty
Subscriptions
Bold Subscriptions
$49.99-$399.99/month
Native subscription portal built on Shopify Selling Plans — same recommendation as our ReCharge alternative. One-time build, no transaction fees, native checkout.
ReCharge
$99-$499/month + 1.25% transaction fee
Native subscriptions via Shopify's Selling Plans API. Customer portal is a custom app section inside the store theme — pause, skip, swap, upgrade. Billing uses Shopify's native subscription billing (no third-party transaction fee).
Support & Helpdesk
Gorgias
$60-$960/month + per-ticket overage
Lightweight helpdesk that embeds in Shopify admin. Customer messages hit Slack (the inbox your team already lives in). Orders + past tickets surfaced inline so replies are context-aware. One-time build, no per-ticket fee.
Zendesk for Shopify
$55-$215/agent/month
Same approach as our Gorgias alternative — Slack-first support flow with Shopify order context injected. One-time build, unlimited agents.
Upsells & Recommendations
Don’t see your app?
Almost any Shopify app feature can be built native. Tell us what you’re using and we’ll quote a one-time build to replace it.