Bold Discounts ‑ Flash Sales vs Smart Campaign Manager
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 Smart Campaign Manager.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Bold Discounts and $9/month for Smart Campaign Manager.
- Bold Discounts lists 17 features Smart Campaign Manager’s listing doesn’t mention, including Automations, Banners, Bulk discounts.
Head to head
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
Free
Starter
Growth
Pro
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!
Smart Campaign Manager lets Shopify merchants schedule flash sales and promotions that activate and expire automatically — no manual work needed. Set up an Announcement Bar, Countdown Timer, Exit-Intent Popup, and Shipping Bar all from one campaign. Choose a start and end time, and your campaign goes live on its own. Perfect for Black Friday, holiday sales, weekend promotions, and clearance events.
- 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
- Automated flash sales that activate and expire on your schedule
- Announcement bar & countdown timer to create urgency and drive more clicks
- Exit-intent popups & shipping bar to recover abandoning visitors and drive sales
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 |  Smart Campaign Manager |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Smart Campaign Manager |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Smart Campaign Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Bold Discounts | Smart Campaign Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #202 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 24, 2012 | May 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Bold | codeAtoZ |
FAQ
Bold Discounts and Smart Campaign Manager: common questions
- Is Bold Discounts or Smart Campaign Manager cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Bold Discounts and $9/month for Smart Campaign Manager. 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 17 the others don’t mention, such as Automations, Banners, Bulk discounts, Bulk editing. 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 Smart Campaign Manager; 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 Smart Campaign Manager. 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.