Theme comparison charts

Pixel Union themes are packed with customizable features, settings, and templates. Compare themes by using the charts below and find the theme that suits your store's needs.

Header

Sections

Product page

Cart

Collection page

Footer

Performance

Platform compatibility

Additional templates

Language sets

Header

There is a Header feature in each theme. Some components are included in all theme headers (e.g. Logo), while more specialized features are limited to certain themes (e.g. Utility bar).

	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Logo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Menu links	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mega menu	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Mega menu with sidebar			✓
Multi-column single menu			✓
Announcement bar	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Search bar	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Utility bar			✓
Small promo			✓
Sticky header	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

 

Sections

Each theme includes a catalog of Sections to enhance templates. While some sections are limited to certain themes (e.g. Shoppable image), others are found in all current themes (e.g. Featured product).

Section	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Alternating content					✓		✓
Blog posts	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Collection list	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Contact form								✓
Custom HTML			✓					✓
Custom liquid	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FAQ		✓					✓
Featured collection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Featured product	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gallery						✓		✓
Grid			✓					✓
Highlights banner			✓					✓
	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Image banner								✓
Image with text	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Image with text overlay			✓	✓			✓	✓
Images with text					✓
Logo list	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
Map	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Masonry				✓
Menu list	✓		✓
Mosaic			✓
Newsletter	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Page			✓					✓
	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Product focus					✓
Product goal					✓
Promotion(s)		✓		✓			✓
Promotions grid								✓
Rich text	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Search			✓
Shoppable image			✓
Shop the look								✓
Slideshow	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Technical specifications					✓
Testimonials		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Text columns with icons					✓
Text columns with images							✓
Twitter feed	✓		✓				✓
Video	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

 

Product page

All themes include features to customize product details page (PDP) templates. Some features are available for all themes (e.g. Dynamic checkout buttons), while others are limited to certain themes (e.g. Fitting guide blocks).

Feature	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Dynamic checkout buttons	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Image zoom	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Breadcrumbs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Title block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Description block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Swatches			✓					✓
Variant buttons or boxes	✓		✓				✓	✓
Price block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Form (or Variant picker) block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Share block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vendor block	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pop-up (or Fitting guide) block	✓							✓
Quantity selector	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Text block	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
SKU block	✓		✓

 

Cart

Each theme includes features for the Cart. Some features are limited to certain themes(e.g. Mini cart), while others are found in each theme (e.g. Checkout button).

Feature	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Order notes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shipping calculator	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Continue shopping link	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Mini-cart (slide-out cart)			✓	✓				✓
Express checkout buttons	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cart redirection (AJAX cart control)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Breadcrumbs	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Lock icon for checkout button	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SKU			✓

 

Collection page

Each theme offers standard features for the Collection page such as Sorting and Filtering. Some themes include additional features, such as Empire's Tag filtering.

Feature	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Quick shop (or Quick add)	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
Sorting	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Faceted filters	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tag filters			✓
Subcollections	✓		✓					✓
Collection image	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rows or Products-per-page setting	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Products-per-row setting	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Infinite load pagination		✓
Stock/inventory indicator			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Badges	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

 

Footer

Like the footer on a document or report, all Pixel Union themes include a Footer feature. Often this provides additional information and site-wide links, like a sort of information desk. Some themes have unique offerings, such as Empire's Additional menu, while all themes include standard features, such as Country and Language selectors.

Feature	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Logo					✓			✓
Menus	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Newsletter signup	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Country selector	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Language selector	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Social media icons	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Payment icons	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Copyright text	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Footer message/Rich text	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Additional menu			✓

 

Performance

Speed and performance are key concerns for all Shopify merchants, and Pixel Union themes include performance-enhancing features to optimize page speed. 

Feature	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Lazy-loaded images	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Responsive Images System (RIMG)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

 

Platform compatibility

Shopify requires that all themes include specific enhancements to maintain compatibility with platform-based features.

Feature	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Store pickup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Subscriptions	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Unit pricing	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Product media	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Country selector	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Language selector	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

 

Additional templates

While all themes contain default templates for pages (e.g. Contact page), some themes include additional templates for more specialized customizations (e.g. FAQ page).

Template	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
Contact (static page)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FAQ (static page	✓	✓			✓		✓
Team (static page)		✓			✓
Subcollections (collection page)	✓		✓					✓
Alternating (collection page)					✓
Random (collection page)					✓
Masonry (blog page)				✓
Pre-order			✓

 

Language sets

All themes include an English language set. Some themes offer many language sets (such as Empire) while others include a limited selection.

Language	Atlantic	Editions	Empire	Grid	Launch	Pacific	Startup	Tailor
English	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spanish	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Portuguese	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Czech	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Japanese	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
French	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
German	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Hindi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Dutch	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Turkish	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Chinese (Simplified)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Italian		✓	✓					✓

Language sets were added to themes within the past two years, so confirm you are using the latest version if a set is listed here but found in the theme.