Countdown Timer Bar Samita vs Simple Vacation Mode
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026.
The short answer
- Countdown Timer Bar Samita is detected on 56× as many Shopify stores as Simple Vacation Mode: 555 vs 10 as of Nov 9, 2026.
- Countdown Timer Bar Samita lists 23 features Simple Vacation Mode’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animations, Cart page, Color and font.
Head to head
- United States
- France
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Australia
- Canada
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
monthly
annual
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.
Take a break without losing your customers.As a cross-border seller, you deserve a break—whether it's for Lunar New Year, Christmas, a well-earned trip, or brief maintenance. But the headache of accidental orders, negative reviews, and refund requests during your absence is real. We introduce a **Smart Countdown System**.
- 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...
- Fixed or sticky banners to announce your holiday
- Professional "On Vacation" modals with branded icons.
- Automatically calculates and shows your return time down to the second.
- Display different messages based on the customer's language.
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 |  Simple Vacation Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 555(ahead) | 10 |
| Net store change, 28 days | +4 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 21 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 12% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Home & Garden, Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Sporting Goods |
| Top store countries | United States, France, United Kingdom | United States, Australia, Canada |
Reviews
| Measure | Countdown Timer Bar Samita | Simple Vacation Mode |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 192 | 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 | Simple Vacation Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $0.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 3 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Countdown Timer Bar Samita | Simple Vacation Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #2 | #73 |
| Shopify App Charts | #8 in Countdown timer | #4 in Operations - Other |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Sep 16, 2024 | May 6, 2026 |
| Languages | 18 | 10 |
| Developer | SamiSales by Samita | appfloweb |
FAQ
Countdown Timer Bar Samita and Simple Vacation Mode: common questions
- Which is more popular, Countdown Timer Bar Samita or Simple Vacation Mode?
- Countdown Timer Bar Samita is detected on 56× as many Shopify stores as Simple Vacation Mode: 555 vs 10 as of Nov 9, 2026.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Countdown Timer Bar Samita lists 23 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Cart page, Color and font, Custom CSS. 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 9, 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 Nov 9, 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.