Bold Discounts ‑ Flash Sales vs Flash Discounts 2.0
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 7, 2026 for Bold Discounts, Oct 13, 2026 for Flash Discounts 2.0.
The short answer
- Only Bold Discounts lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Bold Discounts and $9.99/month for Flash Discounts 2.0.
- Bold Discounts lists 14 features Flash Discounts 2.0’s listing doesn’t mention, including Banners, Bulk discounts, Bulk editing.
Head to head
Storewide sales, discount, flash-sales, & scheduled sales.
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
** DEV SHOP ONLY
- · ** THIS PLAN IS FOR DEVELOPMENT SHOPS **
- · Auto-Tag Product On Sale
- · Automatic Scheduled Sales
- · LIVE Customizable Countdown Timers
- · Sale Icons for Collection and PDP Image
- · Show/Hide Text, or HTML when Sale Active
Essentials
- · Auto-Tag Product On Sale
- · Automatic Scheduled Sales
- · Hand Selected, or by Collection,
- · LIVE Customizable Countdown Timers
- · Sale Icons for Collection and PDP Image
- · Show/Hide Text, or HTML when Sale Active
Standard
- · Auto-hides on out-of-stock products
- · Resets daily to bring shoppers back
- · Unlimited 10-minute flash discount deals
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureRun store-wide Black Friday flash sales in seconds! Bold's Shopify Discount App lets you run flash sales with NO COUPON CODES REQUIRED Schedule clearance sales, daily deals or any automatic promotion, with a few clicks! Manage discounting and wholesale pricing. Display Sale COUNTDOWN TIMERS or sale icons to create customer urgency and entice shoppers. 100% customizable!
Flash Discounts adds real urgency to product pages: a live 10-minute countdown next to a limited-time discount code that works through Shopify's native discount engine, so it's honored at checkout like any other code. A depleting progress bar shows the clock running down, and the deal resets daily once it expires, giving shoppers a reason to return.
- Set your discount, apply it to products, collections, or your entire store
- Create urgency with a real-time countdown on your site to promote your sale
- Run an unlimited number of promotions without the risk of discount stacking
- Run promotions with advanced scheduling. Ideal for Black Friday and other events
- Live 10-minute countdown timer with a depleting progress bar
- One-tap discount code copy and apply-to-cart
- Auto-hides the countdown deal when a product is out of stock
- Resets every 24 hours to bring shoppers back
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 |  Bold Discounts |  Flash Discounts 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Bold Discounts | Flash Discounts 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 505 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Bold Discounts | Flash Discounts 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month | $9.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Bold Discounts | Flash Discounts 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #1145 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 24, 2012 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Bold | product2info |
FAQ
Bold Discounts and Flash Discounts 2.0: common questions
- Is Bold Discounts or Flash Discounts 2.0 cheaper?
- Only Bold Discounts lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Bold Discounts and $9.99/month for Flash Discounts 2.0. 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?
- Bold Discounts lists 14 the others don’t mention, such as Banners, Bulk discounts, Bulk editing, Campaigns. Flash Discounts 2.0 lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Discount codes. 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 7, 2026 for Bold Discounts, Oct 13, 2026 for Flash Discounts 2.0; 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 7, 2026 for Bold Discounts, Oct 13, 2026 for Flash Discounts 2.0. 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.