Countdown Timer: Sales Bar vs Honest Countdown Timer Bar
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for Countdown Timer, Oct 28, 2026 for Honest Countdown Timer Bar.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Countdown Timer and $7.99/month for Honest Countdown Timer Bar.
- Countdown Timer lists 7 features Honest Countdown Timer Bar’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animations, Custom CSS, Fixed minute.
Head to head
Free
- · 3,000 timer views a month
- · All designs and 20 languages
- · Bar, product page, cart and drawer
- · Fixed date and daily timers
- · Unlimited timers
Starter
- · 25,000 views a month
- · Live visitor count
- · Per-visitor timers and scheduling
- · Product, page and device targeting
- · Section and image banners
Pro
- · 100,000 views a month
- · 90-day analytics
- · Country and tag targeting
- · Custom CSS and your own translations
Unlimited
- · 1-year analytics
- · Everything in Pro
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited views
Free
- · 1 live bar
- · Discount-synced and fixed timers
- · Honesty check and deadline log
- · Page and device targeting
Premium
- · Country and customer targeting
- · Daily and weekly cut-off timers
- · Deadline log CSV export
- · Unlimited live bars
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShow shoppers exactly when your sale or event ends. Add a countdown to a top or bottom bar, product pages, the cart and cart drawer, a floating corner card, or a full banner with your image. Choose a fixed end date, a daily cutoff like "order by 2 PM to ship today", or a per-visitor event. 76 designs and 44 templates, every color and font editable.
Most countdown timers restart for every visitor, a fake deadline the FTC calls a deceptive design pattern, and shoppers notice. Honest Countdown Timer Bar links each timer to a real Shopify discount: change the discount's end date and the bar follows, and when it's over the bar ends instead of resetting.
- Top bar, product page, cart drawer, floating card and image banners
- Fixed end date, daily cutoff and per-visitor timers in your store timezone
- 76 ready-made designs: flip clock, cards with illustrations, compact pills
- Copyable discount code, button, real low-stock line and live visitor count
- Sync the countdown to a Shopify discount so it ends exactly when your sale does.
- Timers never reset on refresh: same real deadline for every visitor.
- Daily and weekly cut-offs like order by 5 pm, ships today, in your time zone.
- Target bars by page, device, country and logged-in or guest customers.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month(ahead) | $7.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #175 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 9, 2026 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Smart Solutions | TORHEN SPA |
FAQ
Countdown Timer and Honest Countdown Timer Bar: common questions
- Is Countdown Timer or Honest Countdown Timer Bar cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Countdown Timer and $7.99/month for Honest Countdown Timer Bar. 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 lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Custom CSS, Fixed minute, Landing pages. Honest Countdown Timer Bar lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Event-based, Shipping cut-off, Store launch. 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 for Countdown Timer, Oct 28, 2026 for Honest Countdown Timer Bar; 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 for Countdown Timer, Oct 28, 2026 for Honest Countdown Timer Bar. 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.