Essential Grid Gallery

Name: Essential Grid Gallery
Price: 5.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.90 (207 reviews)
Author: ShopiDevs

Shopify image gallery app by ShopiDevs·Create Lookbook photo Gallery, YouTube Shoppable Video Gallery, product gallery, Instagram feed etc.

Snapshot 3 hours ago

4.90(207 reviews)#9of 226 inImage gallery

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

CategoriesImage gallery Video and livestream

Rating

4.90

207 reviews

Pricing

From $5/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

Yes

Years live

launched Oct 12, 2023

Last updated

Jul 1, 2026

Shopify listing

Recent activity

Review trajectory.

Daily review count and rating drift. The blue line is cumulative review count; the dashed amber overlay is the rating on the right axis. Boring is good — sudden swings stand out against an otherwise stable curve.

New reviews

7-day Δ

-1

28-day Δ

Rating change

7-day Δ

+0.00

28-day Δ

+0.00

Essential Grid Gallery added 2 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where Essential Grid Gallery sits day-by-day in Image gallery.

Position across the Image gallery page, snapshot daily. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so the strongest ranks sit at the top of the chart. Open the full Image gallery leaderboard →

Best position observed: #7. Essential Grid Gallery held steady over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Essential Grid Gallery sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Image gallery category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Image gallery

of 226 active apps

Review count percentile

96th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

64th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

since 2023

Listing change cadence

What Essential Grid Gallery 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.

Description · Jul 2

Display your products & portfoli… → Display your products & portfoli…

Tagline · Jul 2

Create Lookbook Image Gallery, Y… → Create Lookbook photo Gallery, Y…

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 2

2026-06-30 → 2026-07-01

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

4.90(207 reviews)

98%positive252
0%neutral0
2%negative4

Top themes

What merchants praise

“Really good app and great support. I've been using it for over a year for all the video and photo albums on my website”

Crk · 5★

What merchants complain about

“This app has potential but it is not built for Shopify. It is a poorly adapted Wordpress app and is VERY clunky to work with. Don't bother.”

Casey Grace Studios · 2★ · 2026-02-20

Plans

Essential Grid Gallery pricing tiers.

FREE

Free

1 Gallery
3 Templates
4 Skins Style
Max 12 Images
File Source: Image
Image caption, link & sorting
Lightbox, SEO alt tag
No brandmark

BASIC

$5.99/month

Create 5 Grid Gallery
15 Template
12 Skin
Unlimited Image
Source: Product, Collection, Blog
Video: YouTube, Vimeo, Shopify Media
Shoppable Video Gallery, Instagram Feed
30 Hotspot Product Tags (Lookbook)

STANDARD

$12.99/month

Create 15 Gallery
40 Template
38 Skin Style
Shoppable Video Gallery
Source: Product, Collection, Video, Blog
Video: YouTube, Vimeo, Shopify Media
Instagram Feed/Reels, or Post Embed
Unlimited Hotspot Tags (Lookbook)

BUSINESS

$29.99/month

Unlimited Grid Gallery
Unlimited Templates
Unlimited Skins
All Unlimited Feature
Priority Technical Support
Unlimited Lookbook Galleries

Capabilities

What Essential Grid Gallery can do.

The 43 capabilities Essential Grid Gallery lists across each of its 2 categories, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

Image gallery

Gallery types

Carousel
Collage
Shop the look
Lookbook
Lightbox
Portfolio
Masonry
Grid
Row
List
Slider
Video
UGC

Customization

Custom styles
Custom CSS
Icon position
Bulk upload
Drag-and-drop editor
Image resizing
Captions
SEO
Image zoom
Hover effects
Mobile responsive
Shoppable tags
Social sharing

Video and livestream

Video management

Shoppable videos
Livestreams
Autoplay
Add to cart
Interactive video
UGC
Social sharing

Customization

Video templates
Video import
Video background
Video player
Custom URL
Video widget
Embedded videos
Pop-ups
Carousels
Mobile responsive

FAQ

Essential Grid Gallery — frequently asked questions.

What is Essential Grid Gallery on Shopify?

Essential Grid Gallery is a Shopify app in the Image gallery category. Display your products & portfolio with Lookbook image gallery, YouTube video gallery, Shoppable video carousel, Shop the Look by tagging products, Instagram feed, product grid, collection gallery, blog gallery, album, and social media feed. Also, you can create a combination of image and video galleries, Shoppable videos to boost sales, etc. Moreover, this product gallery app offers hotspot tagging, Vimeo gallery, YouTube shorts & playlists, Instafeed, in grid box, masonry, and collage layouts. It averages 4.90 out of 5 across 207 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.

How much does Essential Grid Gallery cost?

Essential Grid Gallery offers a free plan and 3 paid plans starting at $5/month and going up to $29.99/month. The free plan includes 1 Gallery, 3 Templates, 4 Skins Style, and Max 12 Images. The paid plans unlock advanced features beyond what's available on the free tier.

Is Essential Grid Gallery free?

Yes — Essential Grid Gallery offers a free plan alongside paid options. The free plan includes 1 Gallery, 3 Templates, and 4 Skins Style. Paid plans start at $5/month for advanced features.

When was Essential Grid Gallery launched?

Essential Grid Gallery launched on October 12, 2023 — over 2 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 207 merchant reviews.

Is Essential Grid Gallery Built for Shopify?

Yes — Essential Grid Gallery carries Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. This certification is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value, and is reviewed by the Shopify team rather than self-declared by the developer.

What are the best Essential Grid Gallery alternatives?

Merchants commonly compare Essential Grid Gallery with Instafeed, SA Variant Image Automator, Socialwidget, and Outfy. 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.

Mintt Studio

Instafeed ‑ Instagram Feed

4.90★1,881

StarApps

SA Variant Image Automator

4.80★684

Known for: billing-issues

OneCommerce

Socialwidget ‑ Instagram Feed

4.80★523

Outfy

Outfy ‑ Social Media Auto Post

4.90★492

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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 3 hours ago.

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