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# Apps

Vélare does not bundle any apps. Everything in this section is a separate Shopify app that you install yourself from the [**Shopify App Store**](https://apps.shopify.com/). These three pages tell you which apps the theme works with, and which ones to deal with first.

### Read these in order <a href="#read-these-in-order" id="read-these-in-order"></a>

1. [**Recommended Apps**](/velare/buy-and-install/apps/recommended-apps.md). **Start here.** Vélare uses these apps for certain store functions, and they are not included in the theme package. Install them before you spend time styling your store.
2. [**Top apps**](/velare/buy-and-install/apps/top-apps.md): popular Shopify apps that Vélare is built to work alongside, for jobs such as email marketing, reviews, and page building.
3. [**Partner apps**](/velare/buy-and-install/apps/partner-apps.md): apps from NextSky's partners that also work with the theme.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Recommended Apps** are tied to specific Vélare functions. **Top apps** and **Partner apps** extend what your store can do beyond the theme, so pick from those lists only if you want the extra features.
{% endhint %}

### What comes next <a href="#what-comes-next" id="what-comes-next"></a>

Once your apps are installed, continue with [Create Required Metafields](/velare/buy-and-install/create-required-metafields.md) to prepare the per-product content your pages will display.


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