Koala Inspector
Koala Inspector helps Shopify merchants and product researchers examine another store's public storefront. The official product page describes a Chrome extension: open a store, click the extension and inspect its products, technology and market signals. Sales and traffic estimates need different treatment from information the store publishes itself.
Inspect products and store technology
Koala Inspector identifies installed apps and the active Shopify theme. It also shows product lists, prices and estimated best-sellers, with export options for CSV or Excel. This can help a merchant investigate which app provides a storefront feature or compare how stores present similar products.
The publisher says the extension reads public information rather than a store's private dashboard. Public snapshots can miss hidden products, past price changes or items that have sold out. An absence in the extension should therefore not be treated as a complete history of the business.
Interpret sales and traffic as estimates
Koala Inspector models sales and traffic from public signals. Its own accuracy explanation warns against treating those figures as exact revenue accounting. Use them to compare stores or investigate a trend, then seek other evidence before making a large inventory or advertising decision.
The product description also lists traffic sources, geographic context and ad-campaign information. These can suggest where to investigate a competitor's marketing. They do not establish that copying an offer will produce the same results for another store. Franklin has not audited the estimation methodology or verified the extension's accuracy.
Budget for actions, not just store visits
The pricing page lists a free plan with 15 monthly tokens and Premium at $22 per month with 220 renewing tokens. Some basic actions, including theme detection, app detection and product browsing, are listed as free without tokens.
Deeper actions consume different amounts. The pricing FAQ lists traffic analysis at three tokens, ad campaigns at two, and CSV exports at one. Shop tracking costs 15 tokens per shop per month, so the advertised ability to track up to 50 shops should not be read as 50 fully funded subscriptions within 220 tokens. Check the live action costs against your research workload. The page also offers one-time top-up packs and says purchased pack tokens do not expire.