Dixxi: Announcement Bar vs Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar

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 Dixxi, Nov 4, 2026 for Hextom.

The short answer

  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $0.99/month for Dixxi and $9.99/month for Hextom.
  • Hextom lists 35 features Dixxi’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Analytics, Automations.

Head to head

Detected stores

Dixxi: —
Hextom: 17,399

App Store reviews

Dixxi: —
Hextom: 2,362

Stores added, 28 days

Dixxi: —
Hextom: 32
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Pitch
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Promote sales & notifications on a custom banner, boost sales

Developer
Categories
  • Banners
  • Promotions - Other
  • Discounts
  • Banners
Languages
  • English
  • English
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • French
  • +5 more
Launched
Dec 9, 2025
Oct 21, 2015
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
17,399active installs
  • Megan Thee Stallion
  • TITANS of CNC
  • Varsity Shop
  • Carrie Underwood Online Store
  • HolStrength
+17,394 more
Most common store size
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11-50 products22%
Top countries
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  • United States46%
  • United Kingdom10%
  • Canada7%

Momentum

New reviews each month

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

02550AugOctDecFebMayAugHextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 28 reviews in August 2025Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in September 2025Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in October 2025Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in November 2025Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 3 reviews in December 2025Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in January 2026Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in February 2026Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in April 2026Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in May 2026Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in June 2026Hextom: Quick Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in August 2026
DixxiHextomCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $1.99/month
From $0 to $9.99/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · • 1 active banner
  • · • All banner types
  • · • Full styling
Pro$0.99/month
  • · • All banner types
  • · • Full styling
  • · • Up to 5 banners
Business$1.99/month
  • · • All banner types
  • · • Full styling
  • · • Unlimited banners
BasicFree
  • · Device targeting
  • · Display at any desired position
  • · Emoji support on bar
  • · Fully customizable banner
  • · Option to Add link/button to bar
  • · Page targeting
Premium$9.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · Auto scheduling
  • · Bar background images
  • · Basic plan plus...
  • · Button Animation
  • · Custom CSS
  • · Geo targeting with Shopify Markets
Coverage
17 of 52 features33%
50 of 52 features96%
Unique strengths
  • Countdown
  • Traffic reports
  • A/B testing
  • Analytics
  • Automations
  • Banners
  • +31 more
Banners
63%17/27
93%25/27
Analytics and reporting
67%4/6
83%5/6
Banner type
71%5/7
86%6/7
Customization
57%8/14
100%14/14
Discounts
0%0/25
100%25/25
Discount types
0%0/10
100%10/10
Managing discounts
0%0/15
100%15/15
21535onlybothonly
DixxiHextom52 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

DixxiNo rating yetHextom4.9(2,362)
Works with also listed by another
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  • Hextom: Translate & Currency
How it sells itself

Dixxi: Announcement Bar lets you add clean, customizable banners to your storefront using a native Theme App Embed. Create a simple promo bar, a rotating news ticker, or a logo strip for partners and brands. Adjust text, CTA, spacing, radius, borders, and colors with a live preview for desktop and mobile. No theme edits, no code, and no performance impact — everything stays safe, lightweight, and easy to manage.

Always keeping your customers in the loop about your business updates, promotions, and events is a key element of managing customer relationships. Quick Announcement Bar makes this easier and quicker. You can add a fully customizable banner on your website with a few clicks, inform your customers. You can have multiple bars shown in rotation or with various animations.

Key points
  • Theme App Embed — installs in seconds, no code.
  • Three banner types: Simple, News Ticker, Logos.
  • Full control: text, CTA, spacing, radius, borders, colors, icons.
  • Live preview for desktop & mobile.
  • Present your sales events with a customized bar, increase awareness and sales
  • Advanced targeting geo location, customer, page, product, device targeting
  • Scheduling, you can plan sales in advance for events like Black Friday
  • Fully customizable with various rotation & animations, background images & styles
Screenshots
Shopify Announcment bar
Preview of 10+ festive announcement bar styles arranged in rows,A showcase of holiday-themed announcement bars — bright, colorfuA wide hero banner showing multiple colorful announcement bars f
Shopify App, Quick Announcement Bar by Hextom, Notification
Shopify App, Quick Announcement Bar by Hextom, NotificationShopify App, Quick Announcement Bar by Hextom, NotificationShopify App, Quick Announcement Bar by Hextom, Notification

Installed with

DixxiNo rating yetHextom4.9(2,362)

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureDixxiHextom
Detected storesNot published17,399as of Nov 4, 2026
Net store change, 28 days0estimated−185estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough data32new and returning
Big-brand shareNot enough data14%of stores of known size
Top store categoriesNot publishedApparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty
Top store countriesNot publishedUnited States, United Kingdom, Canada

Reviews

MeasureDixxiHextom
App Store ratingNot published4.9 ★
App Store reviewsNot published2,362
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureDixxiHextom
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$0.99/month(ahead)$9.99/month
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed32

Listing

MeasureDixxiHextom
Shopify category rank#345in Banners#28(ahead)in Banners
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s charts#32 on the Shoplist 100
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedDec 9, 2025Oct 21, 2015
Languages1English9English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
DeveloperDixxiHextom

FAQ

Dixxi and Hextom: common questions

Is Dixxi or Hextom cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $0.99/month for Dixxi and $9.99/month for Hextom. 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?
Dixxi lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Countdown, Traffic reports. Hextom lists 35 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Analytics, Automations, Banners. 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 Dixxi, Nov 4, 2026 for Hextom; 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 Dixxi, Nov 4, 2026 for Hextom. 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.