The 10 Best Order Notes Apps for Shopify
The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for order notes, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.
Updated October 15, 2026 · Organic rankingThe old way of changing checkout is gone. The template that once let stores edit it was retired in two stages, first for the information, shipping and payment steps and later for the thank-you and order status pages, and both dates have passed. What replaced it is a set of separate mechanisms with quite different plan requirements, which is the source of most confusion in this area.
The map is worth holding. Adding your own interface to the checkout steps themselves, and restyling checkout at all, are top-plan capabilities. Everything else is more open than people assume: content on the thank-you, order status and post-purchase pages works on every plan but the entry-level one, and so do the functions that hide, rename or reorder payment and delivery options, validate a cart, and apply discounts. Per-market checkout differences sit in between, needing one of the upper plans. So a standard-plan store cannot redesign checkout and can do a great deal around it.
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Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell
Lift AOV via Slide Cart Upsell, Sticky Add to Cart, Reward Bar
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Magical Custom Fields & Upload
Custom Order Notes, Text Box, Date Picker + Checkout Fields
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Checkout Note Pro
Let customers add order notes easily across cart and checkout
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Account & Checkout Blocks
Customize Checkout, Thank you, Order pages & Account blocks
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NoteDesk ‑ CRM & Automations
Manage order notes, tasks and customers with an automated CRM
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Mini:Custom Fields Personalize
Custom fields, options and uploads for product personalization
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Textbox & Textfield by Textify
Add text box or text field to product page for personalization
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Jataí Custom Order & Checkout
Custom Order Fields & Checkout Rules. Easy Integration.
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Qikify Slide Cart Drawer
Add slide cart drawer, sticky cart, progress bar, cart upsell
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Draftable ‑ Draft Order Helper
Tailor draft orders to customers with advanced customizations
Built for ShopifyCompare the top 3 head-to-head
What to look for in a Order Notes app
- This phrase is a compatibility badge as often as a category
- Much of what ranks here is a survey, upsell or loyalty app advertising that it is built on the current technology rather than the retired one. That is genuinely useful to know, and it is not the same as an app that customises checkout. Read for which you are looking at.
- Match the capability to your plan before comparing
- Almost every disappointment in this area is somebody on a standard plan buying a screenshot of the checkout page. Work out whether what you want lives on the checkout steps, which needs the top plan, or on the pages either side of them, which mostly does not.
- Ask what happens to it when Shopify moves again
- This whole area has been rebuilt once already, on a published timeline, and anything built on the old mechanism stopped working. A vendor who can tell you plainly which extension targets they use is one who will still be working after the next change.
Frequently asked questions
Which is the best Order Notes app for Shopify?
Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "order notes", Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell currently holds the #1 spot, with a 5.0 star rating across 1,088 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 "order notes", 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 "order notes", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.
Which Order Notes apps are Built for Shopify?
4 of the top 10 order notes apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell, Magical Custom Fields & Upload, Account & Checkout Blocks, Mini:Custom Fields Personalize.
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 15, 2026, the top-ranked order notes app on the Shopify App Store is Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell, with a 5.0 star rating across 1,088 reviews. 4 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 5.0 stars across 1,998 reviews.
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