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Automatically hide out of stock variants and republish them when restocked — no theme code needed
Skip the plain dropdown. Show variants options as a Product Variant color swatch or Product Swatch.
| Metric | VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants | Color Swatch King: Variants |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | 12 | ★ 3.2k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing tiers | ★ 4 tiers | 2 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 |
On the measured data here, Color Swatch King leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants audit • Color Swatch King: Variants audit
| Field | VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants | Color Swatch King |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 86/100 listing audit | 94/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
| 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 2 |
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| Languages | 1 supported | 12 supported |
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| Listed since | Jan 2025 | Jul 2019 |
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| Listed |
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| Keyword | VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants | Color Swatch King |
|---|---|---|
| each product variant | Not ranked | #1 |
| product variants | Not ranked | #3 |
| product variant | Not ranked | #3 |
| sold-out | #5 | Not ranked |
| sold out | #5 | Not ranked |
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| Signal | VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants | Color Swatch King |
|---|---|---|
| Average rating | 5.0 ★ (12) | 5.0 ★ (3.2k) |
Review text isn't collected for this app yet (12 reviews on the marketplace).
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good support team
Great service!
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Both VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants and Color Swatch King: Variants offer a free plan. VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants lists no paid plan with a published price; Color Swatch King: Variants lists no paid plan with a published price. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants (5.0★, 12 reviews) and Color Swatch King: Variants (5.0★, 3,217 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Color Swatch King: Variants does carry the larger published review base (3,217 vs 12). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Color Swatch King: Variants has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (3,217 vs 12).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants has 12 published reviews; Color Swatch King: Variants has 3,217 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants and Color Swatch King: Variants both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from VarHide Hide Sold Out Variants" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.