# AltKing: AI Alt Text SEO & ADA review (2026): is it any good? > Free Shopify app that writes alt text for product and variant images Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. AltKing, which StarApps also calls Variant Alt Text King, fills in the alt text of a Shopify store's product images in one pass. The text is built from variables such as the variant, image name, product title, type, tags and brand, and a daily sync gives new images alt text too. Working with StarApps' Variant Image Automator, it adds the right variant details to each variant image for SEO and screen readers. - **Category:** SEO Plugins & Apps - **Made by:** StarApps Studio LLP (since 2021) - **Website:** https://apps.shopify.com/alt-text-automator-by-starapps - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if your store isn't on Shopify, as it installs only from the Shopify App Store. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, AltKing: AI Alt Text SEO & ADA is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Listed as free on the Shopify App Store, with no paid plans: bulk alt text from variables, variant details in alt text and a daily sync for new images. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Alt text for all product and variant images from variable templates, with a daily sync for new images. | Read from https://apps.shopify.com/alt-text-automator-by-starapps on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AltKing: AI Alt Text SEO & ADA before buying. ## Key features - **One-click alt text:** Rewrites the alt text of every product and variant image in the store in a single run. - **Variable templates:** Alt text is assembled from variables such as variant options, image file name, product title, product type, tags and brand name. - **Daily sync:** Checks the store each day and gives newly added product images alt text in the same format. - **Variant details in alt text:** With Variant Image Automator, another StarApps app, the alt text of each variant image carries that variant's option details. - **Accessibility standards:** The listing files it under accessibility for ADA, AODA, EAA and WCAG compliance, alongside its SEO use for Google image search. ## Good for - Shopify stores with many products and variant images missing alt text - Merchants working toward ADA or WCAG accessibility - Stores already using Variant Image Automator ## Worth knowing - Works only on Shopify stores; it is installed from the Shopify App Store. - Despite AI in its name, the listing describes alt text built from variable templates and does not explain any AI writing. - It covers product image alt text only; it does not edit meta tags, schema, sitemaps or redirects. - The listing gives no help center or FAQ; support is through StarApps. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. AltKing writes alt text for every product and variant image in a Shopify store in one run, from variables like product title, variant, type and brand, and a daily sync covers new images. It's free. Despite the AI in its name, the listing describes templates rather than AI writing, and variant details need another StarApps app. - **Value for money: A.** Listed as free on the Shopify App Store with no paid plans: bulk alt text, variable templates and the daily sync all cost nothing. - **Free plan and trial: A.** The whole app is free and the listing shows no paid tier, so there's no cap to reach. - **Features: D.** Alt text for product and variant images from variable templates, with a daily sync for new images. That's one narrow function: no meta tags, schema, sitemaps or redirects, and variant details need Variant Image Automator. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but there's little to set: pick the variables for the template, run it once, and the daily sync handles new images. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, inside the Shopify admin, with StarApps' own Variant Image Automator the one other app listed. No phone or desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from StarApps' own pages and its Shopify App Store listing on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO plugins and apps - AltKing: AI Alt Text SEO & ADA's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 60 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade, and level with 6. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 63 of 78) and worst on features (D, above 0). - AltKing: AI Alt Text SEO & ADA has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-plugins ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** AltKing: AI Alt Text SEO & ADA is free, so making your own would save you nothing. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 60 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shopify Admin, Variant Image Automator **Tags:** AI features, Templates ## Alternatives - [AltText.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/alttext-ai): AI alt text for images, with WordPress and Shopify plugins. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/altking-ai-alt-text-seo-and-ada-vs-alttext-ai) - [TinySEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tinyimg): Shopify app for image compression, page speed and SEO fixes. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/altking-ai-alt-text-seo-and-ada-vs-seo-image-optimizer-wizard) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://apps.shopify.com/alt-text-automator-by-starapps - https://starapps.io/products - https://starapps.io/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/altking-ai-alt-text-seo-and-ada Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).