Is Shopify Store Spy - Shoper Spy - Shopify apps safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Personally identifiable information such as name, address, email address or age
• Financial and payment information such as transactions, card numbers or credit history
• Authentication information such as passwords, credentials or PIN codes
• Personal communications such as emails, texts or chat messages
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Know your email address

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

• https://api.mailgun.net/* only api.mailgun.net
• https://reconvert-shoper-spy.reconvert.com/* only reconvert-shoper-spy.reconvert.com

Worth knowing

• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• See the email address of the signed-in Google account identity.email

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on every page you open: the manifest declares a content script for all sites.

• http://*/* every site
• https://*/* every site
• https://apps.shopify.com/* only apps.shopify.com

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Runs its code on every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 4 browser permissions.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

5k users

• Last updated in the store 58 days ago, on 2026-09-04.
• We have seen 2 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.
• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

1. 2026-09-04Asked for more permissions (6, was 4)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-09-04Version 1.1.3 · Asked for more permissions (6, was 4)
2. 2026-09-04Version 1.1.2 · Asked for more permissions (6, was 4)

Who publishes it

Shoper Spy - Shopify Store Shopify App Finder, eCommerce Competitor Analysis Shopify App Detector & Shopify Theme Detector. Spy & Detect apps & themes your Shopify competitors use. This listing has been in the store since 2023-10-04 and was last updated on 2026-09-04.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. ShopHound Runs its code on every site · 2 permissions 13 users
2. Shopify Store Analyzer No site access · 3 permissions 4 users
3. ShopLens - Shopify Theme & App Detector Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 1 site pattern 251 users ★ 4.4

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can Shopify Store Spy - Shoper Spy - Shopify apps access?

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns. It declares 4 browser permissions.

What data does Shopify Store Spy - Shoper Spy - Shopify apps collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Personally identifiable information, Financial and payment information, Authentication information, Personal communications, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has Shopify Store Spy - Shoper Spy - Shopify apps asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-09-04.

Does Shopify Store Spy - Shoper Spy - Shopify apps publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.