The 10 Best Age Gate Apps for Shopify

The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for age gate, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.

Updated October 10, 2026 · Organic ranking

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Shopify has no age gate setting, and the popup most of these sell is only half a gate. It installs as a theme app embed, which means two things: a merchant has to switch it on in the theme editor because the app cannot do that itself, and it runs only where the theme runs. Somebody arriving on a cart permalink, which Shopify documents as taking customers directly to a cart or checkout, never sees a storefront page and never sees the popup.

The half that does hold is a validation function. Those run server side, are documented as able to block checkout progress when business rules are not met, and explicitly cover express checkouts including the major wallets. Shopify's own documentation lists verifying the age of a customer at checkout as one use for them. That is the reach a popup cannot claim, and only some of the listings here have it: the rest declare compatibility with the admin alone.

1

Age Verification & Age Gate 18

★ 5.0 (13 reviews) · Free

Age check & verification popup for age restricted products 21+
Built for Shopify
2

Blockify Age Verification 18+

★ 4.9 (309 reviews) · Free to install

Add age verification popup, age gate, terms and conditions box
Built for Shopify
3

AgeGate Age Verification popup

★ 5.0 (12 reviews) · Free plan available

Add age verification popup, age gate, terms and conditions box
4

Smart Age Verification Popup

★ 4.9 (46 reviews) · Free plan available

18+/21+ Age gate, age checker & age verify with terms checkbox
Built for Shopify
5

Consentmo GDPR Compliance

★ 5.0 (2,024 reviews) · Free plan available

GDPR/CCPA Cookies Compliance,Web Accessibility & EU Withdrawal
Built for Shopify
6

Age Verification, Age Gate 18+

★ 4.7 (65 reviews) · Free to install

Protect your store with age check & age restriction tools
7

NA Age Verification

★ 4.9 (90 reviews) · Free plan available

Age Verification on checkout and 18+ age gate check with popup
Built for Shopify
8

CheckMate Terms and Conditions

★ 4.8 (35 reviews) · Free plan available

Terms checkbox and age gate for your store, setup in 1 click.
9

Hulk Age Verification Popup

★ 4.6 (69 reviews) · Free plan available

Verify 18+ and 21+ visitors with an age gate popup & geo rules
Built for Shopify
10

AgeCheck 18+: Age verification

★ 4.6 (14 reviews) · Free plan available

Age verification popup and 18+ age gate for restricted items
Built for Shopify

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What to look for in a Age Gate app

Popup, or actual enforcement: Decide which you need. A popup is a doorway sign and is fine if your aim is to tell people what they are about to see. If the point is that an order must not complete without an age being stated, ask specifically whether checkout is validated, and test it by going straight to checkout with an express button.
Whole store, or the products that need it: Gating everything costs you every visitor a step. Restricting by product, collection or page is standard across this category, so use it, and check how the rule behaves for a mixed cart.
How long the answer is remembered: Every listing offers a remember-me cookie, and the setting is a trade between nuisance and rigour. Look at what happens on a shared device and what a returning customer sees a month later.
What gets recorded: A date of birth entered on a storefront can be carried as a cart attribute, and attributes set on a cart carry over to the order. Decide whether you want that record and, if you do, what you are storing and why, since it is personal data sitting on an order for as long as the order exists.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best Age Gate app for Shopify?

Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "age gate", Age Verification & Age Gate 18 currently holds the #1 spot, with a 5.0 star rating across 13 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.

How is this ranking determined?

We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "age gate", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "age gate", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.

Which Age Gate apps are Built for Shopify?

7 of the top 10 age gate apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Age Verification & Age Gate 18, Blockify Age Verification 18+, Smart Age Verification Popup, Consentmo GDPR Compliance, NA Age Verification and more.

What does the Built for Shopify badge mean?

Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify is the highest level of recognition Shopify awards an app. To earn the badge, an app must meet Shopify's standards for safety, performance, ease of use, and proven usefulness: it cannot slow down the admin, storefront, or checkout, must integrate seamlessly into the Shopify admin, and must demonstrate quality through installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring ones with the badge is a safe default. Learn more about the Built for Shopify badge →

As of October 10, 2026, the top-ranked age gate app on the Shopify App Store is Age Verification & Age Gate 18, with a 5.0 star rating across 13 reviews. 7 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.8 stars across 2,677 reviews.

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