AI search for Shopify
that gets your shoppers.
Typos, descriptions and other languages — matched to the right products, at the price of the shopper's market. Installs from your Shopify admin, no code.
Demo store password: password
Shoppers type it their way. Search should still find it.
AppIn Search is an AI search app for Shopify. It replaces the search window that opens from your theme's search field with one that understands typos, descriptions and other languages, and shows each market's price.
A typo, a description instead of a product name, a price in the query, a word in the shopper's own language. AppIn Search reads what the shopper means and shows the products you sell in their market, at their market's price — inside your existing theme, with no code.
Same query. Same catalog. Different result.
A shopper searches "tent under 200" on our 240-product test store. Real results, 5 Nov 2026.
42 results — the price in the query is ignored
3 results — only tents under 200
Search that knows your catalog, your languages and your markets
Finds the product, however it is typed
Shoppers misspell, shorten and describe. “sleaping bag” lands on sleeping bags, and “lightweight shelter for two people camping” lands on two-person shelters — AppIn uses semantic search, so it matches what the words mean, not only their letters.
- A price in the query filters the list: “tent under 200”
- An exact product name puts that product first, even when it is sold out
Every language your store publishes
AppIn copies each product in every language your store publishes, from the translations stored in Shopify — for example with Translate & Adapt. A shopper on your French storefront searches in French and gets French titles and French product links.
- No setup per language
- A query in another language can still find products described in English
The price your shopper will actually pay
A shopper in Switzerland sees the Swiss price in francs; a shopper in Belgium sees euros — the same price as on your product page. A product you do not sell in that market does not show up for that shopper.
- Price, currency and stock per market
- Out-of-stock products stay, marked as sold out
- A price in the query (“under 200”) is matched against your store's main price
Collection pages search their collection first
On a collection page, products from that collection come first. When the collection has fewer than 3 matches, the rest of your store fills the list, so a shopper never stares at an almost empty result.
- No product shown twice
- Works on every collection, no rules to write
Three steps, all inside Shopify
No API key, no extra account, no theme code.
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STEP 1
Install the app
Install from your Shopify admin. AppIn creates your account and your search key by itself — nothing to copy or paste.
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STEP 2
Products sync by themselves
Every product in every published language. Edits usually reach search in about 20 seconds, and a full sync runs every night.
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STEP 3
Switch it on, click Save
Turn the search box on in the theme editor. It opens from your theme's own search field — no code.
What changes, and what stays Shopify's
AppIn takes over
- The search window that opens from your theme's search field
- Typos, descriptions and other languages
- Each market's price, currency and stock
- Collection pages search their collection first
Stays Shopify's
- The /search results page
- Search & Discovery filters and recommendations
- Your theme, products and checkout
- Your Shopify billing — AppIn is one more line on it
An honest fit check.
Good fit if
- ✓Shoppers describe products in their own words — typos, descriptions, a price in the query
- ✓You sell in several markets, with prices and products that differ per country
- ✓Your store publishes more than one language, or shoppers search in their own
- ✓You want one flat price and data hosted in the EU
Not the right fit if
- —You need every byte of catalog data to stay inside Shopify: AppIn copies your products to its EU servers
- —Shoppers only ever search exact product names or SKUs — Shopify's search is enough
- —You need a long-proven vendor with years of case studies — we are new on Shopify
A dated test — including where Shopify wins.
26 searches — 2 spelled correctly, 19 misspelled, 5 describing the product — on one 240-product test store. Scored on one question: is the right product first?
Run 5 Nov 2026 on a Shopify development store, same catalog on both sides. Neither returned an empty result on these 26. Speed is not shown: our side ran on a development machine — we publish it after a production re-run. One store, one English catalog: not a general ranking.
How we tested
- Catalog
- 240 outdoor products in English. Both sides searched the same products.
- AppIn
- The request the Shopify search box sends; first 10 results.
- Shopify
- The store's own search results page (/search), in page order.
- Rule
- A result counts when it is the kind of product the search asks for — any sleeping bag for “sleaping bag”. For the gift search, any product counts. The rule was set before the run.
- Score
- Searches where the first result counts. One run per side, 5 Nov 2026.
| SEARCH | KIND | APPIN — FIRST RESULT | SHOPIFY — FIRST RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| “backpack” | exact | Counts: 55L Women's Roll-Top Backpack | Counts: 28L Men's Hiking Backpack |
| “tent” | exact | Counts: 1P 4-Season Tent | Counts: 1P Freestanding Tent |
| “wtaerproof bakcpack” | typo | Counts: 45L Unisex Travel Pack | Counts: 35L Men's Roll-Top Backpack |
| “sleaping bag” | typo | Counts: +5C Down Sleeping Bag | Does not count: 45L Women's Duffel Bag |
| “hyration pak” | typo | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack |
| “warm jacket for winter hiking” | description | Counts: Pro Men's Down Jacket | Counts: Pro Men's Down Jacket |
| “gift for someone who loves the outdoors” | description | Counts: Mini Packable Rain Cover | Counts: 45L Women's Hiking Backpack |
| “something to keep drinks cold on a hike” | description | Does not count: 350ml Collapsible Bottle | Does not count: 350ml Collapsible Bottle |
| “lightweight shelter for two people camping” | description | Counts: 2P Bivy Shelter | Counts: 2P Bivy Shelter |
| “shoes for walking on rocky trails” | description | Counts: Wide Men's Trail Running Shoe | Counts: Wide Men's Trail Running Shoe |
| “backpak” | typo | Counts: 55L Women's Roll-Top Backpack | Counts: 28L Men's Hiking Backpack |
| “bakpack” | typo | Counts: 55L Women's Roll-Top Backpack | Counts: 45L Women's Hiking Backpack |
| “hydratoin pack” | typo | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack |
| “hydration pak” | typo | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack |
| “hyration pack” | typo | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack | Counts: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack |
| “sleping bag” | typo | Counts: +5C Down Sleeping Bag | Counts: 0C Synthetic Sleeping Bag |
| “sleeping bagg” | typo | Counts: +5C Down Sleeping Bag | Counts: +5C Down Sleeping Bag |
| “traill shoes” | typo | Counts: Trail Unisex Trail Running Shoe | Counts: Mid Unisex Trail Running Shoe |
| “jaket” | typo | Counts: Men's Softshell Jacket | Counts: Pro Men's Down Jacket |
| “down jaket” | typo | Counts: Pro Men's Down Jacket | Counts: Pro Men's Down Jacket |
| “cookwear” | typo | Counts: Solo Backpacking Cookware | Counts: Compact Backpacking Cookware |
| “trekking sandls” | typo | Counts: Wide Unisex Trekking Sandal | Counts: Wide Unisex Trekking Sandal |
| “raincover” | typo | Counts: Pro Packable Rain Cover | Counts: Pro Packable Rain Cover |
| “watre bottle” | typo | Counts: 500ml Insulated Water Bottle | Counts: 500ml Insulated Water Bottle |
| “watterproof backpack” | typo | Counts: 45L Unisex Travel Pack | Counts: 35L Men's Daypack |
| “insulted bottle” | typo | Counts: 500ml Insulated Water Bottle | Counts: 500ml Insulated Water Bottle |
Totals: AppIn 25/26, Shopify 24/26. Brand names trimmed.
How each kind of search does
Real top results from the same test day. Pick a kind of search — the ones we lose are in here too.
Typo and Description searches are part of the 26-search score. Price, Other language and Exact name are extra searches from the same day, not part of the score.
“sleaping bag”
one letter wrong
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: +5C Down Sleeping Bag
- Right kind of product: -5C Down Sleeping Bag
- Right kind of product: -10C Down Sleeping Bag
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: 45L Women's Duffel Bag
- Wrong kind of product: 65L Kids' Duffel Bag
- Wrong kind of product: 65L Men's Duffel Bag
“hyration pak”
two typos
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack
- Wrong kind of product: 750ml Hydration Flask
- Wrong kind of product: 750ml Hydration Flask
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 18L Unisex Hydration Pack
- Wrong kind of product: 45L Women's Travel Pack
- Wrong kind of product: 65L Kids' Travel Pack
“watterproof backpack”
double letter
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 45L Unisex Travel Pack
- Right kind of product: 35L Kids' Roll-Top Backpack
- Right kind of product: 65L Unisex Travel Pack
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 35L Men's Daypack
- Right kind of product: 18L Kids' Daypack
- Right kind of product: 55L Unisex Daypack
“warm jacket for winter hiking”
a need, not a name
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: Pro Men's Down Jacket
- Wrong kind of product: Low Men's Winter Boot
- Wrong kind of product: Men's Softshell Jacket
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Right kind of product: Pro Men's Down Jacket
- Wrong kind of product: Men's Softshell Jacket
- Wrong kind of product: 2 Women's Softshell Jacket
“something to keep drinks cold on a hike”
a need, not a name
- APPIN SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: 350ml Collapsible Bottle
- Right kind of product: 750ml Hydration Flask
- Right kind of product: 500ml Insulated Water Bottle
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: 350ml Collapsible Bottle
- Right kind of product: 350ml Hydration Flask
- Right kind of product: 500ml Insulated Water Bottle
“lightweight shelter for two people camping”
a need, not a name
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 2P Bivy Shelter
- Right kind of product: 4P Bivy Shelter
- Right kind of product: 4P Ultralight Tarp Shelter
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 2P Bivy Shelter
- Right kind of product: 4P Ultralight Tarp Shelter
- Right kind of product: 2P Bivy Shelter
“tent under 200”
a price in the query
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 1P Family Camping Tent — €148.99
- Right kind of product: 3P Freestanding Tent — €138.99
- Right kind of product: 1P Family Camping Tent — €140.79
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: 1P Freestanding Tent — €582.99
- Wrong kind of product: 3P Freestanding Tent — €397.99
- Right kind of product: 1P Family Camping Tent — €140.79
“slaapzak”
Dutch for “sleeping bag”
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: +5C Down Sleeping Bag
- Right kind of product: -5C Down Sleeping Bag
- Right kind of product: -10C Down Sleeping Bag
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: -10C Self-Inflating Mat
- Wrong kind of product: -5C Camping Quilt
- Right kind of product: 0C Synthetic Sleeping Bag
“veste de pluie”
French for “rain jacket”
- APPIN SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: Lite Packable Rain Cover
- Wrong kind of product: Plus Packable Rain Cover
- Wrong kind of product: Pro Packable Rain Cover
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Right kind of product: Women's Rain Shell
- Right kind of product: 2 Women's Rain Shell
- Right kind of product: 2 Unisex Rain Shell
“Zelt für 2 Personen”
German for “tent for 2 people”
- APPIN SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: 3P Freestanding Tent
- Wrong kind of product: 3P Freestanding Tent
- Right kind of product: 2P Backpacking Tent
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Right kind of product: 2P Backpacking Tent
- Right kind of product: 2P Bivy Shelter
- Wrong kind of product: 1P Family Camping Tent
“Nordvana Basalt 4P Backpacking Tent”
a sold-out product
- APPIN SEARCH
- Right kind of product: Nordvana Basalt 4P Backpacking Tent (sold out)
- SHOPIFY SEARCH
- Wrong kind of product: Nordvana Wren 2P Backpacking Tent
- Wrong kind of product: Roventa Cobble 4P Backpacking Tent
- Wrong kind of product: Kestrelo Ridgeline 3P 4-Season Tent
- Typos
- 19 of the 26 benchmark searches are misspelled on purpose. Both engines handle an easy one-letter typo. On “sleaping bag”, Shopify search starts with three duffel bags; AppIn starts with sleeping bags.
- Descriptions
- Shoppers describe a need instead of naming a product: “warm jacket for winter hiking”, “something to keep drinks cold on a hike”. On this test both engines put the right kind of product first on 4 of 5 such searches.
- Price in the query
- On “tent under 200”, AppIn reads the price and shows the three tents under 200. Shopify search returns 42 tents, and its first two cost €582.99 and €397.99.
- Other languages
- An English catalog searched in Dutch, French and German. AppIn is better on Dutch “slaapzak”. Shopify is better on French “veste de pluie”, where we rank rain covers above rain jackets, and on German “Zelt für 2 Personen”, where we miss that it asks for a two-person tent.
- Exact product name
- A shopper types the full name of a sold-out tent. AppIn puts it first and marks it sold out. Shopify's first 10 results do not include it.
Hosted in the EU. Clear about the rest.
Your catalog and search index are hosted in Germany (Hetzner). To read a query and show market prices, AppIn processes the query text and the shopper's IP address, under our DPA. We store no shopper accounts or orders. See GDPR.
Start free. Pro is $54 a month.
Billing runs through your Shopify invoice. No separate card, no separate account.
Free
$0
200 searches a month. 1 store. Every feature on this page.
Pro
$54 / mo
60-day free trial, then $54 a month. 100,000 searches a month.
Prices are in US dollars because Shopify bills app subscriptions in USD. If Shopify bills your store in EUR, CHF or another currency, Shopify charges the converted amount at its own exchange rate.
Frequently asked questions
How do I set it up?
Three steps: install the app from the Shopify App Store, let your products sync by themselves in the background, then switch the search box on in the theme editor and click Save.
Do I need an AppIn account or an API key?
No. Installing the app creates everything AppIn needs. You work only inside your Shopify admin.
Will it work with my theme?
Yes. The search box is an app embed: switch it on in the theme editor and click Save. It opens when a shopper clicks your theme's own search field, with no code. If your theme's search field is not picked up, name it in the Search input selector setting on the app page.
Does it show the right price in each country?
Yes. Each result shows the price, currency and stock of the shopper's market. A product you do not sell in that market is not shown.
Can shoppers search in another language?
Yes. AppIn indexes every language your store publishes and answers in the language of the page. A query in another language can also find products described in English.
How fast do product changes reach search?
Usually within about 20 seconds. A translation edit waits for the nightly full sync, or click "Sync everything" on the app page to see it at once.
Why does a product not appear in search?
Only active products that are published to the Online Store sales channel appear. Check the product status and its sales channels in Shopify.
The search box does not open when I click the search field. What can I do?
Some themes use a search field that AppIn does not recognise. Enter that field in the Search input selector setting on the app page and save.
What happens when I uninstall the app?
Search stops at once. Your store's data stays until Shopify sends its erase request, about 48 hours later. Then AppIn deletes the store's search index.
How does billing work?
Through Shopify, in US dollars. Free: 200 searches a month. Pro: a 60-day free trial, then $54 a month.
Does it replace Shopify Search & Discovery?
It replaces the search window that opens from your theme's search field. Your /search results page and your Search & Discovery filters stay Shopify's.
Your shoppers already
know what they want.
Install from the Shopify App Store. Start on the free plan; Pro comes with a 60-day free trial.
Demo store password: password