BuiltByTom: Performance Audit vs swiftstore
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 5, 2026 for BuiltByTom, Oct 13, 2026 for swiftstore.
The short answer
- Only BuiltByTom lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for BuiltByTom and $9/month for swiftstore.
Head to head
Free
- · Performance - Asset Optimisation
- · Performance - Core Web Vitals
- · Performance - Page load speed
- · Theme & Structure - Liquid & Code Qualit
Basic
- · Everything in the free plan
- · Theme & Structure - Mobile Experience
- · Theme & Structure - Shopify 2.0 Usage
Premium
- · Conversion & UX - App Bloat
- · Conversion & UX - Checkout Flow
- · Conversion & UX - Trust & Credibility
- · Everything in the free and basic plans
- · SEO/Discoverability - Indexability
- · SEO/Discoverability - MetaTags & Schema
Optimise
- · 15% off paid fix work
- · Before & After Re-Scan
- · Everything in the premium plan
- · Safe in-app auto fixes
- · Theme Copy Workflow
Basic
- · A PageSpeed score dashboard
- · App script deferral for up to 5 apps
- · Browser caching
- · CSS and JS minification
- · Image lazy loading and WebP conversion
Grow
- · Core Web Vitals monitoring
- · Critical CSS extraction
- · Everything in Basic plus the AI theme
- · Font preloading
- · Sandbox preview mode.
- · Unlimited app script deferral
Pro
- · AI prefetch rules
- · Automated GTmetrix A+ PDF reports
- · Cloudflare CDN image delivery
- · Everything in Grow plus a revenue impact
- · Priority support
- · White-label reports for agencies
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBuiltByTom: Performance Audit helps merchants understand how their storefront performs for real users by identifying issues that affect load speed and usability. The app analyses your storefront to highlight performance bottlenecks related to theme structure, page assets, and layout stability, and provides prioritised recommendations to improve loading behaviour, responsiveness, and overall user experience
SwiftStore scans your Shopify theme and identifies every factor slowing down your store. It detects render-blocking scripts, oversized images, unused CSS, and slow third-party app scripts. Once issues are found, you can preview fixes in a safe sandbox before applying them to your live store. The app runs image compression, script deferral, font preloading, and critical CSS extraction automatically.
- Analyse your storefront to identify issues affecting load speed and usability
- Get clear recommendations based on performance impact
- Highlight layout and loading issues that affect usability across devices
- Understand how your storefront performs for mobile visitors
- AI theme scanner finds render-blocking scripts, unused CSS, and oversized images
- Sandbox preview shows before-and-after scores before any change goes live
- One-click fixes for image lazy loading, JS deferral, font preloading, and more
- Core Web Vitals monitor tracks LCP, CLS, and INP with 30-day history
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 |  BuiltByTom |  swiftstore |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | BuiltByTom | swiftstore |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | BuiltByTom | swiftstore |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | BuiltByTom | swiftstore |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #218 | #185(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 11, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | builtbytom | Thriftizer |
FAQ
BuiltByTom and swiftstore: common questions
- Is BuiltByTom or swiftstore cheaper?
- Only BuiltByTom lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for BuiltByTom and $9/month for swiftstore. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- 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 Nov 5, 2026 for BuiltByTom, Oct 13, 2026 for swiftstore; 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 Nov 5, 2026 for BuiltByTom, Oct 13, 2026 for swiftstore. 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.