Advanced Banner: Smart Builder vs Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Advanced Banner, Oct 13, 2026 for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales.
The short answer
- Only Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90/month for Advanced Banner and $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales.
- Advanced Banner lists 11 features Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales’s listing doesn’t mention, including Backgrounds, Behavior targeting, Campaign targeting.
Head to head
Starter Plan
- · All targeting rules included
- · Full mobile & desktop control
- · Scheduling & automation
- · Unlimited banners & views
- · Unlimited placements
Free Plan
- · Add a link or button
- · Highly customizable
- · Translations
- · Unlimited simple bars
Light Plan
- · Add icons to the bar
- · Everything in Free
- · Translations
- · Unlimited rotating bars
- · Upload your own icons
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStop losing sales to generic messaging. Are you tired of staying up until midnight to manually switch off sale banners? Do you worry that your mobile visitors are seeing a broken layout? Advanced Banner turns your shop into a smart sales machine. Don't just show images, deliver the good message, to the good customer, at the good time.
Improve your store’s performance with customizable announcement bars designed to capture attention and drive conversions. Easily create sticky, scrolling, or rotating promo bars to highlight flash sales, discounts, and important updates. Add call-to-action buttons to guide customers to key pages and for more engagement.
- Schedule campaigns with auto start & end dates.
- Trigger offers by cart value, items & order history.
- Custom layouts for Mobile, Tablet, and Desktop.
- Auto-display content in the customer's language.
- Sticky Announcement Bar – fixed header bar visible while scrolling.
- Scrolling / Marquee Bar – continuously moving text or messages.
- Animated Bar Options – transitions between messages (scrolling, sliding, marquee
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 |  Advanced Banner |  Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Advanced Banner | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Advanced Banner | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.90/month | $5.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Advanced Banner | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #362 | #337(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 2, 2026 | May 18, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| Developer | Praggma | Fukuru Design LLC |
FAQ
Advanced Banner and Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales: common questions
- Is Advanced Banner or Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales cheaper?
- Only Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90/month for Advanced Banner and $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales. 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?
- Advanced Banner lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Backgrounds, Behavior targeting, Campaign targeting, Geo-targeting. Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Animations. 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 14, 2026 for Advanced Banner, Oct 13, 2026 for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales; 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 14, 2026 for Advanced Banner, Oct 13, 2026 for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales. 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.