Variant Image Penguin

Shopify product variants app by VIP App·Only show the images of the selected product variant

Snapshot

3.50(58 reviews)#65of 429 inProduct variants

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

CategoriesProduct variants

Rating

3.50

58 reviews

Pricing

From $4/mo

free_trial

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

10

launched Feb 25, 2016

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Catalog position

Where Variant Image Penguin sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Product variants category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Product variants

#65

of 429 active apps

Review count percentile

85th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

47th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

10

since 2016

Listing change cadence

What Variant Image Penguin 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+13shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-06 → 2026-06-14shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-14 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-20shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-20 → 2026-06-26shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-26 → 2026-06-30Jun 11, 26Jun 21, 26Jul 2, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-26 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 27

2026-06-20 → 2026-06-26

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 21

2026-06-16 → 2026-06-20

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

3.50(58 reviews)
  • 82%positive89
  • 5%neutral5
  • 13%negative14

Popular mentions

  • customer support
  • lack of support
  • data loss
  • missing feature
  • pricing
  • functionality issues
  • lack of results
  • bug

Top themes

  1. customer support9
  2. lack of support2
  3. data loss2
  4. missing feature2
  5. pricing2
  6. functionality issues2
  7. lack of results1
  8. bug1

What merchants praise

“Dave went above and beyond for me after I couldn't get VIP to work with my new theme that I bought. He could have easily just said "sorry it is not going to work" but he created a new product template for me and now I am good to go. That is true customer service. Thanks Dave and VIP team.”
Zestyprint · 5★

What merchants complain about

“A zero (0) would be more appropriate. Despite a well versed Shopify developer on staff and numerous attempts, we could not get it to work. No problem right? Surely their support would assist by going into Shopify and getting it working. The customer service is next to non-existent. A lone person replies once every 3-4 days and even then seems disinterested or incompetent. There are lots of other suppliers in this pool, we went with a competitor that communicates.”
The Home Security Superstore · 1★

Plans

Variant Image Penguin pricing tiers.

up to 20 products

$4.99/month

  • For small stores with up to 20 products

up to 250 products

$9.99/month

  • For medium stores with up to 250 products

over 250 products

$19.99/month

  • For large stores with unlimited products

FAQ

Variant Image Penguin — frequently asked questions.

What is Variant Image Penguin on Shopify?
Variant Image Penguin is a Shopify app in the Product variants category. Instead of loading all product images, your product page will only load the images of the variant selected by your client. Multiple variant images? Yes! With the app allows you to assign multiple images per product variant: Clean: provide numerous images for each variant without overcrowding your product page Clear: your client will only see the images of the selected variant This app helps you clean up without depriving your clients from as many images as they want! It averages 3.50 out of 5 across 58 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Variant Image Penguin cost?
Variant Image Penguin has 3 paid plans on the Shopify App Store, starting at $4/month and going up to $19.99/month.
Is Variant Image Penguin free?
No, Variant Image Penguin is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $4/month on the Shopify App Store.
When was Variant Image Penguin launched?
Variant Image Penguin launched on February 25, 2016 — over 10 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 58 merchant reviews.
Is Variant Image Penguin Built for Shopify?
Variant Image Penguin 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 Variant Image Penguin alternatives?
Merchants commonly compare Variant Image Penguin with Globo Product Options, Variant, Easify Custom Product Options, Color Swatch King, and Infinite Product Options. 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.
What complaints come up about Variant Image Penguin?
13% of analyzed merchant reviews are negative. The pain points most often raised in critical reviews are customer support, lack of support, and data loss — see the review fingerprint above for the per-merchant detail.

Alternatives

Apps merchants pick instead.

Globo Options

Globo Product Options, Variant

4.90★4,588

Easify

Easify Custom Product Options

4.90★2,775

Known for: performance

StarApps

Color Swatch King: Variants

4.90★2,677

Known for: billing-issues

ShopPad Inc.

Infinite Product Options

4.70★2,438

Known for: performance

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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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