Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales vs Barnest ‑ Announcement Bar
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Only Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and $1/month for Barnest.
- Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists 7 features Barnest’s listing doesn’t mention, including Color and font, Countdown, Custom CSS.
Head to head
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
Pro
- · Countdown timer, fixed or evergreen
- · Date, page & country scheduling
- · Dismiss with 24-hour remind-me
- · Full color, font & spacing control
- · Live shipping bar from cart value total
- · Scrolling marquee or 5 rotating messages
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureImprove 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.
Announcement Bar Pro adds a customizable message bar to your storefront. Run flash sales with a countdown timer (fixed date or evergreen). Show a live shipping bar that updates instantly as customers add to cart. Scroll a marquee or rotate up to 5 messages, each with its own link. Schedule bars by date, and target by page, collection, or country. Full control over colors, fonts, and spacing.
- 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
- Countdown timer with fixed end date or evergreen rolling duration
- Shipping bar that updates live from the customer's real cart total
- Scrolling marquee or up to 5 rotating messages, each with its own link
- Schedule by date range, and target by page, collection, or country
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 |  Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales |  Barnest |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales | Barnest |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales | Barnest |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $5.99/month | $1/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 5 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales | Barnest |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #333(ahead) | #447 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 18, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Developer | Fukuru Design LLC | Quikbench Software |
FAQ
Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and Barnest: common questions
- Is Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales or Barnest cheaper?
- Only Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and $1/month for Barnest. 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?
- Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Color and font, Countdown, Custom CSS, Emojis. Barnest lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Sticky display. 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 13, 2026; 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 13, 2026. 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.