Advanced Theme Preview vs Theme Access
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 27, 2026 for Advanced Theme Preview, Oct 1, 2026 for Theme Access.
The short answer
Head to head
Easily manage access to your theme
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureNative Shopify preview links expire in 48 hours and drop template context the moment a visitor navigates to another page. Advanced Theme Preview fixes both. Generate secure, long-lived preview links that work on your real storefront with live products, collections, and pages. No dev store needed.
The Theme Access app makes it easy for you to allow your theme developers, partners or agencies to access and customize your themes while keeping your store secure. You can create unlimited passwords that provide theme-only access to your developer partners, without the need to create a staff account.
- Generate secure preview links that expire in up to 5 days
- Browse live products, collections, and pages on draft themes without a dev store
- Selected templates persist across all pages during a preview session
- Revoke preview access instantly or let links expire automatically
- Manage passwords that developers can use to access the Shopify CLI or Theme Kit.
- Share passwords via email by generating a secure link that expires in 7 days.
- Track all developers who have access to your themes and easily revoke access.
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 Theme Preview |  Theme Access |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Theme Preview | Theme Access |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.2 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 4 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Advanced Theme Preview | Theme Access |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Advanced Theme Preview | Theme Access |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #90 | #3 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 8, 2026 | May 31, 2021 |
| Languages | 1 | 20 |
| Developer | B-Side Projects Inc. | Shopify |
FAQ
Advanced Theme Preview and Theme Access: common questions
- 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 27, 2026 for Advanced Theme Preview, Oct 1, 2026 for Theme Access; 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 27, 2026 for Advanced Theme Preview, Oct 1, 2026 for Theme Access. 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.