Platmart Color Swatches is one of the best free color swatch apps available. It offers seamless integration with Shopify stores, provides instant loading through metafields and CDN caching, and includes excellent customer support. The app allows you to create custom swatches for product variants and works smoothly on both desktop and mobile devices.
Consider Globo Product Options (4.9 rating, 3,013 reviews) which offers variant customization with free plans, or Color Swatch King (5.0 rating, 1,880 reviews) that focuses on variant options as image/color swatches. Both are Built for Shopify and provide free alternatives with strong user reviews.
You can group products automatically using collections or metafields in the Advanced plan. Simply select your products, assign them to collections or use metafields to organize related items. The app will automatically create swatches for grouped products, saving you manual setup time.
Use the customization panel to adjust swatch shape, size, and labels. You can add custom CSS for advanced styling, choose between single-color, two-color, custom image, or pill swatches. The app works with all themes and allows complete visual control over your swatch display.
The app automatically crosses out out-of-stock swatches and can auto-hide inactive or archived products. This prevents customer frustration by clearly showing availability status. You can configure these settings in the inventory management section to match your store's needs.
