Countdown Timer Bar Samita vs OptiLayer Smart Timer
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for Countdown Timer Bar Samita, Oct 14, 2026 for OptiLayer Smart Timer.
The short answer
- Only OptiLayer Smart Timer lists a free plan.
- Countdown Timer Bar Samita lists 4 features OptiLayer Smart Timer’s listing doesn’t mention, including Product launch, Reset per visit, Session-based.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1,000 timer views/month
- · Countdown-to-a-date timers
- · Live preview and templates
- · Product page timers
Starter
- · 10,000 timer views/month
- · Evergreen and recurring timers
- · Everything in Free
- · Landing page timers
- · Shipping-cutoff timers
Essential
- · 50,000 timer views/month
- · Cart and email timers
- · Cart-reservation timers
- · Everything in Starter
- · Multi-language translations
- · Tag and country targeting
Pro
- · Announcement bar timers
- · Every placement included
- · Everything in Essential
- · Unlimited timer views
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSami Countdown Timer helps you create urgency across product pages, cart pages, landing pages, and promotional banners. Drive faster purchase decisions with countdown bars, product timers, stock countdowns, cart countdowns, and estimated delivery timers. Run flash sales, product launches, daily deals, and limited-time campaigns with fixed, recurring, scheduled, and session-based timers.
Create countdown timers for flash sales, product launches, recurring promotions, and shipping cutoffs. Show timers on product pages, landing pages, cart, announcement bars, and other supported placements. Target timers by product, collection, tag, page, or country. Customize text, colors, fonts, and styles with a live preview. Create fixed, evergreen, recurring, or shipping-cutoff timers without editing theme code.
- Choose one-time, auto-recurring, daily, or weekly timers to fit any sale events
- Add a product timer, estimated delivery, countdown banner, or stock countdown
- Show checkout timer (cart countdown) in your cart to prevent cart abandonment
- Simple to customize to fit your store’s design: text, font, color, css...
- Show timers on product pages, a bar, cart, landing pages, and email
- Choose fixed-date, evergreen, recurring, cart, or shipping-cutoff timers
- Target timers by product, collection, tag, page, or shopper country
- Customize colors, fonts, and styles with a live preview and ready templates
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 |  Countdown Timer Bar Samita |  OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 488 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −1 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 16 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 13% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, France | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Countdown Timer Bar Samita | OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 299 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 2% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Countdown Timer Bar Samita | OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $3.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Countdown Timer Bar Samita | OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #2(ahead) | #176 |
| Shopify App Charts | #9 in Countdown timer | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Sep 16, 2024 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Developer | SamiSales by Samita | OptiLayer |
FAQ
Countdown Timer Bar Samita and OptiLayer Smart Timer: common questions
- Is Countdown Timer Bar Samita or OptiLayer Smart Timer cheaper?
- Only OptiLayer Smart Timer lists a free plan. 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?
- Countdown Timer Bar Samita lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Product launch, Reset per visit, Session-based, Time-limited promotion. OptiLayer Smart Timer lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Sticky banner, Timed session. 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 3, 2026 for Countdown Timer Bar Samita, Oct 14, 2026 for OptiLayer Smart Timer; 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 3, 2026 for Countdown Timer Bar Samita, Oct 14, 2026 for OptiLayer Smart Timer. 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.