PX Variants & Product Options vs Variant Studio Product Options
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for PX Variants & Product Options, Oct 13, 2026 for Variant Studio Product Options.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.95/month for PX Variants & Product Options and $9.99/month for Variant Studio Product Options.
- PX Variants & Product Options lists 11 features Variant Studio Product Options’s listing doesn’t mention, including Add-ons, Custom CSS, Custom HTML.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 Products
- · 5MB File size limit
- · Smart Option Suggestions
- · Sort custom field
- · Swatch: Text, Image, Color
Paid Plan
- · 20MB File size limit
- · Checkbox
- · Conditional Logic
- · Dropdown with Image & Color
- · Price Add-ons
- · Smart Option Suggestions
Free Plan
Pro Plan
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featurePX Variants & Product Options lets you add unlimited custom options to any product with powerful field types including Dropdown, Text Field, Image Upload, Number, Date, Color Swatch, Image Swatch, Text Swatch, Checkbox, Switcher, and Dropdown with Image & Color. With built-in AI Option Generator, automatically create smart, relevant product options based on your product title and description in seconds.
Variant Studio gives merchants a simple, visual editor to customize exactly how product variants appear in their store. Choose swatch styles, colors, and images that match your brand. Every change is reflected live in your theme so what you see is what your customers get.
- Let shoppers personalize your products for engraving, custom printing
- Easy to use drag and drop form builder. Quickly scale your products forms!
- Increase your store's average order size by using our product form builder
- Easily reorder, rename, and restyle variant options using a simple row editor
- Show or hide specific variants based on what customers have already selected
- Customize your product page layout and preview changes live on your storefront
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 |  PX Variants & Product Options |  Variant Studio Product Options |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | PX Variants & Product Options | Variant Studio Product Options |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 3.9 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 26 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | PX Variants & Product Options | Variant Studio Product Options |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.95/month(ahead) | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | PX Variants & Product Options | Variant Studio Product Options |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #114(ahead) | #461 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 21, 2019 | May 19, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | PxApps | BGStudios |
FAQ
PX Variants & Product Options and Variant Studio Product Options: common questions
- Is PX Variants & Product Options or Variant Studio Product Options cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.95/month for PX Variants & Product Options and $9.99/month for Variant Studio Product Options. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- PX Variants & Product Options lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Add-ons, Custom CSS, Custom HTML, Dates. Variant Studio Product Options lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as In-stock display, Low stock alerts, SKU management, Stock availability. 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 14, 2026 for PX Variants & Product Options, Oct 13, 2026 for Variant Studio Product Options; 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 14, 2026 for PX Variants & Product Options, Oct 13, 2026 for Variant Studio Product Options. 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.