Categories by BTP

Shopify navigation and menus app by Business Tech Pro·Categories by BTP allows you to create a navigation tree and breadcrumbs using smart collections.

Snapshot

1.60(6 reviews)#55of 138 inNavigation and menus

Ongoing.AI tracks Categories by BTP daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

CategoriesNavigation and menus

Rating

1.60

6 reviews

Pricing

From $10/mo

free_trial

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

9

launched Feb 21, 2017

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Catalog position

Where Categories by BTP sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Navigation and menus category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Navigation and menus

#55

of 138 active apps

Review count percentile

58th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

43th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

9

since 2017

Listing change cadence

What Categories by BTP has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

Listing changes · last 21 days+11shopify_lastmod: 2026-05-13 → 2026-06-15shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-15 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-30Jun 13, 26Jun 23, 26Jul 4, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-16 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 17

2026-06-15 → 2026-06-16

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 16

2026-05-13 → 2026-06-15

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

1.60(6 reviews)
  • 57%positive4
  • 0%neutral0
  • 43%negative3

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    “This application is really good, it meets the needs for ecommerce sites with a large inventory. The support team is very efficient and responds quickly to all requests. I highly recommend this application.”
    Boutique Essénienne · 5★ · 2019-03-04

    What merchants complain about

    “We are facing issue with app and I have sent several email to support but I didn't get any reply from support. Poor customer service.”
    Toner Parts · 1★ · 2025-12-30

    Plans

    Categories by BTP pricing tiers.

    Pro

    $10/month

      FAQ

      Categories by BTP — frequently asked questions.

      What is Categories by BTP on Shopify?
      Categories by BTP is a Shopify app in the Navigation and menus category. You can configure your categories via the app's intuitive backend interface and simply include a snippet in your theme to show your newly crafted navigation tree on your storefront! Choose from the many preconfigured category tree styles to best fit your store. Create in-depth categories with unlimited nesting to help your customers find products with ease. Multi-layered product categories improves SEO and ranking for specific product searches. It averages 1.60 out of 5 across 6 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
      How much does Categories by BTP cost?
      Categories by BTP has a single paid plan at $10/month on the Shopify App Store.
      Is Categories by BTP free?
      No, Categories by BTP is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $10/month on the Shopify App Store.
      When was Categories by BTP launched?
      Categories by BTP launched on February 21, 2017 — over 9 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 6 merchant reviews.
      Is Categories by BTP Built for Shopify?
      Categories by BTP does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
      What are the best Categories by BTP alternatives?
      Merchants commonly compare Categories by BTP with Smart Product Filter & Search, Boost AI Search & Filter, Globo Mega Menu, Navigation, and Searchanise Search & Filter. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.

      Alternatives

      Apps merchants pick instead.

      Globo.io

      Smart Product Filter & Search

      4.90★2,227

      Known for: bugs

      Boost Commerce

      Boost AI Search & Filter

      4.70★1,588

      Known for: customer-support

      Globo.io

      Globo Mega Menu, Navigation

      4.90★1,425

      Searchanise

      Searchanise Search & Filter

      4.80★1,213
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      Methodology

      Where the numbers come from.

      Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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