Sydney
Sydney is a Shopify theme by Apparent Collective ($380). Tested on 2026-11-10 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 73 for mobile speed and 94 for desktop speed, 97/97 for SEO and 90/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 42 to 84. On its marketplace it is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 13 reviews.
Mobile71

Desktop91

Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 73 | 94 |
| SEO | 97 | 97 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 85 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Median of 5 presets · measured 150 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Sydney home page
Mobile
Speed 71 · 29 points to gain
- −24 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 Speed Index medium effort
- −1 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- 280 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 130 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
- 130 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −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
- −1.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 91 · 9 points to gain
- −4.3 Speed Index medium effort
- −3.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain
- −4.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3 Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` do not have accessible names. medium effort
- −3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order 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 | ||||||
| Magazine demo ↗ | 75 | 97 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 87 | 2026-11-05 |
| category ↗ | 84 | 100 | 96 | 97 | 100 | 86 | 2026-11-05 |
| home ↗ | 72 | 92 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 86 | 2026-11-05 |
| product ↗ | 70 | 100 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 90 | 2026-11-05 |
| Profile demo ↗ | 73 | 97 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 84 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 79 | 100 | 91 | 96 | 100 | 82 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 92 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 69 | 100 | 91 | 96 | 100 | 86 | 2026-11-07 |
| Vineyard demo ↗ | 66 | 97 | 90 | 90 | 97 | 85 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 81 | 100 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 82 | 2026-11-08 |
| home ↗ | 76 | 92 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 86 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 42 | 100 | 91 | 82 | 100 | 86 | 2026-11-08 |
| Sydney default demo ↗ | 74 | 97 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 84 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 73 | 100 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 82 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 92 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 85 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 78 | 100 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 86 | 2026-11-07 |
| Secrets demo ↗ | 64 | 97 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 85 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 81 | 100 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 82 | 2026-11-08 |
| home ↗ | 67 | 92 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 86 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 43 | 100 | 91 | 97 | 100 | 86 | 2026-11-10 |