Awayly Vacation Mode vs Smart Store Vacation Mode

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 5, 2026 for Awayly Vacation Mode, Nov 6, 2026 for Smart Store Vacation Mode.

The short answer

  • Only Smart Store Vacation Mode lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $1.99/month for Awayly Vacation Mode and $4.99/month for Smart Store Vacation Mode.
  • Awayly Vacation Mode lists 6 features Smart Store Vacation Mode’s listing doesn’t mention, including Announcement bar, Banner position, Color and font.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Banners
  • Notifications - Other
  • Banners
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Nov 4, 2026
Nov 5, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
$1.99/month
From $0 to $4.99/month
Plans
Standard$1.99/month
  • · 6 designs, 20 languages
  • · Bar, pop-up or full page
  • · Checkout paused while closed
  • · Dates, weekly and Shabbat
  • · Notify me when you're back
FreeFree
  • · Buying paused on page and at checkout
  • · Close the store with one click
  • · Keep selected products on sale
  • · Note above Add to cart and Checkout
  • · One scheduled closure, start and end
  • · Pop-up with your own message
Pro$4.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · Advance notice before a closure
  • · Collect emails to notify on return
  • · Hide prices or show a closed page
  • · Live countdown to reopening
  • · Opening hours, several windows a day
  • · Private access link while closed
Coverage
9 of 11 features82%
5 of 11 features45%
Unique strengths
  • Announcement bar
  • Banner position
  • Color and font
  • Email signup
  • +2 more
  • Promotional
  • Sticky display
Banners
82%9/11
45%5/11
Banner type
80%4/5
60%3/5
Customization
83%5/6
33%2/6
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Awayly Vacation ModeSmart Store Vacation Mode11 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

Awayly closes your store on the dates you choose, every week, or for Shabbat and Yom Tov by your city's sunset times, and reopens it on its own in your store's time zone. While you're closed, checkout refuses orders, including Buy it now, Shop Pay and direct checkout links. Shoppers keep browsing and see a bar, pop-up or full page that says when you're back.

Take a break without losing sales! Pause your store instantly or schedule closures for holidays, trade shows, or weekly days off. Display reopening dates with live countdowns via bars, pop-ups, or notes above Add to Cart. Buying is blocked on-page and at checkout, yet you can still sell gift cards, accept pre-orders, share private access links, and collect email signups to notify customers when you're back!

Key points
  • Checkout refused while closed, including Buy it now and Shop Pay
  • Close now, on dates, every week, or for Shabbat by your city's sunset
  • Bar, pop-up or full page that says when you reopen, with a countdown
  • Notify me when you're back: one email to shoppers when you reopen
  • Close now, or schedule start and end
  • Weekly closing days and opening hours
  • Bar, pop-up or note with reopening date
  • Live countdown to reopening
Screenshots
Product page with a closed notice and Add to cart greyed out
Setup guide and the Awayly switch in the theme editorStore notice saying the shop is away, with a notify-me formClosures list with weekly, Shabbat and vacation closures
Frontend
Store VacationSettingsSchedules

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Adoption

MeasureAwayly Vacation ModeSmart Store Vacation Mode
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days00
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureAwayly Vacation ModeSmart Store Vacation Mode
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureAwayly Vacation ModeSmart Store Vacation Mode
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$1.99/month(ahead)$4.99/month
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed12

Listing

MeasureAwayly Vacation ModeSmart Store Vacation Mode
Shopify category rankNot enough dataNot enough data
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedNov 4, 2026Nov 5, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperDevOptlyadd-ons.org

FAQ

Awayly Vacation Mode and Smart Store Vacation Mode: common questions

Is Awayly Vacation Mode or Smart Store Vacation Mode cheaper?
Only Smart Store Vacation Mode lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $1.99/month for Awayly Vacation Mode and $4.99/month for Smart Store Vacation Mode. 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?
Awayly Vacation Mode lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Banner position, Color and font, Email signup. Smart Store Vacation Mode lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Promotional, 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 Nov 5, 2026 for Awayly Vacation Mode, Nov 6, 2026 for Smart Store Vacation Mode; 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 5, 2026 for Awayly Vacation Mode, Nov 6, 2026 for Smart Store Vacation Mode. 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.