The 10 Best Design Apps for Shopify

The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for design, 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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What these apps add is a theme app extension, and that mechanism is the whole reason to prefer one over pasting code. Sections arrive without altering your theme's files, you place them in the theme editor like any other section, and if you uninstall the app the blocks are removed from your themes entirely rather than left behind as broken markup. Keeping theme files untouched also matters for updates, since a theme updates itself automatically only while its files are in their original state.

The limits are published, and they arrive sooner than people expect on a busy home page: a JSON template holds a bounded number of sections, a section a bounded number of blocks. The other thing to plan for is that all of this lives inside one theme. Sections you add are part of that theme's own configuration, so publishing a new theme means building the page again in the new one.

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Design Packs: Theme Sections

★ 5.0 (98 reviews) · Free plan available

Advanced sections and landing pages to level up your theme
Built for Shopify
2

Section Star ‑ Theme Sections

★ 4.9 (189 reviews) · Free

Customize your theme with sections, tabs, and product bundles
Built for Shopify
3

Premium Theme Sections by Abra

★ 5.0 (8 reviews) · Free to install

100+ Super-Customizable Sections to upgrade your theme design
Built for Shopify
4

Snap Product Badges & Labels

★ 4.6 (40 reviews) · Free

Trigger FOMO w stunning product badges, product labels
5

Scala Parcelamento Installment

★ 4.9 (107 reviews) · Free trial available

Show your payment processor installments and BNPL plans/rates
Built for Shopify
6

Conversion Bear Trust Badges

★ 4.9 (384 reviews) · Free

Ultimate Trust Badges: Highlight secure checkout & payments
7

Kaching Custom Cursor

★ 5.0 (40 reviews) · Free

Choose a mouse cursor from our gallery or upload your own
8

DORO Custom Product Designer

★ 4.7 (170 reviews) · Free plan available

Sell Custom T-shirt & POD products with print ready files
Built for Shopify
9

Design Packs: Product Blocks

★ 5.0 (8 reviews) · Free plan available

Upgrade your product details page with custom app blocks
10

Catalog PDF Maker ‑ AceCatalog

★ 4.1 (48 reviews) · Free to install

Generate sharable & interactive PDF Catalogs & Flipbooks!

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What to look for in a Design app

A library, or a generator: Most listings here sell a catalog of ready-made sections you browse and drop in. A few generate one from a description instead. The first is predictable and easy to judge from screenshots; the second is faster for something nobody has made before. They are not really the same product.
How it behaves when you leave: Because these install as app extensions, uninstalling takes the sections with them. That is the correct behavior and it is worth planning for: a page built entirely from one vendor's blocks disappears with the subscription.
Whether you needed a page builder instead: Shopify has no separate category for section tools; these are filed with page builders, and several build whole pages too. If you want one custom home page, the lighter section approach fits. If you want landing pages with their own templates and analytics, you are shopping in the other half of the same category.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best Design app for Shopify?

Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "design", Design Packs: Theme Sections currently holds the #1 spot, with a 5.0 star rating across 98 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 "design", 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 "design", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.

Which Design apps are Built for Shopify?

5 of the top 10 design apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Design Packs: Theme Sections, Section Star ‑ Theme Sections, Premium Theme Sections by Abra, Scala Parcelamento Installment, DORO Custom Product Designer.

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 design app on the Shopify App Store is Design Packs: Theme Sections, with a 5.0 star rating across 98 reviews. 5 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.8 stars across 1,092 reviews.

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