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Koala Inspector is a free Chrome extension that shows you exactly what any Shopify store is running: its products, theme, installed apps, traffic sources, and live ad campaigns, all in one click.
What is Koala Inspector?
Koala Inspector is a free Chrome extension for researching Shopify stores. In one click it reveals a store's best-selling products, the Shopify theme it runs, the apps it has installed, and its traffic and ad signals, everything modeled from public signals any visitor's browser can already see.
You browse a store the way any shopper would, click the Koala icon in your toolbar, and a panel opens with that store's catalog and likely best-sellers, its theme and installed apps, estimated traffic and sales, and the ads it is running. It only reads information a store already shows the public, so it never touches a store's private admin, dashboard, or checkout. One extension does the work of several older single-purpose tools, it is rated 4.73 out of 5 on the Chrome Web Store and used by more than 250,000 store owners, and it is free to start. See the full Koala Inspector feature breakdown or browse all of our Shopify research tools.
What Koala Inspector shows you
Open a store and the panel breaks it down into the data you would otherwise dig for by hand. Store analysis, app detection, theme detection, and product browsing are always free; traffic and ad data use tokens, and the free plan includes 15 a month.
Best-selling products
Browse a store's full catalog or filter to its likely best-sellers, with prices, variations, and a first-published date. Sort, search, and favorite products to save them. Free, no tokens.
The Shopify theme
See which theme the store runs, including paid and custom themes, with a link straight to that theme. Free, no tokens.
Installed apps
Get every app the store has installed, grouped by type, from review widgets to upsell and marketing tools. Free, no tokens.
Traffic and sources
Estimate monthly visitors and see where they come from across search, social, direct, and referrals, plus engagement and geography. Uses tokens.
Ad campaigns
View the Google and Facebook or Instagram ads a store is running, with the creative, offer, and landing URL behind each one. Uses tokens.
Who Koala Inspector is for
It is built for anyone who needs to know what is working inside a Shopify store without access to its backend.
Dropshippers
Find winning products, confirm what is actually selling in a niche, and check which apps a working store relies on before you add a product to your own catalog.
Shopify store owners
Watch competitors' catalogs, pricing, themes, and ads so you can react when a rival changes their offer or launches something new.
Product researchers
Validate demand and spot trends early by reading real Shopify catalogs and best-seller signals instead of guessing.
Agencies
Pull store, app, theme, and traffic data into market-analysis reports for clients without opening dozens of tabs by hand.
How to install Koala Inspector
- 1
Open the Chrome Web Store
Go to the Koala Inspector listing on the Chrome Web Store from any desktop Chrome browser.
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Add to Chrome
Click Add to Chrome. The extension installs in under 30 seconds with no credit card required.
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Inspect any store
Visit any public Shopify store, click the Koala icon in your toolbar, and the research panel opens.
Koala Inspector vs other tools named Koala
A few unrelated apps share the koala name, such as the Koala Sampler music app on mobile. They have nothing to do with this one. Koala Inspector is the Shopify research Chrome extension from Koala Apps, used for store, product, and competitor research. If you searched for the koala app hoping to look inside Shopify stores, this is the one you want.
Koala Inspector FAQ
What is Koala Inspector?+
Koala Inspector is a free Chrome extension for researching Shopify stores. In one click it reveals a store's best-selling products, the Shopify theme it runs, the apps it has installed, and its traffic and ad signals, everything modeled from public signals any visitor's browser can already see.
What does Koala Inspector do?+
It turns any public Shopify storefront into structured research. Open a store, click the extension, and a panel shows the store's product catalog and likely best-sellers, its installed apps, active theme, estimated traffic and sources, estimated sales, and the Google and Facebook ads it is running. You can export the data to CSV or Excel.
Is Koala Inspector free?+
Yes. Koala Inspector has a free forever plan with 15 tokens per month and no credit card required. Store analysis, app detection, theme detection, and product browsing are always free. Premium is $22/month for 220 tokens, tracking of up to 50 Shopify stores, and priority support, and one-time token packs start at $3.99.
What is the koala app for Shopify?+
When people search for the koala app for Shopify, they almost always mean Koala Inspector, the free Chrome extension that researches Shopify stores. It is not connected to other apps that share the koala name, such as the Koala Sampler music app. Koala Inspector is built by Koala Apps for store, product, and competitor research.