The best Shopify virtual try-on apps in 2026, compared

The Shopify virtual try-on category has matured fast over the last 18 months. As of early 2026, there are three apps a merchant should seriously evaluate: Voilae, Genlook, and Trypoint. Every other “AI try-on” listing in the App Store is either a wrapper on one of these, a defunct experiment, or not actually shipping the category.

We make one of these apps (Voilae), so treat this as the opinionated take it is. Where we can be factual, we are. Where there’s real subjective tradeoff, we’ll flag it.

What we’re comparing on

The five dimensions that actually matter, in our experience:

• Try-on result quality — does it look like the shopper, in the garment, or does it look like an uncanny composite?
• Generation speed — under 10 seconds or your conversion suffers.
• Install effort — one-click theme app extension vs. theme editing vs. dev work.
• Pricing transparency — published per-generation or per-month rates vs. “contact us.”
• Category fit — apparel, swimwear, bridal, outerwear all behave differently under AI try-on.

The three apps

Voilae

Best for: Most Shopify fashion DTC stores up to mid-market. Apparel, knitwear, swimwear, bridal.

What we built it to do well: Native Shopify install via theme app extension, sub-8-second generations, and a permanent free tier so merchants can validate impact on their own SKUs without committing budget. Pricing is transparent and published from $0 to $99/mo with a clear per-generation overage ladder.

Honest weakness: We’re newer than the other two and the catalog of public case studies is smaller. For the largest enterprise apparel brands needing extensive custom integration, this is a real consideration.

See the full product page, pricing, or compare against Genlook and Trypoint directly.

Genlook

Best for: Merchants who also want AI product photography in one app and need broad UI language coverage.

What it does well: Genlook bundles a separate tool, Genlook Studio, that generates UGC-style product photos using the same plan credits — useful if your team is producing AI content for social and ads. The Shopify App Store listing advertises 47+ UI languages, which matters if you serve many regions. The model is positioned for upper-body garments and dresses specifically.

Worth checking: Genlook’s paid tiers include fewer try-ons than Voilae’s at equivalent price points (100 vs 150 on Starter, 250 vs 350 on Growth, 1,000 vs 1,200 on Pro). For the full side-by-side, see Voilae vs Genlook.

Trypoint

Best for: Fashion merchants who want try-on, UGC permission flow, and shoppable video as a single stack.

What it does well: Trypoint runs on Google’s virtual try-on AI, which is a credible model lineage, and integrates tightly with VideoPoint to turn top try-ons into shoppable videos and AI-UGC social proof. Their permission flow — asking shoppers if their try-on can be reused as UGC content — is a real differentiator for brands that run a content marketing motion.

Worth checking: Their pricing ladder skips a mid-tier ($19.99 jumps straight to $99.99), and the free plan is 20 try-ons one-time rather than recurring monthly. For our side-by-side, see Voilae vs Trypoint.

A note on what we won’t do here

We’re not going to print a feature matrix with green checkmarks under every column for Voilae and red Xs under our competitors. That kind of comparison page is roughly never honest, and if you spent five minutes on competitor marketing pages you’d see they could write the same matrix with the colors reversed.

The right way to choose between these three apps is to install the free tier of each, try them on your own three hardest SKUs, and see which one produces results you’d be comfortable showing your customer. The whole point of the category is that the merchant should be able to verify quality with their own eyes.

The buying framework, in 60 seconds

1. Pick your three hardest SKUs — usually the items with the highest return rates or the trickiest drape.
2. Install the free tier of each app. All three let you trial without payment.
3. Try-on each SKU on at least three body types — the model from your shoot, a real customer selfie, and an avatar of a meaningfully different body type.
4. Compare on result quality, speed, and how the install felt. Pick the one you’d show your customer.
5. Run a 30-day cohort. Don’t commit to a multi-month plan until you’ve seen the engagement and conversion data on your own store.

If you want the short answer

For most Shopify fashion stores reading this in 2026, the right starting move is to install Voilae on the free plan, run it on a sample of your catalog, and decide based on what you see. The category is too young for one app to be the answer for everyone, and the install cost is low enough that the decision should be data-driven, not vendor-pitch-driven.