Helix
Helix is a Shopify theme by ModuTheme ($250). Tested on 2026-11-10 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 75 for mobile speed and 87 for desktop speed, 100/100 for SEO and 99/99 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 57 to 83.
Mobile83
Desktop72
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 75 | 87 |
| SEO | 100 | 100 |
| Accessibility | 99 | 99 |
| Best practices | 95 | 96 |
Median of 5 presets · measured 31 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Helix home page
Mobile
Speed 83 · 17 points to gain
- −12 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 Speed Index medium effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −3.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 72 · 28 points to gain
- −16.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −9.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Elvara demo ↗ | 70 | 100 | 100 | 87 | 100 | 99 | 2026-09-12 |
| category ↗ | 76 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 100 | 100 | 87 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-12 |
| product ↗ | 63 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-30 |
| Helix default demo ↗ | 75 | 100 | 98 | 82 | 100 | 99 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 78 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 83 | 100 | 94 | 72 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 63 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-30 |
| Marlow demo ↗ | 76 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 99 | 2026-09-12 |
| category ↗ | 78 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 74 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-12 |
| product ↗ | 76 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-30 |
| norda demo ↗ | 75 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 2026-09-23 |
| category ↗ | 80 | 92 | 97 | 97 | 92 | 97 | 2026-09-23 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 100 | 97 | 89 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-23 |
| product ↗ | 73 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-23 |
| Selene demo ↗ | 65 | 100 | 99 | 85 | 100 | 98 | 2026-09-12 |
| category ↗ | 75 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 57 | 100 | 97 | 81 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| product ↗ | 63 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-30 |
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