Section Store & Cart Drawer vs SectionGuard: Theme Sections
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for Section Store & Cart Drawer, Oct 13, 2026 for SectionGuard.
The short answer
- Only SectionGuard lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $15/month for Section Store & Cart Drawer and $14.99/month for SectionGuard.
- Section Store & Cart Drawer lists 26 features SectionGuard’s listing doesn’t mention, including 404 pages, A/B testing, About us pages.
Head to head
Section Library. Add customisable sections to any theme & page
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Section Store
- · Buy single sections. Keep them forever.
- · Free theme sections
- · Human support
Section Store Plus
- · 30+ curated sections included
- · A/B tests on carts and bundles
- · AI Pages
- · Build it from Claude or ChatGPT (MCP)
- · Bundles: quantity breaks, mix and match
- · Cart drawer: rewards, gifts and upsells
Free
- · Dynamic metafield tokens
- · Live preview while you edit
- · Up to 3 theme-safe sections
- · Version history & rollback
Basic
- · Duplicate & reuse sections
- · Everything in Free
- · Unlimited sections
Pro
- · Everything in Basic
- · PDP tabs, FAQ, highlights & more
- · Premium template library
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureA cart app, a bundle app and a page builder mean three bills. Section Store replaces them all. Your cart drawer rewards bigger orders. Shoppers unlock free shipping and gifts. Upsells add one more. Bundles sell more than one. Quantity breaks, buy X get Y and mix and match sit on your product page. AI builds product, home and landing pages from our theme sections. Or skip the settings.
SectionGuard stores your custom sections in the app, not in your theme code. Because they live outside the theme, a theme update or switch does not break or delete them. Build each section with HTML, CSS and JavaScript or from a prebuilt template, preview it live, and insert dynamic product, collection and shop data with tokens. The app never needs write access to your theme files.
- Browse and find sections. Add to any theme. Edit from Shopifys theme editor.
- Upgrade your existing theme with new theme sections. No need to start over.
- Keep or even improve page-speed. Some apps loads slow, replace with a section.
- Try section first. Experiment with sections before committing
- Dynamic fields: product data, images and text pulled live from your store
- Schedule sections, keep versions and restore with one click
- Place like any section in the theme editor — zero theme code
- 35 ready-made templates with live preview and pre-filled sample content
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 |  Section Store & Cart Drawer |  SectionGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 1,570 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | +194 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 254 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 14% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Section Store & Cart Drawer | SectionGuard |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 3,016 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 43 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 19% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Section Store & Cart Drawer | SectionGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $15/month | $14.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Section Store & Cart Drawer | SectionGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #1(ahead) | #386 |
| Shopify App Charts | #11 in Page builder | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Mar 29, 2022 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Section Store | MADE IT |
FAQ
Section Store & Cart Drawer and SectionGuard: common questions
- Is Section Store & Cart Drawer or SectionGuard cheaper?
- Only SectionGuard lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $15/month for Section Store & Cart Drawer and $14.99/month for SectionGuard. 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?
- Section Store & Cart Drawer lists 26 the others don’t mention, such as 404 pages, A/B testing, About us pages, Blogs. SectionGuard lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Page versions. 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 9, 2026 for Section Store & Cart Drawer, Oct 13, 2026 for SectionGuard; 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 9, 2026 for Section Store & Cart Drawer, Oct 13, 2026 for SectionGuard. 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.