Smart Stories | Video Story

Shopify video and livestream app by Smart Stories·Your all-in-one stories app. Video stories, shoppable video stories, web stories, product stories.

Snapshot

5.00(9 reviews)#62of 245 inVideo and livestream

Ongoing.AI tracks Smart Stories | Video Story daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

Rating

5.00

9 reviews

Pricing

From $24/mo

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Built for Shopify

No

Years live

3

launched Apr 24, 2023

Last updated

Jul 3, 2026

Shopify listing

Catalog position

Where Smart Stories | Video Story sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Video and livestream category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Video and livestream

#62

of 245 active apps

Review count percentile

73th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

66th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

3

since 2023

Listing change cadence

What Smart Stories | Video Story 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.

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Shopify Lastmod · Jul 4

2026-07-02 → 2026-07-03

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 3

2026-06-30 → 2026-07-02

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

5.00(9 reviews)
  • 100%positive14
  • 0%neutral0
  • 0%negative0

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    Elie was fantastic! I had an issue with my uploads and she took over in less than 5 minutes, and completed it without me having to worry about it all together.
    Claricool · 5 · 2024-11-26

    Plans

    Smart Stories | Video Story pricing tiers.

    Standard Plan

    $24.99/month

    • Unlimited stories
    • 20,000 views per month

    Premium Plan

    $49.99/month

    • Unlimited stories
    • 100,000 views per month

    Enterprise Plan

    $99.99/month

    • Unlimited stories
    • Unlimited views

    Capabilities

    What Smart Stories can do.

    The 14 capabilities Smart Stories lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

    Video management

    7
    • Shoppable videos
    • Autoplay
    • Add to cart
    • Interactive video
    • UGC
    • Multi-channel
    • Analytics

    Customization

    7
    • Video templates
    • Video background
    • Video player
    • Video widget
    • Embedded videos
    • Carousels
    • Mobile responsive

    FAQ

    Smart Stories — frequently asked questions.

    What is Smart Stories on Shopify?
    Smart Stories, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as Smart Stories | Video Story, is a Shopify app in the Video and livestream category. Publish Instagram like video stories in minutes and add them anywhere on your shop easily by defining a section and using drag and drop. Upload videos to your story like you would do on Instagram or Snapchat. Allow your customers to add-to-cart or copy a coupon code while playing the video story. Select an existing collection on your Shopify store and auto-create a story from its product images and videos. Shoppable video stories help increase number of products viewed, conversion rate and sales. It averages 5.00 out of 5 across 9 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does Smart Stories cost?
    Smart Stories has 3 paid plans on the Shopify App Store, starting at $24/month and going up to $99.99/month.
    Is Smart Stories free?
    No, Smart Stories is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $24/month on the Shopify App Store.
    When was Smart Stories launched?
    Smart Stories launched on April 24, 2023 — over 3 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 9 merchant reviews.
    Is Smart Stories Built for Shopify?
    Smart Stories 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 Smart Stories alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare Smart Stories with Outfy, Whatmore Shoppable Videos&Reel, Video Slider, and Sauce. 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.

    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 .

    Find every brand running Smart Stories | Video Story.

    Ongoing.AI tracks every Shopify brand’s app stack daily. Pull the full install list, filter by vertical or geography, and catch the moment merchants install — or churn off.

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