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The Minimal Shopify App Stack: Only These 11 Apps Worth Paying For

Most stores are bloated with 30+ apps killing speed. Here's the lean stack we install on every store we build.

Faryad Ali
Faryad Ali
Founder
March 15, 2025 6 min read
The Minimal Shopify App Stack: Only These 11 Apps Worth Paying For

Minimal Shopify App Stack

The average Shopify store has 17 apps installed. The average Shopify store also loads in 4+ seconds. These two facts are connected.

The 11 Apps We Actually Install

  • Klaviyo — Email + SMS. Non-negotiable.
  • Judge.me / Loox — Reviews with photos.
  • Recharge — Subscriptions, if applicable.
  • ReConvert — Thank-you page upsells.
  • Bundler / Frequently Bought Together — AOV booster.
  • Shopify Inbox — Live chat, free.
  • GeoIP Redirect — Multi-region.
  • PageFly — Only if you can't build custom sections.
  • Hyros / Triple Whale — Attribution (one or the other, not both).
  • Vitals / Octane AI — Quizzes for product discovery.
  • Smile.io / Yotpo Loyalty — Loyalty programs.

Everything else — cut it. Less = faster.

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