UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos vs UWidget: YouTube Widgets
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Aug 23, 2026 for UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos, Oct 13, 2026 for UWidget.
The short answer
- UWidget lists 5 features UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos’s listing doesn’t mention, including Engagement tracking, Live events, Live selling.
Head to head
Starter
- · Add 1 YouTube widget to your store
- · Add 25 videos to your widget
- · Compatible with YouTube Shorts
- · Customizable widgets; add your own CSS
- · Shoppable Sticky videos
- · Shoppable Video carousels, video grids
Pro
- · Add 3 widget to your store
- · Add 50 videos to your widgets
- · Compatible with YouTube Shorts
- · Customizable widgets; add your own CSS
- · Shoppable Sticky videos
- · Shoppable Video carousels, video grids
Premium
- · Add UNLIMITED videos to your widgets
- · Add UNLIMITED widgets to your store
- · Compatible with YouTube Shorts
- · Customizable widgets; add your own CSS
- · Shoppable Sticky videos
- · Shoppable Video carousels, video grids
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureVideos that sit on YouTube cannot sell anything. This app turns your YouTube videos and Shorts into shoppable videos on your storefront, and lets you link store products to each one so shoppers add to cart while they watch. Paste a video URL, choose a gallery, carousel, grid or banner layout, and place the widget from your theme editor. There is no Google or YouTube account to connect and no theme code to edit.
UWidget helps you sell more with YouTube shoppable videos and Shorts. Add product videos, how-tos, and social proof to your storefront as video galleries, carousel sliders, video grids, sticky videos, or video banner backgrounds. Tag products on videos so customers can watch and buy in one place. Paste a YouTube video or playlist URL, customize with built-in settings or custom CSS, and publish in minutes.
- Shoppable YouTube videos: tag products so shoppers add to cart as they watch
- YouTube Shorts, video gallery, grid, carousel, video banner and single video
- Embed YouTube videos by pasting a URL, with no Google account to connect
- YouTube video widget with a subscribe button and your channel logo
- Engaging YouTube videos, shorts, or playlist displayed on your store
- Customize widgets with built in settings; edit even further with your own CSS
- Easy to install and customize; no code required to embed your YouTube videos
- Responsive widgets; Performant YouTube videos on both desktop and mobile devices
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 |  UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos |  UWidget |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos | UWidget |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos | UWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $5.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos | UWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #165(ahead) | #175 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 30, 2026 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Gurkha Devs | Fractal Apps |
FAQ
UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos and UWidget: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Add to cart, Liked products. UWidget lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Engagement tracking, Live events, Live selling, Livestreams. 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 Aug 23, 2026 for UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos, Oct 13, 2026 for UWidget; 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 Aug 23, 2026 for UGC & YouTube Shoppable Videos, Oct 13, 2026 for UWidget. 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.