Bloggle: SEO Blog Builder vs Hyve ‑ Custom Blog Authors

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 30, 2026 for Bloggle, Oct 13, 2026 for Hyve.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: Bloggle 4.8 from 339 reviews and Hyve 4.3 from 2 reviews.
  • Paid plans start at $19.90/month for Bloggle and $4.99/month for Hyve.
  • Bloggle lists 42 features Hyve’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, Alt tags, ALT text.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Bloggle: 339
Hyve: 2

New reviews, 28 days

Bloggle: 1
Hyve: 0
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Pitch

SEO Optimizer. Create amazing articles. Products in blog posts

Add your own custom authors to blog posts

Categories
  • Blogs
  • SEO
  • Blogs
  • Metafields
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • English
Launched
Jul 26, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
4 last full month
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.

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BloggleHyveCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $19.90 to $79.90/month
From $4.99 to $9.99/month
Plans
STARTER$19.90/month
14-day free trial
  • · 24/7 support team
  • · Author, product & table of contents
  • · Drag-and-drop editor
  • · Import existing blogs to Bloggle
  • · Live SEO scoring tool
  • · Sync with your theme styles
PRO$49.90/month
14-day free trial
  • · 1 saved section
  • · Blog listing: search & navigation
  • · Clone article
  • · Everything in STARTER plus:
  • · FAQ, related blogs & product galleries
  • · Hide sections based on device
BUSINESS$79.90/month
14-day free trial
  • · 2 new product layouts
  • · Blog post sidebar with linked product
  • · Embed Klaviyo forms
  • · Everything in PRO plus:
  • · Live UX & conversion scoring tool
  • · Priority developers support
Basic$4.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · No custom bios (able to change author name on articles)
  • · Unlimited articles
  • · Unlimited blogs
  • · Unlimited custom authors
Pro$9.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · Add custom bio, image and social media links for authors
  • · Unlimited articles
  • · Unlimited blogs
  • · Unlimited custom authors
Coverage
45 of 45 features100%
0 of 45 features0%
Unique strengths
  • AI generation
  • Alt tags
  • ALT text
  • Article tags
  • +38 more
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Blogs
100%25/25
0%0/25
Content creation
100%13/13
0%0/13
Display options
100%4/4
0%0/4
SEO
100%8/8
0%0/8
SEO
100%20/20
0%0/20
Monitoring performance
100%6/6
0%0/6
SEO tools
100%14/14
0%0/14
4500onlybothonly
BloggleHyve45 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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Integrations

Bloggle4.8(339)Hyve4.3(2)
Works with also listed by another
  • Weglot
  • Klaviyo
  • Translate & Adapt
  • Langify
  • Pagefly
  • Gempage
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Messaging

Bloggle4.8(339)Hyve4.3(2)
How it sells itself

Bloggle is a powerful Shopify blog app to create a blog on Shopify without coding. Choose from ready-made Shopify blog templates, customize your blog design with our drag-and-drop editor, and publish blog posts that rank. Add products, FAQ, table of contents and more. Every blog is SEO-optimized, fast-loading, and hosted on your store. You keep everything, even if you uninstall.

Multi Custom Authors allows you to easily add and display your own custom writers on blog articles. This is especially useful for stores that have multiple contributors / writers on their blogs and want to attribute those blog articles to the actual writer, with the option of including an image and a bio about the writer.

Key points
  • Add a blog in minutes with our no-code drag-and-drop editor, made for bloggers
  • Easy SEO management, with suggestions for every article. No SEO skills required!
  • Add products to articles in one click & generate more organic revenue
  • Use the best blog templates to maximize reading experience & SEO
  • Change authors on blog articles easily.
  • Include a short bio of the writer, their image & social media links on articles
  • Add additional authors to blog articles above your store's staff account limit.
  • Works out of the box with exisiting themes that display author names.
Screenshots
Customize your blog homepage
Bloggle: Easy blog builderImport your theme and brand styleBloggle blog examples (intro)
Blog articles updated to show custom authors
Quickly assign blog articles to custom authorsEasily manage custom authorsCreate custom authors with bio and image

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureBloggleHyve
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

MeasureBloggleHyve
App Store rating4.8 ★(ahead)4.3 ★
App Store reviews339(ahead)2
New reviews, 28 days1(ahead)0
Reviewers a year or more in33%Not enough data

Pricing

MeasureBloggleHyve
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$19.90/month$4.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trial14 days7 days
Plans listed32

Listing

MeasureBloggleHyve
Shopify category rank#15(ahead)in Blogs#83in Blogs
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJul 26, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Languages2English, French1English
DeveloperBloggleHyve Labs

FAQ

Bloggle and Hyve: common questions

Is Bloggle or Hyve cheaper?
Paid plans start at $19.90/month for Bloggle and $4.99/month for Hyve. 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, Bloggle or Hyve?
On the Shopify App Store: Bloggle 4.8 from 339 reviews and Hyve 4.3 from 2 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Bloggle lists 42 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, Alt tags, ALT text, Article tags. 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 30, 2026 for Bloggle, Oct 13, 2026 for Hyve; 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 30, 2026 for Bloggle, Oct 13, 2026 for Hyve. 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.