- Short answer
- Shopify's free mobile app with 100+ AI tools for visuals; results stay in the app or download to your device
- Cost
- Free to download and use; Shopify calls its monthly usage limits "generous"
- Where results go
- Artifacts screen, or your device via Download; upload a file to Files to use it in your store
- Sign-in
- Email, Google or Apple; tinker.com also accepts an existing Shopify account
- Same name
- A Shopify theme shares the name; it is a separate product from the app
What does the Shopify Tinker app do?
Tinker is a free mobile app developed by Shopify with 100+ AI tools for creating images, videos and brand assets. Help Center examples include Product Studio Shot, Remove Photo Background and Logo Generator.
It is free to download and use, with “generous monthly usage limits that refresh automatically”, on iOS and Android. You sign in with email, Google or Apple, and tinker.com also accepts an existing Shopify account. The Help Center's sign-in requirement doesn't mention a Shopify store.
Can Tinker results go straight into your Shopify store?
Everything you upload or generate is kept on Tinker's Artifacts screen, and the help page says of the Download action: “The artifact is saved to your mobile device.” The Share action lets you pick a messaging app or copy a link.
None of the Shopify pages we read on October 30, 2026 (the Tinker, AI-tools and Files help pages, the launch post and tinker.com) describes sending an artifact straight to Files, a product or a theme. To use a downloaded file in your store, upload it to Files.
How is Tinker different from Sidekick, the file editor and the Tinker theme?
| Tool | Where | What it does | How a result reaches your store |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinker app | Free mobile app | 100+ AI tools for images, videos, brand assets | Artifacts screen; download the file, then upload it to Files |
| Sidekick | Shopify admin | Generates images from a text prompt | Not added to your store until you save it |
| File editor | Shopify admin | Modifies images you already have | Lost when the session ends unless you save it |
Shopify Help Center pages, read October 30, 2026.
Sidekick's generation, saving and plan-based limits have their own answer: Can Shopify Sidekick generate images?
Tinker is also the name of a theme in the Theme Store, “Designed by Shopify” and separate from the app. For its settings, see where to find a Shopify theme's documentation.
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