Annify Announcement Bar vs Hey! Product Highlights
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for Annify Announcement Bar, May 8, 2026 for Hey! Product Highlights.
The short answer
- Hey! Product Highlights lists 10 features Annify Announcement Bar’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animation control, Backgrounds, Behavior targeting.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureThe All-in-One Announcement Solution for Your Store! With Annify, capturing your customers' attention has never been easier. Create eye-catching announcement bars to share promotions, updates, and important messages directly on your Shopify store. Annify is designed to be fast, flexible, and easy to customize for any type of store.
Hey! Product Highlights helps merchants display animated messages on Shopify product pages. Add multiple product highlights, choose the scroll direction, and customize the design with color, size, background, and speed settings. Use it to show offers, shipping notes, trust messages, and other important product details in a clear vertical format.
- Fixed bar stays visible while scrolling for consistent messaging.
- Marquee-style bar with scrolling text to capture customer attention.
- Sliding bar rotates multiple messages for seamless updates.
- Smooth animations enhance sliding and marquee announcement bars.
- Add multiple animated messages to product pages
- Show product highlights in vertical scrolling order
- Choose upward or downward message movement
- Customize colors, size, background, and text style
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 |  Annify Announcement Bar |  Hey! Product Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 521 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −20 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 5 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 10% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Annify Announcement Bar | Hey! Product Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 41 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 0% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Annify Announcement Bar | Hey! Product Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Annify Announcement Bar | Hey! Product Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #24(ahead) | #189 |
| Shopify App Charts | #17 in Banners | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Nov 27, 2024 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Orionix | HeyMerch |
FAQ
Annify Announcement Bar and Hey! Product Highlights: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Annify Announcement Bar lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Countdown, Free shipping, Links and buttons. Hey! Product Highlights lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Animation control, Backgrounds, Behavior targeting, Color. 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 Nov 9, 2026 for Annify Announcement Bar, May 8, 2026 for Hey! Product Highlights; 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 Nov 9, 2026 for Annify Announcement Bar, May 8, 2026 for Hey! Product Highlights. 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.