Essential Free Shipping Bar vs Smart Free Shipping 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 Essential Free Shipping Bar, Jul 17, 2026 for Smart Free Shipping Bar.
The short answer
- Only Essential Free Shipping Bar lists a free plan.
- Essential Free Shipping Bar lists 29 features Smart Free Shipping Bar’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI recommendations, Announcement bar, Announcements.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free plan
- · Unlimited product page boosters
- · Unlimited top bar boosters
- · Up to 1000 monthly booster views
Starter
- · Everything in Free
- · Exclude products
- · Geolocation targeting
- · Up to 10 000 monthly booster views
Essential
- · Add upsell products
- · Analytics
- · Everything in Starter
- · Unlimited cart page boosters
- · Up to 50 000 monthly booster views
Professional
- · All premium features
- · Everything in Essential
- · Unlimited booster views
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStop giving away Free Shipping! Instead, start using the 'Free Shipping bar' progress bar which boosts your sales. Because when customers see "You're only $20 away from Free Shipping!", they actually spend these extra $20 (or even more). To make more money, just give them a cart goal value (e.g., $50) and a sweet award when they reach this amount (free shipping, discount code, or anything else).
This app increases average order value by displaying a customizable free shipping bar that updates as customers add products to their cart. It automatically converts currencies based on customer location and allows full visual customization, including text, colors, and icons. The bar can be shown or hidden by country, works on all Shopify themes, and is fully responsive for mobile.
- Placed Anywhere: product page, cart page, cart drawer, or as an announcement bar
- Boosts Average Order Value: add product upsells, cross-sells & cart upsell.
- Revenue-Oriented: track additional revenue generated by free shipping bar.
- Highly Customisable: customise cart goal progress bar or use pre-made styles.
- Progressive messages that update as the cart value increases
- Full design control directly from the admin panel – no coding needed
- Optional icon display and automatic currency conversion by location
- Geolocation exclusions to hide the bar in selected countries
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 Free Shipping Bar |  Smart Free Shipping Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 8,286 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | −71 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 164 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | 10% | 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 Free Shipping Bar | Smart Free Shipping Bar |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 992 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 21 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 4% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Essential Free Shipping Bar | Smart Free Shipping Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Essential Free Shipping Bar | Smart Free Shipping Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #64 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | #86 on the Shoplist 100 | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 3, 2022 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Developer | Essential Apps | Michał Stoma |
FAQ
Essential Free Shipping Bar and Smart Free Shipping Bar: common questions
- Is Essential Free Shipping Bar or Smart Free Shipping Bar cheaper?
- Only Essential Free Shipping 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 Free Shipping Bar lists 29 the others don’t mention, such as AI recommendations, Announcement bar, Announcements, Cart drawer. Smart Free Shipping Bar lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Checkout upsell. 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 Free Shipping Bar, Jul 17, 2026 for Smart Free Shipping 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 Essential Free Shipping Bar, Jul 17, 2026 for Smart Free Shipping 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.