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Flow is a Shopify theme by Eight Themes ($320). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 58 for mobile speed and 77 for desktop speed, 79/79 for SEO and 88/91 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 41 to 97. On its marketplace it is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 383 reviews.

Mobile41
Flow home page on mobile
Desktop42
Flow home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed5877
SEO7979
Accessibility8891
Best practices8383

Median of 5 presets · measured 256 times since 2026-11-06 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Timeless home page

Mobile

Speed 41 · 59 points to gain

  • −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −18.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −9.7 Speed Index medium effort
  • −5.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
  • 1.4 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 250 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 77 · 23 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
  • −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort

Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain

  • −4.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −4.7 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
  • −3.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −3.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
  • −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Best practices 77 · 23 points to gain

  • −19.2 Uses deprecated APIs medium effort
  • −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort

Desktop

Speed 42 · 58 points to gain

  • −30 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −18.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −8.7 Speed Index medium effort
  • −0.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
  • 240 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort

SEO 77 · 23 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
  • −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort

Accessibility 81 · 19 points to gain

  • −4.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −4.7 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
  • −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
  • −1.4 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort

Best practices 77 · 23 points to gain

  • −19.2 Uses deprecated APIs medium effort
  • −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort

Presets and pages

Preset / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Timeless default demo ↗ 608786708787 2026-11-06
category ↗ 659291859295 2026-11-08
home ↗ 417783427781 2026-11-06
product ↗ 739283839286 2026-11-08
Nectar demo ↗ 567988777991 2026-11-04
category ↗ 549291889295 2026-11-04
home ↗ 575490855493 2026-11-06
product ↗ 579283599286 2026-11-04
Sanctuary demo ↗ 757988767991 2026-11-04
category ↗ 559291849295 2026-11-08
home ↗ 975491855493 2026-11-06
product ↗ 739283599286 2026-11-04
Grain demo ↗ 547988857991 2026-11-04
category ↗ 499291889295 2026-11-04
home ↗ 525490805493 2026-11-06
product ↗ 619283869286 2026-11-04
Flow demo ↗ 587984817988 2026-11-04
category ↗ 589291889295 2026-11-04
home ↗ 565478695482 2026-11-06
product ↗ 619283879286 2026-11-04

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Flow: mobile speed 58 on Themestested
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