B2B Essential Locks vs Locksmith
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 B2B Essential Locks, Nov 2, 2026 for Locksmith.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: B2B Essential Locks 3.7 from 2 reviews and Locksmith 4.7 from 307 reviews.
- Only B2B Essential Locks lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99/month for B2B Essential Locks and $12/month for Locksmith.
- Locksmith lists 9 features B2B Essential Locks’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom fields, Custom rules, Email verification.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
- · Free for all stores on development plan
Standard Plan
- · All Features
Shopify Basic
- · Add locks and keys at no extra cost
- · All features included in every plan
- · No usage fees or hidden charges
- · Suggested price for Shopify Basic
Shopify Grow
- · Add locks and keys at no extra cost
- · All features included in every plan
- · No usage fees or hidden charges
- · Suggested price for Shopify Grow
Shopify Advanced
- · Add locks and keys at no extra cost
- · All features included in every plan
- · No usage fees or hidden charges
- · Suggested price for Shopify Advanced
Shopify Plus
- · Add locks and keys at no extra cost
- · All features included in every plan
- · No usage fees or hidden charges
- · Suggested price for Shopify Plus
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureB2B Essential Locks helps you manage your store privacy. You can hide prices and add to cart buttons from the whole store on all/specific products or all/specific collections for non-logged visitors or show to specific users or user groups based on customer tags. The app configuration also allows the same feature for pages to restrict visitors to specific pages with a redirection feature.
Password protect pages, hide prices and products, sell retail and wholesale from one store, run VIP drops, or build members-only areas. Locksmith locks any page, product, collection, blog, price, or your whole Online Store, then lets in only visitors who meet your conditions: customer tags, sign-in, email, passwords, secret links, location, purchases, Klaviyo or Mailchimp lists, dates, and more.
- Hide prices and add to cart button for non-logged visitors with custom notice.
- Show prices and add to cart button to specific customers/group (based on tag).
- Restrict specific pages for non-logged in visitors.
- Show pages to only specific customers/group (based on customer tag).
- Hide products. Hide collections. Hide prices. Hide variant options. Hide pages.
- Reveal locked areas based on customer tags, passcodes, customer location, etc.
- We use simple concepts—locks and keys—so you can work easily and creatively.
- Locksmith is developer friendly: use Liquid or our API for custom functionality.
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 |  B2B Essential Locks |  Locksmith |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | B2B Essential Locks | Locksmith |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 3.7 ★ | 4.7 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 2 | 307(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | 1(ahead) |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | B2B Essential Locks | Locksmith |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6.99/month(ahead) | $12/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 15 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | B2B Essential Locks | Locksmith |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #119 | #2(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #2 on Featured by Shopify in Accounts and login |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Mar 28, 2023 | Oct 29, 2014 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | SolCoders | Lightward |
FAQ
B2B Essential Locks and Locksmith: common questions
- Is B2B Essential Locks or Locksmith cheaper?
- Only B2B Essential Locks lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99/month for B2B Essential Locks and $12/month for Locksmith. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, B2B Essential Locks or Locksmith?
- On the Shopify App Store: B2B Essential Locks 3.7 from 2 reviews and Locksmith 4.7 from 307 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Locksmith lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Custom fields, Custom rules, Email verification, Hide content. 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 B2B Essential Locks, Nov 2, 2026 for Locksmith; 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 B2B Essential Locks, Nov 2, 2026 for Locksmith. 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.