Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales vs Beacon Smart Banner
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales, Oct 14, 2026 for Beacon Smart Banner.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and $29/month for Beacon Smart Banner.
- Beacon Smart Banner lists 7 features Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales’s listing doesn’t mention, including Backgrounds, Behavior targeting, Campaign targeting.
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
Free
- · 2 Active Banners limit at a time
- · Manual publish controls
- · Store-wide & Page-specific targeting
- · Text, button, emojis & countdown timers
Pro
- · Advanced Rules (Cart, Device, Location)
- · Customer History (Spend, Order)
- · Dynamic Text Variables (Cart, Location)
- · Everything included in Free, plus:
- · Only $19 for first 3 months
- · Smart Scheduling (Start/End dates)
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.
Beacon helps you capture customer attention with highly customizable announcement banners. Without any coding, you can create smart banners that target specific products, cart contents, or customer tags. Highlight your sales events using live countdown timers and automated scheduling.
- 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
- Target banners by cart contents, specific products, or customer tags.
- Display live countdown timers to highlight your limited-time special offers.
- Automate your campaigns by scheduling specific start and end dates.
- Experience a premium, frictionless dashboard with drag-and-drop reordering.
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 |  Beacon Smart Banner |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Beacon Smart Banner |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Beacon Smart Banner |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $5.99/month(ahead) | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales | Beacon Smart Banner |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #337 | #296(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 18, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Developer | Fukuru Design LLC | Appublic |
FAQ
Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and Beacon Smart Banner: common questions
- Is Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales or Beacon Smart Banner cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and $29/month for Beacon Smart Banner. 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 3 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Custom CSS, Notification. Beacon Smart Banner lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Backgrounds, Behavior targeting, Campaign targeting, Geo-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 13, 2026 for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales, Oct 14, 2026 for Beacon Smart Banner; 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 for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales, Oct 14, 2026 for Beacon Smart Banner. 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.