Hide Price And Access Control vs UserWay: Shopify Performance Comparison
Hide Price And Access Control wins with Grade B vs Grade C — a one-grade performance difference that compounds on mobile devices.
Both apps provide general Shopify store enhancement functionality for Shopify stores. This page presents StackConflict’s independent lab results for both — measured in a clean-room environment with no other apps installed.
Head-to-Head Metrics
| Metric | Hide Price And Access Control | UserWay | Faster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | B | C | Hide Price And Access Control |
| JS Payload | 43.58 KB | 173.76 KB | Hide Price And Access Control |
| CPU Desktop | 6 ms | 16 ms | Hide Price And Access Control |
| CPU Mobile | 50 ms | 34 ms | UserWay |
| Layout Shift | 0.0 | 0.0005 | Hide Price And Access Control |
Mobile CPU measured with 4× CDP throttle (mid-range Android). Tested 2026-05-30.
Hide Price And Access Control — The Faster Option (Grade B)
Hide Price And Access Control scores Grade B with a JS payload of 43.58 KB and 6 ms desktop CPU execution. Mobile CPU: 50 ms. It passes every StackConflict threshold for payload, CPU, and layout stability — making it safe to install on any storefront including mobile-first stores where Time-to-Interactive directly impacts conversion.
View full Hide Price And Access Control speed report →
UserWay — The Heavier Option (Grade C)
UserWay scores Grade C with a JS payload of 173.76 KB and 16 ms desktop CPU execution. Mobile CPU: 34 ms. This places it in the heavier half of StackConflict’s benchmark dataset — merchants running mobile-first stores should evaluate whether the feature value justifies the performance tradeoff.
View full UserWay speed report →
When to Choose Hide Price And Access Control
- You need its specific features and can monitor its mobile impact
- Your other apps are lightweight (Grade A) so there is headroom
- You are on desktop-skewed traffic where CPU cost matters less
When to Choose UserWay
- Its unique feature set has no lighter equivalent in StackConflict’s database
- Your store traffic is predominantly desktop
- You have already removed or lightened other heavy scripts to compensate
Performance Verdict
Winner: Hide Price And Access Control — Hide Price And Access Control wins with Grade B vs Grade C — a one-grade performance difference that compounds on mobile devices.
Install Hide Price And Access Control →
About This Test
StackConflict measures each Shopify app in an isolated clean-room environment — a single development store, no other scripts, Playwright-controlled browser. V8 CPU cost is the ScriptDuration delta before and after injection. CLS is captured from the same browser session. Results represent the median of three independent runs with outliers removed.
Data from the StackConflict Lab. Last updated 2026-05-30.