Shopify App Consolidation Checklist

Create a spreadsheet of every installed app, its monthly cost, and primary function. Include free apps that inject scripts.

Use Shopify theme inspector or browser dev tools to measure the JavaScript and network impact of each app on page load.

Flag apps you installed but never fully configured, apps doing the same thing, and apps whose features overlap.

Check what data each app accesses. Some apps request far more permissions than they need.

Sum up monthly app costs and compare to revenue impact. Many merchants spend 5-10% of revenue on apps without realizing it.

List the features you actually use from each app. Often 3 apps can be replaced by 1 that handles all three functions.

Keep a proven review or UGC source for collection, then assess whether Eevy AI can consolidate overlapping display, testing, and social-proof widgets.

Prioritize removing apps with the highest performance impact and cost. Migrate one at a time to isolate issues.

Before removing any app, verify you can export all data it holds. Reviews, customer data, and analytics history may be locked in.

Export all data before uninstalling. Once an app is removed, accessing its data becomes difficult or impossible.

Set up replacement apps and import data before removing the old ones. Run both in parallel briefly to verify.

Uninstalling an app does not always remove its theme code. Check your theme for leftover snippets, CSS, and JavaScript.

After each app removal, test every store function that the app touched. Check product pages, checkout, emails, and automations.

Run before-and-after speed tests on key pages. Document the improvement to justify the consolidation effort.

Confirm that all reviews, ratings, and UGC display correctly on product pages after switching review apps.

Update your internal docs to reflect the new app stack. Remove references to old apps and add new app instructions.

Schedule a recurring reminder to review your app stack quarterly. App creep is a recurring problem.