Session-Recording-Heatmapping Shopify Apps – Analytics & Insights

MIDA Replay, Heatmap & Insight dominates session-recording-heatmapping with 41.0% market share — a clear category leader Shopify merchants gravitate to first, -1.5pp ahead of Propel Replay, Survey, Heatmap (42.5%). RealtimeStack : Live Analytics sits at #3 with 2.1% share, rounding out the top tier. Together, the top 3 apps absorb 85.6% of all session-recording-heatmapping installs — a highly concentrated landscape with limited room for new entrants. Plerdy: Heatmap, Replay & SEO is the standout mover this month, climbing 1 position — a momentum signal worth tracking. Worth noting: the top-ranked app and the highest-share app aren't the same here — App Store rank and our market share metric (computed from review counts and other factors) move on independent dynamics, so cross-checking both views matters in this category.

MIDA Replay, Heatmap & Insight's 41.0% share looks dominant, but Hitsteps Web Analytics slipped 1 position this month and the rest of the top 5 has reshuffled. Session-Recording-Heatmapping apps are settled at the top and contested below — for merchants whose needs aren't a perfect MIDA Replay, Heatmap & Insight fit, the #2–#5 apps often surface better niche options.

MIDA Replay, Heatmap & Insight climbed from #3 (Oct 2025) to #1 (Sep 2026) — a 2-position gain among session-recording-heatmapping apps over the charted window. Across the top 5 plotted session-recording-heatmapping apps, 2 improved their ranking while 1 declined — the category is moving upward overall. MIDA Replay, Heatmap & Insight's share expanded +8.5pp from 32.5% (Oct 2025) to 41.0% (Oct 2026) — a sustained widening of the gap against other session-recording-heatmapping apps over this window.

A 2-position move for the leader over the charted session-recording-heatmapping window is large enough to reflect real merchant adoption shifts, not just App Store noise — MIDA Replay, Heatmap & Insight's climb as of Sep 2026 is the strongest trajectory signal in this chart.

United States dominates demand for session-recording-heatmapping apps with 38.5% of all tracked installs — a single market that effectively defines the category's product priorities. United Kingdom follows at 9.2%, with Netherlands at 5.2%. Together, the top 3 markets account for 52.9% of session-recording-heatmapping app installs worldwide. India (4.0%) and Canada (4.0%) round out the top 5.

With 38.5% of session-recording-heatmapping app installs concentrated in United States, the leading apps in this category typically prioritize United States-based merchants for localization, currency, and support hours — merchants in United Kingdom (9.2%) and other regions sometimes find better fit in apps that over-index outside United States.

None of the top 5 session-recording-heatmapping apps tracked here have yet crossed 1,000 reviews. Lucky Orange Heatmaps & Replay leads the set on current cumulative reviews with 822 — closest to the milestone, at roughly 82% of the way there.

With no app in this session-recording-heatmapping set having crossed 1,000 reviews, the category is still in early adoption. Lucky Orange Heatmaps & Replay is the closest to breaking out at 822 cumulative reviews — worth tracking its per-month review velocity to see whether it's on pace to cross the milestone first.