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Six Shopify speed apps, side by side: what each one works on, what it costs on the Shopify App Store, and when it is the better buy. Every fact comes from the app's own listing, checked 2 Oct 2026. We make Whoosh, so we kept to what each listing says.
The apps, one row each
| App | What it works on | Price on the App Store | Rating | The better buy when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperspeed Rvere App Store listing for Hyperspeed EXTREME Page Speed Whoosh vs Hyperspeed | The theme and images: critical CSS, minification, image compression and lazy loading, JavaScript deferral, app optimization and preloading | US$59 a month, or US$564 a year 7-day free trial | 4.8 from 174 reviews | The wait is the theme itself (a blank screen before anything draws), and you want image compression and critical CSS in one plan |
| Thunder Enigma Apps App Store listing for Thunder Page Speed Optimizer | The theme, images and scripts: critical CSS, deferring JavaScript, CSS and third-party app scripts, lazy loading, predictive link preloading, plus real-visitor Core Web Vitals on the US$69 plan | Free plan; paid from US$19.99 a month; US$69 with real-visitor data (500,000 page views, then US$10 per 100,000); US$199 AI Agent Free plan; 7-day free trial on the US$19.99 and US$69 plans | 4.8 from 82 reviews | You want to start on a free plan, or you want theme fixes and real-visitor Core Web Vitals in one app |
| Booster Booster SEO App Store listing for Booster Page Speed Optimizer Whoosh vs Booster | The next page: when a shopper's mouse rests on a link, it tells the browser to load that page in the background | Free No paid plans | 4.8 from 431 reviews | Your first page is fine, the next one drags, and you want a free app |
| TinySEO TinySEO (former TinyIMG) App Store listing for TinySEO: SEO & Image Optimizer | Images and SEO: image compression, alt text, lazy loading and asset preloading, JavaScript and CSS minification, structured data, redirects and site audits | Free to install (50 image optimizations a month); US$14, US$23 or US$49 a month Pay as you go: US$0.03 per image over the free 50 | 5.0 from 2,522 reviews | You want image compression and search fixes (alt text, structured data, redirects) in the same app |
| Yottaa Yottaa App Store listing for Yottaa Insights Whoosh vs Yottaa | Third-party apps: Insights monitors real-user speed and slow apps; the Optimize add-on sequences how third-party apps load | Insights free; Optimize add-on US$300 a month for the first 150,000 page views, then charged per page view Free plan; 14-day free trial on Optimize | 4.5 from 5 reviews | You want to see which apps are slow before you change anything, or you run more than one commerce platform |
| Whoosh Whoosh App Store listing for Whoosh AI Page Speed Optimizer | Your other apps and the next page: loads the apps shoppers see first and makes the rest wait, and preloads the page a shopper is likely to open next. It does not edit the theme | US$99 a month (Smart App Loading or AI Page Preloading); US$149 a month for both (Whoosh Max) 7-day free trial | 5.0 from 10 reviews | A popup, chat or reviews app loads before your product photo, and you want one flat price at any traffic |
Checked on each app's Shopify App Store listing. Listings bill in USD; prices and plans change, so check the listing before you install.
Whoosh, head to head
Each page puts Whoosh next to one app, line by line, with that app's own sources and when it is the better buy.
Want the longer read? Which Shopify speed optimization app fits your store? walks through which kind of wait each app clears.
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Sources, checked 2 Oct 2026: Hyperspeed EXTREME Page Speed, Thunder Page Speed Optimizer, Booster Page Speed Optimizer, TinySEO: SEO & Image Optimizer, Yottaa Insights, Whoosh AI Page Speed Optimizer. We make Whoosh.
