Advanced Product Tabs vs Essential Elements
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Advanced Product Tabs, Oct 13, 2026 for Essential Elements.
The short answer
- Only Advanced Product Tabs lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $2.99/month for Advanced Product Tabs and $1/month for Essential Elements.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 24/7 email support
- · 3 products
- · Accordion tabs
- · All style settings
- · Custom HTML content
- · Full translation support
Starter
- · 24/7 online chat and email support
- · Accordion tabs
- · All style settings
- · Custom HTML content
- · Custom setup
- · Unlimited number of tabs
Premium
- · Accordion tabs
- · All style settings
- · Custom HTML content
- · Full translation support
- · Metafields & dynamic tabs
- · Priority support
Single Plan
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureUse Advanced Product Tabs to organize the look and feel of your Products. Compatible with both Shopify 2.0 and older theme versions, our app works with any store setup. Moreover, our app is fully compliant with WCAG 2.0 standards. Auto-create tabs from product descriptions by splitting them at heading tags (H2, H3) - no manual setup! Create dynamic tabs/accordions using metafields for advanced flexibility.
Essential Elements lets you create and manage dynamic content blocks — Accordions, Tabs, and Carousels — and display them on any page of your storefront. Build each element with a custom name, content items, and appearance settings, then target it to specific products, collections, or pages. Customers get a polished, interactive experience without you writing a single line of code.
- Automatically create tabs using your product page descriptions.
- Customize the look and feel of your tabs
- Manage tabs individually or assign them for a spefic products/collections
- Metafileds support and dynamic tabs
- Create unlimited Accordion, Tab, and Carousel elements from a single dashboard.
- Add any number of items to each element, each with a title, description, & image
- Drag-and-drop reordering lets you arrange items exactly how you want them.
- Target elements to specific products, collections, or pages.
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Advanced Product Tabs |  Essential Elements |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Advanced Product Tabs | Essential Elements |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.5 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 23 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Advanced Product Tabs | Essential Elements |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $2.99/month | $1/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Advanced Product Tabs | Essential Elements |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #33(ahead) | #287 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Apr 20, 2023 | May 11, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Polar Bear Commerce | Rasel Ahmed |
FAQ
Advanced Product Tabs and Essential Elements: common questions
- Is Advanced Product Tabs or Essential Elements cheaper?
- Only Advanced Product Tabs lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $2.99/month for Advanced Product Tabs and $1/month for Essential Elements. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 14, 2026 for Advanced Product Tabs, Oct 13, 2026 for Essential Elements; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 14, 2026 for Advanced Product Tabs, Oct 13, 2026 for Essential Elements. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.