Apex Sales Booster vs Essential Upsell & Cross Sell

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Apex Sales Booster, Nov 9, 2026 for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell.

The short answer

  • Only Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90/month for Apex Sales Booster and $9.99/month for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell.
  • Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists 23 features Apex Sales Booster’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI recommendations, Automatic discounts, Bulk discounts.

Head to head

Detected stores

Apex Sales Booster: —
Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 15,068

App Store reviews

Apex Sales Booster: —
Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 2,484

New reviews, 28 days

Apex Sales Booster: —
Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 66

Stores added, 28 days

Apex Sales Booster: —
Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 359
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Pitch
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Categories
  • Upsell and cross-sell
  • Cart customization
  • Upsell and cross-sell
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
May 6, 2026
Jun 10, 2024
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Built for Shopify
Reviews per month
—
85 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
15,068active installs
  • Quest Nutrition
  • Worldstar HipHop
  • Pink Rose tk
  • Gas Monkey Garage
  • Baseballism Online
+15,063 more
Most common store size
—
11-50 products26%
Top countries
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  • United States19%
  • United Kingdom8%
  • Australia5%

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

0100200DecFebAprJunAugOctEssential Upsell & Cross Sell: 143 reviews in December 2025Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 115 reviews in January 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 125 reviews in February 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 107 reviews in March 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 111 reviews in April 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 95 reviews in May 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 83 reviews in June 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 87 reviews in July 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 74 reviews in August 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 67 reviews in September 2026Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: 85 reviews in October 2026
Apex Sales BoosterEssential Upsell & Cross SellCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
$9.90/month
From $0 to $39.99/month
Plans
Monthly Plan$9.90/month
7-day free trial
FreeFree
  • · Analytics​
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $100 additional revenue generated
Starter$9.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · Analytics​
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $500 additional revenue generated
Essential$19.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · Analytics​
  • · Cart page offers
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $1000 additional revenue generated
Growth$39.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · Analytics​
  • · Cart page offers
  • · Post-purchase offers
  • · Product page offers
  • · Translations
  • · Up to $2500 additional revenue generated
Coverage
2 of 27 features7%
27 of 27 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • AI recommendations
  • Automatic discounts
  • Bulk discounts
  • Bundles
  • +19 more
Cart customization
0%0/11
100%11/11
Cart display
0%0/5
100%5/5
Checkout customization
0%0/2
100%2/2
Upselling
0%0/4
100%4/4
Upsell and cross-sell
13%2/16
100%16/16
Analytics
0%0/1
100%1/1
Customization
14%1/7
100%7/7
Offers and recommendations
13%1/8
100%8/8
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Apex Sales BoosterEssential Upsell & Cross Sell27 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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Works with also listed by another
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  • Checkout
  • PageFly Landing Page Builder
How it sells itself

Seamlessly integrate "Frequently Bought Together" product bundles directly on your product pages. Customers can add multiple complementary items to their cart with a single click. Fully compatible with Shopify's Online Store 2.0 architecture. Built with App Blocks to ensure no code injection, a highly customizable UI, and native theme performance.

Boost AOV with the Essential Upsell app, offering customizable product upsell & cross-sell & "add to cart" widgets. Display frequently bought together (FBT), related products & product addons on product page & cart drawer. Create upsell and cross-sell strategies with "also like" product recommendations, product bundles, buy x get y & one-click upsells.

Key points
  • 1-Click Add to Cart for multiple complementary products.
  • Native Online Store 2.0 integration with zero code injection.
  • Asynchronous rendering to maintain native theme performance.
  • Sell more by recommending frequently bought products & related products
  • Add automatic discounts to your upsell and cross-sell products.
  • Select from 20 pre-madde templates, all of which are easily customizable.
  • Product page upsell - Add upsell & cross-sell products to your product page.
Screenshots
Admin dashboard to configure frequently bought together bundles.
1-click add to cart widget on storefront product page.No-code installation via Shopify Theme Editor app blocks.Sales Booster frequently bought together widget.
Essential Shopify cart page upsell and cart drawer upsell
Essential Shopify upsell app has a great supportEssential Shopify product page upsellEssential Shopify product page upsell is highly customisable

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.

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Adoption

MeasureApex Sales BoosterEssential Upsell & Cross Sell
Detected storesNot published15,068as of Nov 9, 2026
Net store change, 28 days0estimated−1estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough data359new and returning
Big-brand shareNot enough data13%of stores of known size
Top store categoriesNot publishedApparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden
Top store countriesNot publishedUnited States, United Kingdom, Australia

Reviews

MeasureApex Sales BoosterEssential Upsell & Cross Sell
App Store ratingNot published5.0 ★
App Store reviewsNot published2,484
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data66
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough data12%

Pricing

MeasureApex Sales BoosterEssential Upsell & Cross Sell
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$9.90/month(ahead)$9.99/month
Longest free trial7 days14 days
Plans listed14

Listing

MeasureApex Sales BoosterEssential Upsell & Cross Sell
Shopify category rank#1107in Upsell and cross-sell#13(ahead)in Upsell and cross-sell
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s charts#48 on the Shoplist 100
Built for ShopifyNoYes
LaunchedMay 6, 2026Jun 10, 2024
Languages1English1English
DeveloperFX LabsEssential Bundles & Upsells

FAQ

Apex Sales Booster and Essential Upsell & Cross Sell: common questions

Is Apex Sales Booster or Essential Upsell & Cross Sell cheaper?
Only Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90/month for Apex Sales Booster and $9.99/month for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Essential Upsell & Cross Sell lists 23 the others don’t mention, such as AI recommendations, Automatic discounts, Bulk discounts, Bundles. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
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 13, 2026 for Apex Sales Booster, Nov 9, 2026 for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell; 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 13, 2026 for Apex Sales Booster, Nov 9, 2026 for Essential Upsell & Cross Sell. 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.