Annify Announcement Bar vs Zentra Announcement Bar

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 4, 2026 for Annify Announcement Bar, Oct 13, 2026 for Zentra Announcement Bar.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: Annify Announcement Bar 4.7 from 41 reviews and Zentra Announcement Bar 5.0 from 1 reviews.
  • Only Zentra Announcement Bar lists a free plan.
  • Annify Announcement Bar lists 5 features Zentra Announcement Bar’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animations, Banner position, Countdown.

Head to head

Detected stores

Annify Announcement Bar: 429
Zentra Announcement Bar: —

App Store reviews

Annify Announcement Bar: 41
Zentra Announcement Bar: 1

Stores added, 28 days

Annify Announcement Bar: 4
Zentra Announcement Bar: —
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Pitch
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Developer
Categories
  • Banners
  • Banners
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Nov 27, 2024
May 4, 2026
Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Reviews per month
1 last full month
2 last full month
Detected stores
429active installs
  • fitandfoodtamil
  • Rage Coffee
  • Qcases Store
  • Beauty Station by Rafia
  • The Lucknowi Chikan
+424 more
0active installs
Most common store size
11-50 products25%
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Top countries
  • United States13%
  • United Kingdom7%
  • Australia7%
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Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

01020OctDecFebAprJunAugOctAnnify Announcement Bar: 3 reviews in October 2025Annify Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in November 2025Annify Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in December 2025Annify Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in January 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in February 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 4 reviews in March 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 16 reviews in April 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 6 reviews in May 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in June 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 3 reviews in July 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 4 reviews in August 2026Annify Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in October 2026Zentra Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in June 2026Zentra Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in July 2026
Annify Announcement BarZentra Announcement BarCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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From $0 to $4.99/month
Plans
Free
FreeFree
  • · 1 Announcement bar
  • · All features
  • · Up to 1,000/month impressions
Growth$4.99/month
  • · Everything from Free
  • · Unlimited monthly impressions
Coverage
14 of 14 features100%
9 of 14 features64%
Unique strengths
  • Animations
  • Banner position
  • Countdown
  • Custom CSS
  • +1 more
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Banners
100%14/14
64%9/14
Banner type
100%6/6
83%5/6
Customization
100%8/8
50%4/8
590onlybothonly
Annify Announcement BarZentra Announcement Bar14 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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How it sells itself

The 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.

Zentra Announcement Bar helps you keep your store fresh and drive traffic to specific pages, products, sales, and more. Easily customize the essentials with a simple customizer: multi messages, page targeting, call-to-action, geo targeting, countdown timer, scheduling, device targeting, sticky display, carousel, branding, spacing. Match your brand with an easy-to-set-up, no-code solution.

Key points
  • 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.
  • Drive clicks with a simple yet punchy CTA button.
  • Add flair to your brand using fonts, colors, text alignment, and a divider.
  • Give customers control with a dismiss button
  • Rotate multiple announcements automatically with a simple toggle.
Screenshots
multiple template with annify announcement
display pages settings with annify announcementSetting announcement with annify announcementSetting translation with annify announcement
Three announcement bar styles with Shop Now buttons
Zentra Announcement Bar app key features overviewZentra announcement bar theme block settings panelAnnouncement bar shown on mobile and tablet devices

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureAnnify Announcement BarZentra Announcement Bar
Detected stores429as of Nov 4, 2026Not published
Net store change, 28 days−20estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 days4new and returningNot enough data
Big-brand share11%of stores of known sizeNot enough data
Top store categoriesApparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & BeautyNot published
Top store countriesUnited States, United Kingdom, AustraliaNot published

Reviews

MeasureAnnify Announcement BarZentra Announcement Bar
App Store rating4.7 ★5.0 ★(ahead)
App Store reviews41(ahead)1
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more in0%Not enough data

Pricing

MeasureAnnify Announcement BarZentra Announcement Bar
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$4.99/month
Longest free trialNot listedNot listed
Plans listedNot published2

Listing

MeasureAnnify Announcement BarZentra Announcement Bar
Shopify category rank#21(ahead)in Banners#121in Banners
Shopify App Charts#17 in BannersNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyYesNo
LaunchedNov 27, 2024May 4, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperOrionixZentra

FAQ

Annify Announcement Bar and Zentra Announcement Bar: common questions

Is Annify Announcement Bar or Zentra Announcement Bar cheaper?
Only Zentra Announcement Bar lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
Which has better reviews, Annify Announcement Bar or Zentra Announcement Bar?
On the Shopify App Store: Annify Announcement Bar 4.7 from 41 reviews and Zentra Announcement Bar 5.0 from 1 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Annify Announcement Bar lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Banner position, Countdown, Custom CSS. 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 4, 2026 for Annify Announcement Bar, Oct 13, 2026 for Zentra Announcement Bar; 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 4, 2026 for Annify Announcement Bar, Oct 13, 2026 for Zentra Announcement Bar. 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.