Custom Promos vs SMART Bundles App & Upsells
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Custom Promos, Nov 9, 2026 for SMART Bundles App & Upsells.
The short answer
- SMART Bundles App & Upsells lists 26 features Custom Promos’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk discounts, Cart discounts, Checkout discounts.
Head to head
- United States
- Australia
- Germany
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Standard
- · All promotion types included
- · Exclude specific collections
- · Layered collection sales
- · Multi-collection and storewide sales
- · Offer volume bonus unlocks
- · Run up to 5 promotions at once
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCustom Promos allows merchants to easily run layered, conditional promotions. Put a collection on sale, then reward bigger carts with an extra discount on top. Create tiered volume breaks, spend thresholds, BOGO, flat-dollar deals, multi-collection sales, and storewide sales with exclusions. Every promotion applies automatically at checkout—no codes to enter.
Let shoppers bundle and save with bundle deals, product bundles, bundle kits, mix and match bundles and fixed bundle prices. Add quantity breaks, volume discounts, tiered pricing, bulk pricing, BOGO, Buy X Get Y and free gifts. Upsell and cross-sell with product add-ons, subscribe and save, a countdown timer, a sticky add to cart bar and a variant picker. Target products, collections, customer tags or cart value.
- Layer a collection sale with a volume bonus as one combined discount
- Tiered volume breaks: buy more save more, with your own thresholds
- BOGO and buy-X-get-Y flat pricing on the collections you pick
- Multi-collection sales with a different discount rate per collection
- Automatically apply discounts based on cart rules or customer behavior
- Create custom discount rules for seamless promotional campaigns.
- Boost sales with personalized, time-limited automatic discounts
- Simplify complex discount setups with an intuitive interface
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 |  Custom Promos |  SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 1,433 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 12% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Australia, Germany |
Reviews
| Measure | Custom Promos | SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 579 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 3% |
Pricing
| Measure | Custom Promos | SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $24/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Custom Promos | SMART Bundles App & Upsells |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #997 | #1 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #23 in Upsell and cross-sell |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Jul 9, 2026 | Dec 13, 2024 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Release Point Ventures | SMART Bundle | Bundles & Upsells |
FAQ
Custom Promos and SMART Bundles App & Upsells: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Custom Promos lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Automations. SMART Bundles App & Upsells lists 26 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk discounts, Cart discounts, Checkout discounts, Coupons. 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Custom Promos, Nov 9, 2026 for SMART Bundles App & Upsells; 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 Oct 13, 2026 for Custom Promos, Nov 9, 2026 for SMART Bundles App & Upsells. 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.