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Dawn vs Impulse

How Dawn and Impulse compare on real Shopify usage: popularity, price, ratings, and speed, from live scan data.


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Used by 15.0% of stores 4.0% of stores
Popularity rank #1 #4
Price Free $500 USD
Reviews 35% positive (288) 94% positive (1,301)
Developer Shopify Archetype Themes
Avg apps per store 5.7 6.9
Avg products per store 1,572 1,251
Speed (real-world Core Web Vitals)
Pass rate, comparable stores 79.9% 85.5%
Median LCP 1.5s 1.4s
Median INP 131 ms 113 ms
Median CLS 0.00 0.00
Apps often used with it
  • Judge.me Product Reviews App 36.8%
  • Klaviyo 29.7%
  • Loox ‑ Product Reviews App 17.1%
  • Recharge 14.0%
  • Yotpo 8.8%
  • Klaviyo 50.3%
  • Judge.me Product Reviews App 28.6%
  • Swatch King 22.6%
  • Loox ‑ Product Reviews App 22.4%
  • Yotpo 13.3%
Most common store types
  • Subscription
  • Multichannel & Marketplaces
  • Wholesale / B2B
  • Subscription
  • Multichannel & Marketplaces
  • Wholesale / B2B
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Popularity and usage figures are the share of Shopify stores in our dataset running each theme, from live scans. Speed is real-world Core Web Vitals from stores running the theme (the comparable cohort excludes heavy-app stores to isolate the theme).


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