Locksmith vs Product Password Lock
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 2, 2026 for Locksmith, Oct 26, 2026 for Product Password Lock.
The short answer
- Locksmith lists 9 features Product Password Lock’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.
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 featurePassword 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.
Choose a product and set a password in the app. Enable the app embed to show a password field above its purchase form. Customers can unlock purchase buttons with the correct password and lock them again. Product lists show a Password protected label in place of purchase buttons for protected items. Products without passwords are unchanged. Setup supports English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
- 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.
- Protect individual products by setting a password directly on the product page.
- No complex setup required—add a password and the product is instantly locked.
- Use Shopify’s built-in product settings without learning new tools.
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 |  Locksmith |  Product Password Lock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Locksmith | Product Password Lock |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 307 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Locksmith | Product Password Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $12/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 15 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Locksmith | Product Password Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #2 | #151 |
| Shopify App Charts | #5 on Featured by Shopify in Accounts and login | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Oct 29, 2014 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Lightward | platyouth |
FAQ
Locksmith and Product Password Lock: common questions
- 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 Nov 2, 2026 for Locksmith, Oct 26, 2026 for Product Password Lock; 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 2, 2026 for Locksmith, Oct 26, 2026 for Product Password Lock. 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.