Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales vs DPA Discount 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
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and $12/month for DPA Discount Bar.
- DPA Discount Bar lists 4 features Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales’s listing doesn’t mention, including Backgrounds, Mobile responsive, Multi-language.
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
- · 1 promotion slot
- · 1,000 bar data requests per month
- · App Block design settings
- · Cart-based discount bar with progress
- · Display usage, expiry, and limit details
- · Guide discount application via links
Basic
- · 10,000 bar data requests per month
- · 3 promotion slots
- · App Block design settings
- · Cart-based discount bar with progress
- · Display usage, expiry, and limit details
- · Guide discount application via links
Pro
- · 5 promotion slots
- · 50,000 bar data requests per month
- · App Block design settings
- · Cart-based discount bar with progress
- · Display usage, expiry, and limit details
- · Guide discount application via links
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.
Most promotion bars stay static, making discount conditions and progress hard to understand. DPA Discount Bar auto-syncs with your discounts and shows cart progress, remaining uses, expiry, and conditions in a storefront bar. Shoppers can quickly see how close they are to qualifying, making discounts easier to use and encouraging additional purchases. Merchants avoid manual updates and outdated promotions.
- 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
- Show how close customers are to discounts based on cart contents
- Display limited offers, remaining quantity, and campaign timing
- Place the bar anywhere and customize the design with built-in settings
- Automatically show or hide bars based on discount status
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 |  DPA Discount Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | DPA Discount Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | DPA Discount Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $5.99/month(ahead) | $12/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales | DPA Discount Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #337(ahead) | #366 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 18, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 2 |
| Developer | Fukuru Design LLC | DPA |
FAQ
Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and DPA Discount Bar: common questions
- Is Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales or DPA Discount Bar cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $5.99/month for Announcement Bar ‒ Smart Sales and $12/month for DPA Discount Bar. 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 2 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Custom CSS. DPA Discount Bar lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Backgrounds, Mobile responsive, Multi-language, Scheduling. 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.