Turbo was a fast, feature-rich Shopify theme from Out of the Sandbox, built for large catalogs. It is no longer sold. Out of the Sandbox discontinued it, so you cannot buy or reinstall Turbo from the Shopify Theme Store today. That is the real reason to be here. If you are on Turbo, or someone recommended it to you, you need a theme that is still supported and still gets updates. Several current themes cover what Turbo did well, and some do it better.

Turbo still runs on a fair number of live stores, so it is not gone overnight. The stats below show its footprint in our dataset.

0.4%
Share of stores in our dataset
#41
Popularity rank
8.8
Avg apps on their stores

Turbo’s old reputation was speed. That was fair years ago, but a theme frozen in time does not keep pace. The real-store Core Web Vitals below show where Turbo actually lands now.

Across 255 real turbo stores, 57.3% pass Google’s Core Web Vitals (median LCP 2s). Filtered to stores running only a few apps, that rises to 75.7%, isolating the theme’s own speed from the apps merchants pile on.

Core Web Vitals pass rate
Chrome UX Report · 255 real turbo stores
57.3%
Median LCP
2s
Good
Median INP
130ms
Good
Median CLS
0.06
Good
All real turbo stores in Chrome UX Report. Field numbers reflect the kind of stores running the theme as much as its code.
Comparable stores (few apps)
Chrome UX Report · 80 lightly-loaded stores
75.7%
Median LCP
1.7s
Good
Median INP
114ms
Good
Median CLS
0.035
Good
The same theme on stores running only a few apps, isolating its own speed from merchant app bloat.

On today’s numbers Turbo sits mid-pack on speed, and it no longer receives updates. So an alternative wins on two fronts: it is supported, and several current themes are simply faster on real stores. The picks below are all still available, ordered by their Theme Store rating. For Turbo’s full numbers, see its stats page.

Key Takeaways
1
Turbo is discontinued. Out of the Sandbox no longer sells it, so you cannot buy or reinstall it from the Shopify Theme Store.
2
It still runs on many live stores, but a frozen theme misses new Shopify features and fixes over time.
3
The alternatives below are current, supported themes, ordered by Theme Store rating, that match or beat what Turbo offered on speed and features.

What Made Turbo Popular

Turbo earned its following for a reason. Out of the Sandbox built it for stores with big catalogs and real ambition, and it packed a lot into one theme: fast collection pages, deep navigation, quick-buy, and a wide set of sections. For a store that did not want to stitch together a stack of apps, that was the draw. It also sat at the premium end on price, which marked it as a tool for serious stores.

The kind of store that ran Turbo shows in the data. The apps its merchants install lean toward reviews, email, and conversion, the tools a high-volume catalog needs, rather than page builders.

Klaviyo: 59.76%Klaviyo59.8%Judge.me Product Reviews App: 35.86%Judge.me Product Reviews App35.9%Loox ‑ Product Reviews App: 29.28%Loox ‑ Product Reviews App29.3%Recharge: 25.7%Recharge25.7%Yotpo: 22.31%Yotpo22.3%Gorgias: 13.15%Gorgias13.2%PageFly ✦ AI Page Builder: 12.95%PageFly ✦ AI Page Builder13%Rebuy Personalization Engine: 11.75%Rebuy Personalization Engine11.8%Swym Wishlist: 11.35%Swym Wishlist11.4%Shogun ‑ Landing Page Builder: 10.16%Shogun ‑ Landing Page Builder10.2%
RankApp% of storesCategory
1Klaviyo59.8%Email Marketing
2Judge.me Product Reviews App35.9%Product reviews
3Loox ‑ Product Reviews App29.3%Product reviews
4Recharge25.7%Subscriptions
5Yotpo22.3%Product reviews
6Gorgias13.2%Support - Other
7PageFly ✦ AI Page Builder13%Page builder
8Rebuy Personalization Engine11.8%Checkout - Other
9Swym Wishlist11.4%Wishlists
10Shogun ‑ Landing Page Builder10.2%Page builder

That profile, a large catalog paired with a lean, conversion-focused app stack, is what the strongest alternatives below are built to serve.

Why Stores Are Moving Off Turbo

The decisive reason is simple. Turbo is discontinued. It is no longer sold or updated, so every store on it runs a frozen version that drifts further from new Shopify features with each release. That alone is enough to start planning a move.

The older reasons still hold too. Turbo sat high on price, which is hard to justify for a small or new store. Some owners found it more theme than they needed and harder to manage than lighter options. And its old headline, speed, no longer sets it apart. On the real-store Core Web Vitals above, Turbo lands mid-pack, and several current themes are faster. So the switch is not a downgrade. For most stores it is a step up on both support and speed.

Turbo Shopify Theme Alternatives