Guides for Shopify app developers
Revenue, churn, App Store ranking, reviews and listing traffic: how they work, what Shopify actually says, and how to measure them. Written by the developer who builds Luseri, with every source linked.
Grow on the App Store
How App Store search ranks apps, what to put in your listing, and how to get reviews within Shopify's rules.
- How Shopify App Store search ranks appsWhat Shopify has said on the record about App Store search ranking, what is only guesswork, and how to measure the searches and positions that bring installs.
- Shopify App Store listing: fields, limits and rulesEvery field of a Shopify App Store listing with its official limit, the rules that get listings rejected, and how to choose your five search terms.
- How to get reviews for your Shopify appWhat Shopify's 2026 review rules allow and forbid, when and how to ask merchants with the Reviews API, and what happens to apps that cross the line.
- Read your Shopify App Store search terms in GA4Shopify puts the merchant's search term and your rank in your listing's address. How to read them in Google Analytics 4, and what a real listing showed.
Revenue and churn
What Shopify gives you, what it keeps, and how to measure who stays and who leaves.
- How to calculate MRR for a Shopify appThe Partner dashboard shows earnings, not recurring revenue. How to derive MRR from the Partner API, and the traps: currencies, trials, frozen stores, usage.
- How to measure churn for a Shopify appUninstalls, cancellations, frozen stores: which Partner API events count as churn, how to compute logo and revenue churn, and what changed in 2026.
- Shopify app uninstall reasons: why merchants leaveWhen a merchant uninstalls, Shopify asks why and keeps the answer. Where to find it, how to read it with the timing of the uninstall, and what to do next.
- Shopify app revenue share in 20260% on your first $1M of lifetime app revenue, then 15%: how Shopify's revenue share works since 2025, who qualifies, and the 2.9% processing fee.
After Mantle
Mantle and its SASI index are gone. What they did, and what to use now.
- Mantle alternative for Shopify app analyticsMantle is winding down. What Luseri replaces for a Shopify app (revenue, churn, merchants, App Store listing), what it does not, and how to switch in minutes.
- SASI alternative: track your Shopify App Store rankWhat to use now that SASI goes away with Mantle: daily category rank, reviews, competitors and the real searches behind your installs.
Comparisons
How Luseri compares with the other analytics tools for Shopify apps, including where they are stronger.
- Shopify app analytics tools compared (2026)Revenue, churn, App Store rank, keywords, listing traffic: what each analytics tool for Shopify app developers covers in 2026, checked on their own sites.
- SaaS Insights vs Luseri: an honest comparisonWhat SaaS Insights and Luseri each cover for Shopify app developers, where SaaS Insights is stronger, and where Luseri differs. Checked on their sites.
- AppStorePulse vs Luseri: an honest comparisonWhat AppStorePulse and Luseri each cover for Shopify app developers, where AppStorePulse is stronger, and where Luseri differs. Checked on their sites.
- LetsMetrix vs Luseri: an honest comparisonWhat LetsMetrix and Luseri each cover for Shopify app developers, where LetsMetrix is stronger, and where Luseri differs. Checked on their sites.