Apex SEO: AI Product Optimizer vs Rankz: AI SEO, AEO, GEO

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 Apex SEO, Oct 13, 2026 for Rankz.

The short answer

  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Apex SEO and $29/month for Rankz.
  • Apex SEO lists 9 features Rankz’s listing doesn’t mention, including ALT text, Conversion tracking, Convert file types.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Apex SEO: 1
Rankz: —
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Pitch
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Categories
  • SEO
  • SEO
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Feb 13, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Momentum

New reviews each month

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

012FebAprMayApex SEO: AI Product Optimizer: 2 reviews in February 2026Rankz: AI SEO, AEO, GEO: 1 reviews in April 2026Rankz: AI SEO, AEO, GEO: 1 reviews in May 2026
Apex SEORankzCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $99/month
From $0 to $199/month
Plans
Free PlanFree
  • · 10 image optimizations
  • · 5 product optimizations
  • · Manual SEO editing
  • · SEO Analytics
Basic Plan$9.99/month
  • · 250 product optimizations
  • · 300 image optimizations
  • · AI suggestions
  • · Basic analytics
  • · Bulk Image Optimizer
  • · Bulk Product Optimizer
Growth Plan$29/month
  • · 2,000 product optimizations
  • · 2,500 image optimizations
  • · AI optimization engine
  • · Advanced analytics
  • · Bulk Image Optimizer
  • · Bulk Product Optimizer
Premium Plan$99/month
  • · 10,000 Product Optimization
  • · 10,000 images Optimization
  • · Advanced reports
  • · Bulk Image Optimizer
  • · Bulk Product Optimizer
  • · Priority AI optimization
FreeFree
  • · 1 blog post
  • · 1 competitor URL
  • · 1 topic
  • · 3 AI fixes
  • · 3 prompts
  • · daily analysis
Starter$29/month
14-day free trial
  • · 1 topic
  • · 15 AI fixes
  • · 3 blog posts
  • · 3 competitor URLs
  • · 3 prompts
  • · daily analysis
Growth$79/month
14-day free trial
  • · 100 AI fixes
  • · 15 competitor URLs and blogs
  • · 3 topics
  • · 5 on-demand re-runs (daily)
  • · daily analysis
  • · domain sources and web citations
Pro$199/month
14-day free trial
  • · 10 topics
  • · 25 prompts
  • · priority processing queue
  • · real-time alerts (Slack and in-app)
  • · unlimited AI fixes and re-runs
  • · unlimited competitor URLs and blogs
Coverage
18 of 18 features100%
9 of 18 features50%
Unique strengths
  • ALT text
  • Conversion tracking
  • Convert file types
  • Image compression
  • +5 more
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SEO
100%18/18
50%9/18
Monitoring performance
100%9/9
56%5/9
SEO tools
100%9/9
44%4/9
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Apex SEORankz18 features listed across both App Store listings

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Integrations

Apex SEO5.0(1)RankzNo rating yet
Works with also listed by another
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How it sells itself

Apex SEO helps Shopify merchants improve store visibility, rankings, and performance with AI-powered SEO tools. Optimize product titles, meta descriptions, tags, and image alt text manually or automatically. Compress product images to WebP for faster loading, generate SEO-focused blog posts to target more keywords, and track optimized products, images, and overall SEO progress with built-in analytics.

Rankz is a Shopify app that helps merchants understand how their products are interpreted by AI-powered search and shopping systems. It analyzes product content, prompts, and sources to surface visibility, sentiment, and positioning insights. Merchants receive structured recommendations to adjust product information, metadata, and supporting content. It tracks performance using order-level and attribution data.

Key points
  • Compress and replace product images to WebP without leaving Shopify
  • View SEO and image optimization progress in a built-in analytics dashboard
  • Optimize product titles, meta descriptions, tags, and image alt text
  • Analyze how product content appears in AI-powered search and shopping results
  • Track product visibility, sentiment, and positioning across selected prompts
  • Get recommendations to improve product titles, descriptions, and metadata
  • Generate AI friendly blogs using selected products, prompts, and competitors
Screenshots
Product editor with SEO and performance optimization tools
AI Image OptimizerProduct list page that displays all the productsProduct editor with SEO and performance optimization tools
Generate AI optimized blog content for Shopify products
Top domains and sources citing products in AI resultsAI visibility and sentiment dashboard for Shopify productsProduct optimization insights and AI visibility improvements

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 SEORankz
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureApex SEORankz
App Store rating5.0 ★Not published
App Store reviews1Not published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureApex SEORankz
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$9.99/month(ahead)$29/month
Longest free trialNot listed14 days
Plans listed44

Listing

MeasureApex SEORankz
Shopify category rank#648in SEO#465(ahead)in SEO
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedFeb 13, 2026Feb 24, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperApex AppsRankz

FAQ

Apex SEO and Rankz: common questions

Is Apex SEO or Rankz cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Apex SEO and $29/month for Rankz. 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?
Apex SEO lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as ALT text, Conversion tracking, Convert file types, Image compression. 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 14, 2026 for Apex SEO, Oct 13, 2026 for Rankz; 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 Apex SEO, Oct 13, 2026 for Rankz. 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.