Best Cart Drawer App for Shopify: 16 Apps Compared (2026)

The best cart drawer app for Shopify depends on your order count and your budget. A cart drawer (also called a slide cart or side cart) is the cart that slides in when a shopper taps Add to cart. On October 25, 2026, we checked the App Store listing of 16 live cart drawer apps.

• Start free: Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells (new), or Essent Cart Drawer up to 30 orders a month
• Low price, all features: Essent, iCart, or Kaching, from about $9 a month
• Flat price as you grow: Qikify at $14.99, or Amp Slide Cart at $29.99

Before you pick: UpCart, Rebuy, and Monster Cart left the Shopify App Store in October 2026. Most "best of" lists, and the AI chatbots we asked, still recommend them. See what changed.

Key takeaways

• UpCart, Rebuy, and Monster Cart are gone from the App Store as of October 2026. If a list or a chatbot recommends them, it's out of date.
• 17 of the 21 top-ranking lists we checked still pick at least one app that is now delisted. 12 of the 21 put the publisher's own app first.
• "Free" means four different things: no order cap, 30 orders a month, 20 orders in total, or development stores only.
• Some apps price by your Shopify plan, not your orders. AOV.ai, Ego, Corner Cart, and HS Slide Cart do.
• Your theme may already have a cart drawer. Apps add the parts that raise order value: rewards bars, upsells, and gifts.
• Shopify stops running script tags on March 1, 2027. Pick an app that loads as a theme app embed.

Quick picks

Prices come from each app's Shopify App Store listing on October 25, 2026. They change, so check the link before you pay.

All 16 apps at a glance

Check this first: apps that left the App Store

On October 25, 2026, the App Store pages for UpCart and Rebuy said: "This app is not currently available on the Shopify App Store." HeyApps, a third-party archive, dates these cart and upsell apps:

• We don't know why. HeyApps says delisting alone doesn't mean an app was hacked. It lists 490 delisted apps in all, and 49 marked as recovered. We looked for a public reason from Rokt and Rebuy and found none.
• Already use one? We couldn't confirm what happens to stores that have it installed. Ask the developer, and plan a move. Here's how to switch safely.

Why a cart app needs extra care

• A real incident happened in October 2026. On some stores, some shoppers who tapped checkout were sent to a fake payment page. Three vendors, Hulk Product Options, Selleasy, and Swym Wishlist Plus, said unauthorized code or settings reached stores through their apps. Their statements are collected here.
• None of those three are in our list. One app below, Qikify, has an older closed notice about two of its other apps. It's in Qikify's entry.
• Your cart drawer holds the Checkout button. An app that controls it sits right where shoppers go to pay. That's why the checks below matter.

5 checks before you install any cart app

• Is the listing live? Search the app name in the Shopify App Store. If it says "not currently available", skip it.
• Does it load as an app embed? After you install, open the theme editor and go to App embeds. If it's there, you can see it and switch it off. Shopify says script tags stop running on storefronts on March 1, 2027. Its fix for app makers is app embed blocks.
• Read the data access list on the listing. Does the app need to see more than a cart app should?
• Test checkout in a private window. Add an item, tap Checkout, and look at the address bar. You should land on your store's real Shopify checkout.
• Duplicate your theme first. Install on the copy, so a bad app never touches your live store.

What the top-ranking lists and AI chatbots get wrong

We read 21 "best cart drawer app" articles that rank for this search on Google and Bing. Then we asked two AI chatbots the same question. Here's what we found:

• 17 of 21 still pick an app that is now delisted. UpCart is a pick in 12 of them. Most were written before mid-October, so that's bad timing, not bad faith. At least three lists updated after October 15 still pick one.
• 12 of 21 put the publisher's own app first. That includes Oxify's list, the most detailed one we found. It ranks Oxify first.
• Few explain the boring parts: what "free" really means, what you pay at 450 orders, or how to switch apps without breaking checkout. This guide covers all three.
• AI chatbots repeat old lists. We asked Claude, answering from memory with no web search. Its top three were Rebuy, UpCart, and Monster Cart, all now delisted.
• Gemini got facts wrong too. Signed out, it named UpCart and said iCart is free for the first 100 orders. iCart's listing shows a free plan only for development stores. Gemini cited Oxify's list for most of its answer.

The lesson: check the date on any list, including this one. Then open the app's App Store page before you install.

Do you need an app? Your theme may have a cart drawer

Shopify's free Dawn theme has a "Cart type" setting with three choices: Drawer, Page, or Notification. The default is Notification. Open it from the theme editor under Theme settings, then Cart. Other themes name it differently, so look for "cart" in theme settings.

A theme drawer is enough if you only want shoppers to see their items, change quantities, and check out.

Use an app if you want:

• A free shipping or free gift bar that fills as the cart grows
• Upsells inside the cart
• Buy more, save more offers
• A sticky add to cart bar on product pages
• Tests and numbers for your cart

Want to keep your theme's drawer and only add upsells?

That's a common ask. In a Shopify Community thread that ranks for this search, a merchant with a theme drawer wanted upsells only. Replies pointed out that most cart apps replace the whole cart.

All 16 apps here replace your theme's cart. To keep yours, look for an upsell app that says it works inside your theme's drawer, and test it on a duplicate theme. We didn't test any.

1. Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells: free slide cart, no order cap

Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells replaces your theme cart with a drawer that opens on add to cart. You design it in a live preview. No code.

Quick facts:

• Price: Free. The listing shows one plan and no order cap.
• Launched: October 22, 2026. It had 5.0 stars from 1 review on October 25, 2026.
• Setup: switch on the "Foxr Cart Drawer" app embed in the theme editor, then design the cart in the app. The drawer only shows when the embed is on.

What you get

• Rewards bar: up to six tiers, counted by cart total or item count. Each tier gives a shipping discount, an order discount, or a free gift. Different tiers per market.
• Savings shown in the cart: applied discounts, total savings, and compare-at savings on each item.
• Upsells: products picked by AI, Shopify's complementary products, or your own rules (cart value, product, collection, variant, customer tag, or market). Four layouts.
• Discounted upsells and buy more, save more: "Buy 2 save 10%" under each item, up to 10 offers.

• Cart extras: countdown timer, announcement bar, discount code field, order notes, gift wrap, shipping protection, terms checkbox, and a share cart link.
• Sticky add to cart bar and an optional floating cart button.
• Testing: keep up to 25 cart designs, save drafts, run an A/B test, and translate every text.
• Works with: Klaviyo's Added to Cart event, plus Judge.me, Loox, and Rivyo star ratings in the drawer.

Limits

• It's new, and it has one review. It doesn't have the "Built for Shopify" badge.
• App screens are English only. You can translate what shoppers see in the cart.
• Discounts use Shopify's automatic discounts. The app creates two, "Foxr Discount" and "Foxr Free Shipping". Shopify allows 25 active automatic discounts per store. At the limit, saving a rewards change fails until you turn some off. (Docs)
• Express buttons need a snippet. Shop Pay, Apple Pay, and Google Pay buttons need a short code snippet in your theme, and they don't show in the editor preview. (Docs)
• Unusual themes may need help. If the drawer doesn't open from your theme's buttons, you add custom selectors in Settings.
• Customer-tag exclusions only work for logged-in customers.
• No independent speed or sales data yet. It's three days old.

Best for: stores that want upsells and a rewards bar without an order cap, and are fine trying a new app.

Try it: See the app page, install it free on Shopify, or read the docs.

15 more cart drawer apps

Oxify Cart Drawer & Upsell comes next. The rest are the cart drawer apps with the most reviews in the App Store search for "cart drawer", in order of review count. Each image is from the app's own App Store listing. "Built for Shopify" is Shopify's badge for apps that meet its standards for performance, design, and integration.

2. Oxify Cart Drawer & Upsell

• Best for: one app for cart, checkout, and post-purchase upsells.
• Rating: 4.9 stars from 41 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched January 2024.
• Price: $9.99 (up to 100 orders), $19.99 (200), $29.99 (500), $49.99 (1,000). 14-day trial, no free plan.
• Why pick it: a slide cart with a rewards bar, cart upsells and "frequently bought together" bundles, free gifts, and add-ons. It also adds upsell blocks at checkout and offers after purchase and on the thank-you page. It works with Judge.me, Rivyo, Reviews.io, GemPages, and PageFly.
• Watch out: it has the fewest reviews of the 15. Its maker publishes the most detailed "best cart drawer apps" list we found, which ranks Oxify first.

3. Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: stores that want the app with the most reviews.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 1,557 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched December 2024.
• Price: $9.99 (99 orders), $14.99 (199), $24.99 (499). 14-day trial.
• Why pick it: free shipping and free gift bar, urgency timer, an upsell slide carousel, trust badges, and shipping protection as a one-tap add-on. The listing offers seven languages.
• Watch out: the free plan is for development stores only. The listing shows three paid plans, up to 499 orders.

4. Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: a free start with every feature, then a low price.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 1,123 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched March 2025. (The listing title says "Essent". The web address says "essential".)
• Price: free for 30 orders a month. Then $8.99 (99 orders), $13.99 (199), $23.99 (499), and five more plans up to 10,000+ orders.
• Why pick it: the listing says every feature is included on every plan, with no per-order fees. That includes upsells, a rewards bar, sticky add to cart, a countdown timer, Markets, translations, and custom HTML and CSS.
• Watch out: 30 free orders goes fast. App screens are in English.

5. AOV.ai Cart Drawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: stores on Shopify Basic that want AI upsells at a low flat price.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 865 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched April 2025.
• Price: the free plan has "30 monthly orders by app". Paid plans price by your Shopify plan: Basic $15.99, Grow $25.99, Advanced $35.99, all with unlimited orders.
• Why pick it: paid plans add AI upsells, a multi-goal rewards bar, shipping protection and gift wrap, and 24/7 live chat. It works with Klaviyo, Judge.me, Shopify Flow, and Kaching Bundle.
• Watch out: AI upsells and the multi-goal bar are not in the free plan. The listing doesn't show a Shopify Plus price.

6. Amp Slide Cart Upsell Drawer

• Best for: brands that care about a polished cart design and want a price that never changes.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 778 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched December 2019.
• Price: free forever with basics. Growth is $29.99 and Pro is $49.99. The listing says both are "Always this price - never increases with sales". 7-day trial.
• Why pick it: AI and manual upsells, a free shipping and free gift bar, subscription upsells, and daily insights by product. Pro adds built-in cart designs and a free gift rule.
• Watch out: the free plan has no upsells and no rewards bar. Those start at $29.99.

7. Ego Cart Drawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: small stores that want a rewards bar and upsells for a few dollars.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 559 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched August 2024.
• Price: the free plan has "30 monthly orders by app". Paid plans price by Shopify plan: Basic or Grow $12.99, Advanced $19.99, Plus $39.99, all with unlimited orders. 7-day trial.
• Why pick it: the free plan includes smart upsells and a one-tier rewards bar. Paid adds a multi-tier bar, AI upsells, free gifts with rules, and add-ons.
• Watch out: the free bar has one tier only. Multi-tier needs a paid plan.

8. iCart Cart Drawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: stores that want a drawer, a mini cart, a pop-up, or a cart page from one app.
• Rating: 4.7 stars from 452 reviews. No Built for Shopify badge. Launched June 2020.
• Price: $9 (0 to 100 orders), $19 (101 to 200), $29 (201 to 500). All features on every plan.
• Why pick it: a multi-tier progress bar, AI upsells, bundles, volume discounts, and buy more, save more.
• Watch out: the free plan is for development stores only, whatever some AI answers say.

9. Qikify Slide Cart Drawer

• Best for: a free drawer with analytics and no order cap, then a flat $14.99 for upsells.
• Rating: 4.9 stars from 422 reviews. No Built for Shopify badge. Launched July 2019.
• Price: the free plan has the slide cart, a sticky add to cart, an announcement bar, a floating cart button, order notes, gift wrap, a subscription upsell, analytics, and 24/7 support. Premium is $14.99 and adds cart upsells, a rewards bar, a shipping estimate bar, and variant editing in the cart. A Shopify Plus plan is $99. The listing shows no order caps. 7-day trial.
• Watch out: upsells and the rewards bar need Premium.
• Safety note: Qikify has a notice, marked "Closed", about a security incident that hit two of its other apps, Qikify Sticky Add to Cart and Qikify Mega Menu. Roman Zipp's tracker dates it to July and calls it resolved. We found nothing about the Slide Cart Drawer, but read the notice before you install.

10. Corner Cart Drawer & Free Gift

• Best for: stores that want a plain cart drawer free, with campaigns added later.
• Rating: 4.9 stars from 316 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched November 2019.
• Price: the free plan has the drawer, a sticky add to cart, and a floating mini cart. Paid plans price by Shopify plan: Basic $15, Grow $29, Advanced $59, for up to 5,000 orders. 30-day trial.
• Why pick it: paid plans add free gift campaigns, buy X get Y, volume discounts, urgency timers, and one-click upsells.
• Watch out: the free plan has no upsells or rewards. Campaigns need a paid plan.

11. HS Slide Cart Drawer Upsell

• Best for: stores that use subscription or page builder apps the listing names, like ReCharge, Bold Subscriptions, GemPages, PageFly, or Shogun.
• Rating: 4.5 stars from 146 reviews. No Built for Shopify badge. Launched June 2018.
• Price: Basic $19.99, Grow $29.99, Advanced $59.99. The plan names match Shopify's plans. 5-day trial.
• Why pick it: trust badges, an urgency timer, free shipping and free gift bars, an upsell carousel, and a shipping protection toggle.
• Watch out: the free plan is for development stores only. It has the lowest rating of the 16.

12. Sale max ‑ Slide Cart Drawer

• Best for: a free drawer that shows review stars from Judge.me, Loox, Ali Reviews, Reviews.io, or Yotpo.
• Rating: 4.8 stars from 131 reviews. No Built for Shopify badge. Launched July 2023.
• Price: the listing shows a free plan.
• Why pick it: order notes, discount codes, a shipping rate estimate, a free shipping bar, a countdown timer, upsells, tiered rewards, free gifts, and more than one language.
• Watch out: the listing also has a "See all pricing options" link, so check for paid extras before you count on free.

13. Unicorn ‑ Upsell Cart Drawer

• Best for: brands that want different carts for different markets or customer groups.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 120 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched November 2024.
• Price: Grow is $19.99 plus $0.03 per order after the first 100, with order fees capped at $199.99. Plus is $49.99 plus $0.02 per order after 100 (capped at $299.99) and adds A/B cart tests. Elevate is $249.99 with setup done for you. 7-day trial.
• Why pick it: add-to-unlock rewards, shipping protection, one-tick upsells, and carts targeted by market or customer. In a Shopify Community thread, one reply praised its price, features, and per-market carts.
• Watch out: no free plan, and the bill grows with orders. At 450 orders, Grow comes to about $30.49.

14. Cartly Slide Cart Drawer

• Best for: a very small or brand-new store that wants to try every feature first.
• Rating: 4.9 stars from 94 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched September 2017.
• Price: free for the first 20 orders in total. Then $16.99 (up to 100 orders a month), $24.99 (300), $49.99 (750). 14-day trial.
• Why pick it: cart upsells, a free shipping bar, product add-ons, a discount code field, countdown and announcements, order notes, and express checkout buttons. The listing says all features are on every plan.
• Watch out: the free plan is 20 orders in total, not a month. After that, the cheapest plan is $16.99.

15. Snap Cart Drawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: a free drawer with a long feature list.
• Rating: 4.7 stars from 87 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched January 2025.
• Price: listed as free.
• Why pick it: upsells, free gifts, tiered progress bars, discounts, a countdown timer, add-ons, gift wrap, shipping protection, trust badges, custom HTML and CSS, and separate carts per market or customer group.
• Watch out: its maker, WizzCommerce, also publishes a "best free cart upsell apps" list that picks Snap as number one.

16. Rapid Cart Drawer Cart Upsell

• Best for: small stores that want a low price with built-in analytics.
• Rating: 5.0 stars from 81 reviews. Built for Shopify. Launched June 2026, so it's new.
• Price: free up to 25 orders a month. Starter is $9 (up to 100 orders), Pro is $15 (up to 500), and Elite is $29 (unlimited). Yearly billing saves 17%. 7-day trial.
• Why pick it: the Starter plan lists A/B testing, full analytics, subscription upgrades, and scheduling. The dashboard tracks extra revenue, conversion rate, and order value.
• Watch out: it's four months old, and its App Store image still marks A/B testing, free gifts, and subscriptions as "coming soon". Ask before you count on them.

Also on the App Store

These are bigger suites that include a cart drawer, or smaller drawer apps with fewer reviews.

• Vitals: 4.9 stars, 2,978 reviews. 40+ tools in one app, including bundles and upsells. $29.99 a month, plus usage fees after about $1,000 a month in sales it credits to itself. Vitals also publishes a cart drawer list that ranks Vitals first.
• Candy Rack: 4.9 stars, 265 reviews. An upsell and bundle app with a built-in slide cart. $29.99 (up to 50 orders), $39.99 (200), $59.99 (500).
• Moon Bundles CartDrawer Upsell: 5.0 stars, 670 reviews. Bundle-first. It prices by revenue it generates: free up to $500, then $19.99, $39.99, and $79.99.
• Smaller drawer apps: Cart Drawer & Upsells ‑ Breeze (5.0, 54 reviews), HUE Cart Drawer (5.0, 46), GoKwik Cart Drawer & Upsell (3.9, 46), and Flash: Cart Drawer & Upsell (5.0, 30).

What cart drawer apps really cost

"30 monthly orders by app" is the listing's wording for AOV.ai and Ego. Ask the developer what counts as an order before you rely on it.

The bill as you grow

This is simple math on each app's listed monthly price.

• Priced by Shopify plan, not orders: AOV.ai (Basic $15.99, Grow $25.99, Advanced $35.99), Ego (Basic or Grow $12.99, Advanced $19.99, Plus $39.99), Corner Cart (Basic $15, Grow $29, Advanced $59), and HS Slide Cart ($19.99, $29.99, $59.99).
• Cartly jumps from $16.99 to $49.99 as you grow, because its plans stop at 100, 300, and 750 orders.
• Unicorn adds $0.03 per order after 100 on Grow, so the price climbs slowly with every order.
• Check the plan above yours. Several listings have bigger plans we left out.

Big stores: 1,000+ orders a month

• No order cap listed: Foxr (free), Qikify Premium ($14.99), Amp ($29.99 or $49.99), Rapid Elite ($29), and the plan-priced apps: AOV.ai, Ego, and Corner Cart (up to 5,000 orders).
• Shopify Plus plans: Qikify ($99, with priority support and custom requests), Ego ($39.99), and Unicorn Elevate ($249.99, with setup done for you).
• Listing tops out lower: Kaching (499 orders), iCart (500), Cartly (750), and Oxify (1,000). Essent says it has plans up to 10,000+ orders. Ask each one for its price at your size.

How to choose a cart drawer app

Ask these seven questions before you pick:

• Is the listing live? (See the checks above.)
• What does free really mean? Look at the order cap, and what's missing.
• What's the price at your size? Many apps price by orders or by Shopify plan.
• Does it have the rewards bar you need? One goal or several tiers? Free shipping only, or gifts too?
• How are upsells picked? By AI, by your rules, or both?
• Can you test it? Look for drafts, A/B tests, and analytics.
• Does it fit your tools? Check your review app, email app, and languages.

How to switch cart drawer apps without breaking checkout

This matters most if you use UpCart, Rebuy, or Monster Cart today.

• Step 1: Write down what your cart does now. List your reward tiers, upsells, gifts, discount code box, notes, add-ons, and translations. Take phone screenshots.
• Step 2: Duplicate your live theme. Do all the work on the copy.
• Step 3: Install the new app on the copy. Turn on its app embed in the theme editor, and turn off the old app's embed in the same copy.
• Step 4: Rebuild your offers. Start with the free shipping bar and one upsell. Match your old goals, so repeat shoppers see the same deal.
• Step 5: Check your discounts. In Shopify admin, open Discounts and look for automatic discounts the old app made. Two apps giving the same reward can clash or double up. Plan to turn the old ones off when the new cart goes live.
• Step 6: Test the copy on a phone in a private window. Add an item, change the quantity, reach the free shipping goal, add an upsell, use a code, and tap Checkout.
• Step 7: Publish the copy, then uninstall the old app. Shopify says some apps leave code in your theme after you uninstall, so follow the old app's removal steps.
• Step 8: Watch two full weeks of average order value and the share of carts that reach checkout.

How to test a cart drawer in 30 minutes

• Minutes 1 to 5: duplicate your theme. Work on the copy.
• Minutes 5 to 10: install the app and turn on its app embed in the theme editor. Save.
• Minutes 10 to 15: set one goal. Make a free shipping bar a bit above your current average order value. You'll find that number in Shopify Analytics. This is our rule of thumb, not a Shopify rule.
• Minutes 15 to 20: add one upsell that costs less than the item in the cart.
• Minutes 20 to 25: test on a phone. Add an item, change the quantity, remove it, add it again, and tap Checkout. Do it in a private window and confirm you land on your real checkout.
• Minutes 25 to 30: run PageSpeed Insights on a product page. Save the score. Check it again on the live store later.

Then publish the theme and watch two full weeks. Track average order value and the share of carts that reach checkout.

Start your "before" numbers after September 23, 2026. Shopify changed how it counts sessions from September 21 to 23. Our guide to testing video and conversion rate shows how to compare fairly.

5 cart drawer mistakes

• A free shipping goal that's too high. If shoppers can't reach it, they ignore the bar.
• Too many offers in a small drawer. On a phone, a drawer with a bar, three upsells, and a banner hides the Checkout button.
• Two cart apps at once. Two apps that both open on add to cart can fight. Run one.
• Leaving the old app on. When you switch, turn off the old app's embed, uninstall it, then check your theme for leftover code.
• Trusting a lift number. Most numbers online come from app makers, about their own apps. We found no independent study. Test on your own store.

How we made this list

• App facts: on October 25, 2026, we searched "cart drawer" in the Shopify App Store and read each app's listing: price, plans, rating, review count, launch date, and Built for Shopify badge.
• Which apps: Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells and Oxify Cart Drawer & Upsell, then the cart drawer apps with the most reviews. Bigger suites like Vitals, Candy Rack, and Moon Bundles are under "Also on the App Store".
• Delisted apps: we opened the UpCart and Rebuy pages ourselves. Other dates and review counts come from the HeyApps archive.
• Top-ranking lists: Google results came from Ubersuggest for four searches like this one (one collected October 25, three cached between August 27 and October 13). Google itself showed us a bot check, so we didn't use it directly. We also read Bing's first page on October 25. We measured each article's apps, length, date, and picks.
• AI chatbots: on October 25, we asked Claude (from memory, no web search) and Gemini (signed out) for the best cart drawer apps.
• Merchant comments: Reddit threads also rank for this search, but Reddit blocked our tools, so merchant comments come from Shopify Community only.
• Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells: details come from its App Store listing and its docs.
• Images: every app image comes from that app's Shopify App Store listing and is labeled with its name. They are the makers' own marketing graphics with demo products, not our screenshots.
• Other sources: the Dawn "Cart type" setting is from Shopify's Dawn code. The script tag dates are from Shopify's developer changelog.
• What we didn't do: we did not install or test the other 15 apps, and we did not measure speed or sales lift. We tried to compare code size on each app's demo store, then dropped it, because most demo pages don't show the app's files in the page code.
• Freshness: prices and listings change often. Check each link before you install.

FAQ

What is the best cart drawer app for Shopify?

It depends on your orders and budget. For a free start, look at Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells (new, free) or Essent Cart Drawer (free to 30 orders). For the most reviews, look at Kaching CartDrawer. For a price that doesn't climb, look at Qikify or Amp Slide Cart.

What is a cart drawer on Shopify?

A cart drawer slides in from the side when a shopper adds a product. It's also called a slide cart or side cart. Shoppers see their items, change quantities, and check out without leaving the page.

What is the best free cart drawer app for Shopify?

Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells is free with no order cap on its listing. Snap and Sale max are listed as free. Qikify, Amp, and Corner Cart have free basic plans.

Essent, AOV.ai, and Ego are free up to 30 orders a month, and Rapid up to 25. Cartly is free for the first 20 orders in total. Kaching, iCart, and HS Slide Cart are free only on development stores.

Does Shopify have a built-in cart drawer?

Yes, in some themes. In Dawn, go to Theme settings, then Cart, and set "Cart type" to Drawer. It shows items and checkout, but not rewards bars, upsells, or gifts. Those come from an app.

Cart drawer or cart page: which is better?

A drawer keeps shoppers on the page and is quicker. A cart page gives more room. In Dawn you can choose Drawer, Page, or Notification. We found no independent study that says one always wins, so test both if you can.

How do I add a cart drawer to Shopify?

Two ways. If your theme has the setting, open Theme settings, then Cart, and pick Drawer. For more features, install an app, turn on its app embed in the theme editor, and set it up in the app. Do it on a duplicate theme first.

Is UpCart still available?

On October 25, 2026, its App Store page said "This app is not currently available on the Shopify App Store". HeyApps shows it delisted on October 15, 2026. We found no public reason.

What are the best UpCart alternatives?

Live apps with a similar setup are Kaching CartDrawer, Essent Cart Drawer, and Amp Slide Cart. For a free option, try Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells. Follow the switching steps above, so your discounts and checkout keep working.

Is Rebuy still on the Shopify App Store?

Rebuy Personalization Engine showed "not currently available" on October 25, 2026, and HeyApps dates its delisting to October 18. Rebuy is a personalization tool, not only a cart drawer. Ask Rebuy directly if you already use it.

Is Monster Cart still available?

HeyApps lists Monster Cart Upsell+ Free Gift as delisted on October 21, 2026. Check its App Store page before you rely on it.

Can I keep my theme's cart drawer and only add upsells?

Yes, with the right app. All 16 apps here replace your theme's cart. Look for an upsell app that says it works inside your theme's drawer, and test it on a duplicate theme first.

Which cart drawer app is best for Shopify Plus?

Qikify has a $99 Shopify Plus plan with priority support and custom requests. Ego's Plus plan is $39.99. Unicorn's $249.99 Elevate plan includes setup done for you. AOV.ai's listing shows no Plus price.

Why is my cart drawer not working?

Check these in order:

• The app embed is off in the theme editor.
• A theme update changed your add-to-cart button, so the app can't find it.
• Another app also opens a cart.
• Your theme uses unusual button names. Some apps let you enter your own selectors. Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells does in Settings.

What does "Built for Shopify" mean?

It's a badge on the App Store. Shopify says it means the app "meets our highest standards for performance, design, and integration". Of the 15 other apps here, 11 have it. iCart, Qikify, HS Slide Cart, and Sale max don't, and neither does Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells.

Do cart drawers increase sales?

They can, if they add value: a free shipping bar, a good upsell, and a fast checkout. Most lift numbers online come from app makers. We found no independent study, so run your own test for two weeks.

How do I stop a cart drawer from slowing my store?

Every app adds code. Test a product page with PageSpeed Insights before and after you install. Keep the drawer simple, and remove apps you stopped using.

Next step: test one app for 30 minutes

Pick one app from the table above. Duplicate your theme, follow the 30-minute test, and read your numbers after two weeks.

If you want a free slide cart with a rewards bar, upsells, and a sticky add to cart bar, install Foxr ‑ Cart Drawer & Upsells free on the Shopify App Store or see the app page.

Want to grow each order even more? Foxr ‑ Bundle Builder lets shoppers build their own mix-and-match box with tiered discounts.