Disco: Black Friday Discounts vs Run Promo

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

  • Disco is detected on 409× as many Shopify stores as Run Promo: 1,228 vs 3 as of Nov 9, 2026.
  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $1/month for Disco and $19.90/month for Run Promo.
  • Run Promo lists 20 features Disco’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Auto-position, Automations.

Head to head

Detected stores

Disco: 1,228
Run Promo: 3

App Store reviews

Disco: 107
Run Promo: —

New reviews, 28 days

Disco: 3
Run Promo: —

Stores added, 28 days

Disco: 27
Run Promo: —
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Pitch

Bulk Discount App! Storewide discounts & countdown timer bar

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Categories
  • Discounts
  • Pricing optimization
  • Badges and icons
  • Discounts
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Aug 30, 2019
May 27, 2024
Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Reviews per month
2 last full month
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Detected stores
1,228active installs
  • LOUD
  • Merci Handy FR
  • Sorelleuk
  • Polina Bright
  • Mokobara
+1,223 more
3active installs
  • Citizenofarts
+2 more
Most common store size
201-500 products18%
101-200 products33%
Top countries
  • United States24%
  • United Kingdom9%
  • Australia7%
  • France33%
  • Italy33%

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

01325AugDecFebAprJunAugOctDisco: Black Friday Discounts: 21 reviews in November 2025Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 9 reviews in December 2025Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 1 reviews in January 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 3 reviews in February 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 4 reviews in March 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 1 reviews in April 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 3 reviews in May 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 1 reviews in June 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 3 reviews in July 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 1 reviews in August 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 2 reviews in September 2026Disco: Black Friday Discounts: 2 reviews in October 2026Run Promo: 1 reviews in August 2024
DiscoRun PromoCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $3/month
From $0 to $19.90/month
Plans
StarterFree
  • · 2 campaigns
  • · 30 discounted products (all variants)
  • · Countdown timer
  • · Create sale collection
  • · Schedule sale
  • · Select products from filters
Lite$1/month
3-day free trialOnly $1 your first month, then $9.99/month. Early-bird BFCM offer.
  • · 10 campaigns
  • · 300 discounted products (all variants)
  • · All from Starter
  • · Banners
  • · Chat & tech support
  • · Product exclusion rules
Professional$2/month
3-day free trialOnly $2 your first month, then $17.99/month. Early-bird BFCM offer.
  • · 1500 discounted products (all variants)
  • · 30 campaigns
  • · All discount types
  • · All from Lite
  • · Auto tagging
  • · Chat & tech support
Business$3/month
3-day free trialOnly $3 your first month, then $25.99/month. Early-bird BFCM offer.
  • · 100 campaigns
  • · 7500 discounted products (all variants)
  • · Chat & tech support
  • · Discount code blocking
  • · Full access to all features
BasicFree
  • · - Custom Labels
  • · - Instant Price discounts.
  • · - Maximum 3 Campaigns .
  • · - Schedule start and end time .
  • · - Variant selection upto 100 .
ACE$19.90/month
7-day free trial
  • · - Instant price discounts
  • · - Schedule start and end time .
  • · - Unlimited Variants & Products
  • · -Custom product labels to indicate sale
  • · -Text and image upload for custom labels
Coverage
20 of 40 features50%
29 of 40 features73%
Unique strengths
  • Banners
  • Collections
  • Coming soon pages
  • Editor tool
  • +7 more
  • Analytics
  • Auto-position
  • Automations
  • Cart discounts
  • +16 more
Badges and icons
0%0/10
100%10/10
Customization
0%0/4
100%4/4
Icon position
0%0/4
100%4/4
Icon types
0%0/2
100%2/2
Discounts
58%14/24
79%19/24
Discount types
57%8/14
86%12/14
Managing discounts
60%6/10
70%7/10
Page builder
100%6/6
0%0/6
Managing pages
100%3/3
0%0/3
Page types
100%3/3
0%0/3
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DiscoRun Promo40 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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Integrations

Disco4.8(107)Run PromoNo rating yet
Works with also listed by another
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How it sells itself

Black Friday and flash sales shouldn't mean editing prices or building sale pages by hand. Disco applies bulk discounts to products, collections, or your entire store. Set sale and compare-at prices, schedule campaigns, and restore prices automatically. Mix percentage, fixed-amount, and fixed-price discounts in one sale.

Running a Flash sale, Christmas sale or any other sale??Need a developer every time you create custom badges and run sales promotions? Not anymore! Run Promo automates bulk discount creation, creation of custom badges and scheduling your promotions for your store. You can apply discounts to unlimited number of products( not limited to 100). Discounts and badges appear on your category, product and cart pages.

Key points
  • Schedule discounts and flash sales in advance.
  • Bulk-add discounts to select products, collections or your entire store.
  • Display countdown timers on product pages and announcement bar to add urgency.
  • Promote sales in announcement bar with CTA button.
  • Create custom badges without the need of a developer. Just upload and go live.
  • Upload images or create text based badges. Just click and go live
  • Easily create bulk discounts for unlimited # of products( not limited to 100).
  • Create unlimited number of promotions. Set up and delete anytime you want.
Screenshots
Customize the widgets to match your specific design
Create flash sale landing pages for browsing the products.Boost sales and create urgency with sale countdown timer barBoost sales and create urgency with countdown timer on mobile
Custom Badges
Value PropositionSchedule Discounts

Installed with

Disco4.8(107)Run PromoNo rating yet

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.

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Adoption

MeasureDiscoRun Promo
Detected stores1,228(ahead)as of Nov 9, 20263as of Nov 9, 2026
Net store change, 28 days−8estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 days27new and returningNot enough data
Big-brand share17%of stores of known sizeNot enough data
Top store categoriesApparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & BeautyHome & Garden, Apparel & Accessories
Top store countriesUnited States, United Kingdom, AustraliaFrance, Italy

Reviews

MeasureDiscoRun Promo
App Store rating4.8 ★Not published
App Store reviews107Not published
New reviews, 28 days3Not enough data
Reviewers a year or more in46%Not enough data

Pricing

MeasureDiscoRun Promo
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$1/month(ahead)$19.90/month
Longest free trial3 days7 days
Plans listed42

Listing

MeasureDiscoRun Promo
Shopify category rank#86(ahead)in Discounts#732in Discounts
Shopify App Charts#16 in DiscountsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyYesNo
LaunchedAug 30, 2019May 27, 2024
Languages1English1English
DeveloperProductEssentialsPromo Solutions

FAQ

Disco and Run Promo: common questions

Which is more popular, Disco or Run Promo?
Disco is detected on 409× as many Shopify stores as Run Promo: 1,228 vs 3 as of Nov 9, 2026.
Is Disco or Run Promo cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $1/month for Disco and $19.90/month for Run Promo. 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?
Disco lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Banners, Collections, Coming soon pages, Editor tool. Run Promo lists 20 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Auto-position, Automations, Cart discounts. 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.