Essential Countdown Timer Bar vs MVR Countdown Timer Pro
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 Essential Countdown Timer Bar, Feb 19, 2026 for MVR Countdown Timer Pro.
The short answer
- Only Essential Countdown Timer Bar lists a free plan.
- Essential Countdown Timer Bar lists 19 features MVR Countdown Timer Pro’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animations, Announcement bar, Backgrounds.
Head to head
Countdown Timer Bar - Boost Sales with Urgency and Flash Sales
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- United Kingdom
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Momentum
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Free Plan
- · Unlimited product page timers
- · Unlimited top bar timers
- · Up to 1000 monthly views
Starter
- · Everything in Free
- · Recurring timer
- · Scheduled timer
- · Unlimited landing page timers
- · Up to 10 000 monthly timer views
Essential
- · Add timer with tags
- · Everything in Starter
- · Geo-targeting
- · Unlimited cart timers
- · Unlimited email timers
- · Up to 50 000 monthly timer views
Professional
- · All premium features
- · Everything in Essential
- · Unlimited timer views
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSales Countdown timer app is a new secret method to boost your sales! Sale timer triggers urgency, scarcity and fomo, driving your customers to Buy NOW, instead of "Buy Later". Wanna sell more? Use this app every day, or use it for specific days (promotion, pre-orders, product launches, flash sale, holidays). Time clock is perfect for the best results during Black Friday, Cyber Monday & beyond.
Drive sales with beautiful, customizable countdown timers that trigger urgency, scarcity & FOMO. Perfect for flash sales, product launches, pre-orders, storewide deals & holiday promos like Black Friday & Cyber Monday. Choose one-time, recurring, daily or evergreen timers starting per visitor. Add to homepage, product pages, cart, checkout or password page to keep shoppers engaged & drive instant purchases.
- Boost Storewide Sales: By setting an announcement bar timer (top bar or bottom).
- Increase Conversions: add a product timer, countdown banner or cart countdown.
- Prevent Cart Abandonment: By using a cart timer (checkout timer) in your cart.
- Match Counter Style: Customize text, colors, type, timer schedule & placements.
- Drive sales with storewide countdown bars, product timers & cart timers
- Create urgency and FOMO with one-time, recurring, daily, or fixed-minute timers
- Advanced targeting by location, market, customer, product, page & device
- Fully customizable text, colors, styles & timer placements to fit your brand
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 |  Essential Countdown Timer Bar |  MVR Countdown Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 15,893 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −136 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 299 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 17% | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Essential Countdown Timer Bar | MVR Countdown Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 1,738 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 6 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 7% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Essential Countdown Timer Bar | MVR Countdown Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6.99/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Essential Countdown Timer Bar | MVR Countdown Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #4(ahead) | #178 |
| Shopify App Charts | #45 on the Shoplist 100 | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 10, 2022 | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Languages | 6 | 1 |
| Developer | Essential Apps | Mediavar |
FAQ
Essential Countdown Timer Bar and MVR Countdown Timer Pro: common questions
- Is Essential Countdown Timer Bar or MVR Countdown Timer Pro cheaper?
- Only Essential Countdown Timer Bar lists a free plan. 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?
- Essential Countdown Timer Bar lists 19 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Announcement bar, Backgrounds, Banner position. MVR Countdown Timer Pro lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Checkout. 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 Essential Countdown Timer Bar, Feb 19, 2026 for MVR Countdown Timer Pro; 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 Essential Countdown Timer Bar, Feb 19, 2026 for MVR Countdown Timer Pro. 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.