Advance Announcement Bar vs Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 25, 2026 for Advance Announcement Bar, Sep 26, 2026 for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Advance Announcement Bar and $9/month for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer.
- Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer lists 27 features Advance Announcement Bar’s listing doesn’t mention, including Announcement bar, Backgrounds, Banner position.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
Pro
Free
- · All banner types
- · Analytics
- · Clickable links & buttons
- · Highly customizable
- · Up to 2,000 views per month
Premium
- · Customer targeting (tags)
- · Everything in Free
- · Geolocation targeting
- · Scheduling (start & end dates)
- · Translations (multi-language support)
- · Up to 50,000 views per month
Unlimited
- · Everything in Premium
- · Ideal for high-traffic stores
- · Unlimited views
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAdvance Announcement Bar helps Shopify merchants create stunning bars to promote sales, limited-time offers, shipping messages, and store updates. Choose from five bar types — standard text, animated slider, countdown timer with evergreen recurring mode, marquee scrolling, and custom HTML/Liquid code. Customize colors, buttons, font size, and background images to match your brand.
Create fully customizable announcement bars to highlight promotions, share updates, and engage visitors across your store. Add countdown timers, rotating messages, and call-to-action buttons—no coding required. Target specific countries, pages, or customer groups, and control when and where each bar appears. Choose from 28 pre-built themes or design your own.
- Countdown timer and marquee scrolling bars included
- Full color and font customization options
- Schedule bars and target specific pages
- Sticky Announcement Bar: Add a fixed-position promo banner to any store page.
- Countdown Timer Bar: Create urgency with limited-time countdown timer banners.
- Scrolling Announcement Bar: Display moving marquee announcement banners easily.
- Rotating Announcement Bar: Feature multiple sliding promo banners on pages.
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Advance Announcement Bar |  Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Advance Announcement Bar | Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 5 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Advance Announcement Bar | Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month(ahead) | $9/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Advance Announcement Bar | Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #280 | #64 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 27, 2026 | Apr 17, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | aktofy | MGO Solutions - SleekApps |
FAQ
Advance Announcement Bar and Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer: common questions
- Is Advance Announcement Bar or Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Advance Announcement Bar and $9/month for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer lists 27 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Backgrounds, Banner position, Behavior targeting. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 25, 2026 for Advance Announcement Bar, Sep 26, 2026 for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 25, 2026 for Advance Announcement Bar, Sep 26, 2026 for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.