Reviews (306)

Overall rating
3.8
Counts per rating level
  • 52% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 7% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 3% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 6% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 32% of ratings are 1 stars
May 26, 2017

I'm a big fan of the out of the sandbox themes. Great looking and the Turbo theme is great.

If you're thinking about getting the theme updater app here's a very important note. The theme updater will NOT carry over the code from installed apps. If you have a handful of apps on your site that are integrated with the theme each app will have to be reinstalled.

We would love to update our theme but we have a handful of apps that would have to be reinstalled and coded again by our app partners. This could cause some issues.

Cavemanevolution2
United States
Over 1 year using the app
Edited June 5, 2020

I see I'm not the only person with disgust about the lack of customer service Out of the Sandbox offers. Beautiful themes, terrible, slow customer service. Not a way to expect people to run an ecommerce business. I forewarn potential customers to stay far away. If you run a day to day ecommerce business, pandemic or not, this is not the right company for you. P.S. I have tried for literally WEEKS to get (Magdalena) answers with no resolve. Shame on you for not supplementing your customer service as well as you've paid attention to your theme design. JQ

Claribelskincare.com
United States
8 months using the app
September 18, 2019

We have used this app once and it worked well but it just sits there majority of the year. Now that they are charging $9/month for this app we will be deleting it. This isnt something constantly used that we can justify paying them for especially for something that should be free with the theme.

Meraki Journey
United States
6 months using the app
January 30, 2021

I am pleased I didn't purchase a full year. There was a lot that didn't get converted into the new version starting with the hero background video on the homepage. There was a list of things I would need to manually update, which I don't know how to do and defeats the point in paying for this service.

Soozal
Australia
3 months using the app
Out of the Sandbox replied February 3, 2021

Hi Soozal team,

Thank you for this feedback!

Our app is able to copy over the settings and content configured with the default theme features. It may not be able to include some of the custom modifications made to the theme files. These may be from third-party app installations or custom work added by another developer.

In these cases, the app will list the files that contain third-party work that wasn't able to be moved over to the updated theme so that you can reapply the third-party code manually.

If you are having trouble with some of the default features not transferring over in the update, this is something we can certainly have a look at with you.

Our support team has reached out directly, we look forward to hearing back from your team!

All the best,
Out of the Sandbox

September 20, 2020

I installed the app based on shopify's recommendations but I was not informed that it was not compatible with my theme!! (debut) Now I have been charged for an app that wont work with my store

Pinayapple
Mexico
11 days using the app
Out of the Sandbox replied September 24, 2020

Hello Pinayapple team!

We're sorry about the misunderstanding here.

The app does not support Shopify's Debut theme as it was developed to work with Out of the Sandbox and Pixel Union themes exclusively.

Our Theme Updater app provides a free year trial for newly purchased themes. The year extends from the date the theme was purchased. It doesn't appear that you were charged from our end but we are happy to work with you to sort this out!

Our support team has reached out to your store directly and we're looking forward to hearing back from you! If for some reason you are unable to locate our email you can reach out to our Help Centre directly here: https://help.outofthesandbox.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

All the best,
Out of the Sandbox

October 20, 2022

Just awful, no clear instructions on how to apply changes. There is a reason that this app has such low reviews. Only gave it a look as the theme developers suggested it. No idea what they were thinking.

Horizon Micromobility
United Kingdom
1 day using the app
Out of the Sandbox replied October 20, 2022

Hi Horizon Micromobility team!

We are sorry to hear that you struggled to find our documentation on the Theme Updater.

In our Help Center we have resources for that can guide you through the update process. You can find these resources within our Help Center, here:

https://help.outofthesandbox.com/hc/en-us

Thank you very much for your feedback and we hope that you find these resources helpful! A member of our support team has also reached out to you to help answer your questions and direct you to our Help Center.

All the best,
Out of the Sandbox

July 3, 2018

Cool idea, but seems to endless mindless errors.
Throws out an error at a specific location that doesn't even have code at it.

I search through and find the code it's referring to and do the suggested 'fix' (which doesn't make sense in the first place) and it repeats a similar error elsewhere.

I've done some custom stuff but nothing extreme or even related to where the errors are.... Going to uninstall completely and have to do it the old fashioned manual way. Was looking forward to pulling my hair out anyway for the long weekend :D

Crik Nutrition
Canada
27 minutes using the app
September 16, 2024

Eastside Sports
United States
Over 3 years using the app
Out of the Sandbox replied September 19, 2024

Hi Eastside Sports team!

It looks like you may have some questions about Theme Updater or need some assistance. We have sent you a couple emails to try and connect with you and offer assistance, but none of them have been responded to, and there are no recent tickets connected to this shop in the last year for us to get a better understanding of how we can best assist you.

Please, check your inbox for our attempts to reach out to you, and let us know how we can best help you - looking forward to hearing from you soon!

All the best,
Out of the Sandbox