Categories
Every kind of tool built for the people who build Shopify apps. A tool leads with one category and can belong in others, so these counts add up to more than the directory.
Store databases
16 tools, 14 listed hereQuery the merchant universe by platform, apps installed, revenue band and contacts.
App Store ASO
15 tools, 10 listed hereKeyword rankings, listing audits and competitor monitoring inside the Shopify App Store.
Store detectors
14 tools, 11 listed hereOne store at a time. Paste a URL, see the stack.
Analytics & billing
12 tools, 8 listed hereMRR, churn and subscriptions for app businesses. The market Mantle's shutdown opened.
Partner & affiliate
9 tools, 7 listed hereAttributing installs to the agency, affiliate or partner that drove them.
Talent & services
4 toolsFreelance Shopify developers and expert marketplaces. Vendors use them both to hire and as affiliate partners.
App Store data
3 tools, 2 listed hereThe App Store turned into a queryable dataset rather than a dashboard.
Support & CX
3 toolsOutsourced merchant support teams: your inbox and your helpdesk, somebody else's staff, answering under your name.
Ecosystem suites
2 toolsVendors covering several categories under one roof.
Merchant research
2 toolsTalking to actual merchants: panels, recruitment, customer discovery.
Listing channels
1 toolDirectories outside the App Store where your app gets a second page in front of merchants, usually for a fee.
How the categories overlap
15 of 64 tools are filed in more than one category. They are the ones that connect the shelves below, and they are named on the map. 12 pairs of tools name each other as rivals.
Coloured circles are categories. Dark dots are tools filed in more than one; hollow dots are in one. A solid line runs to a tool's main category, a dashed one to each other category it serves. Click or press Enter on any node to open its page. Scroll or use the buttons to zoom, drag to move.
The map is on wider screens. Every category and its tools are in the list above.