Eternal: Sale Banners vs Announcer & Countdown
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 4, 2026 for Eternal, Nov 5, 2026 for Announcer & Countdown.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99/month for Eternal and $4.99/month for Announcer & Countdown.
- Announcer & Countdown lists 9 features Eternal’s listing doesn’t mention, including Announcement bar, Banner position, Custom CSS.
Head to head
- United States
- Australia
- Barbados
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · Confetti and sparkles effects
- · Heading, text and button
- · Photo background with mobile image
- · Wave-shaped banner
- · Works with any Online Store 2.0 theme
Pro
- · All animated effects
- · All banner shapes
- · Countdown timer
- · Effects when the countdown ends
- · Everything in Free
- · Split banner with image and text
Starter
- · 1 Active announcement bar
- · Countdown, Moving Text, Rotating Bars
- · Scheduling
- · Templates library
- · Views & click analytics
Growth
- · Advanced Scheduling & Recurring Bars
- · Countdown, Moving Text, Rotating Bars
- · Page & visibility targeting
- · Templates library
- · Unlimited active announcement bars
Premium
- · A/B testing
- · Advanced Scheduling & Recurring Bars
- · Countdown, Moving Text, Rotating Bars
- · Multi-Language & Auto-translations
- · Page & visibility targeting
- · Regional variants
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureEternal Banners adds sale banners to your theme that don't look like every other store. Pick a shape for the banner's edge, add your photo or video, and set a countdown for your promotion. When the timer ends, the banner can hide, show a message or play an effect. Everything is set up in the theme editor, adapts to mobile and loads only what each banner uses.
Grab attention with on-brand announcement bars. Choose five bar types — simple, rotating, news ticker, typewriter, and countdown — to run sales, free-shipping offers, and news on any page. Countdown timers add urgency with flip-clock, box, or circle styles, then show a fallback message when time runs out. Schedule bars ahead, target them by page, and show different messages per market or language.
- Wave, slant, arc, curve and zigzag shapes, set up in the theme editor
- Countdown timer that can hide, show a message or celebrate when it ends
- Confetti, sparkles and more effects that respect reduced motion
- Simple bar, urgency countdown, or news ticker with a live indicator.
- Display Multiple announcements as slider or news ticker
- Scheduling and automatic expiration with fallback messages
- Custom announcements for different pages
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 |  Announcer & Countdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 29 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −1 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Arts & Entertainment, Electronics |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Australia, Barbados |
Reviews
| Measure | Announcer & Countdown | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 2 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Announcer & Countdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6.99/month | $4.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Announcer & Countdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #181 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 4, 2026 | Aug 8, 2016 |
| Languages | 7 | 1 |
| Developer | KST-Edge | Pasilobus |
FAQ
Eternal and Announcer & Countdown: common questions
- Is Eternal or Announcer & Countdown cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.99/month for Eternal and $4.99/month for Announcer & Countdown. 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?
- Announcer & Countdown lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Banner position, Custom CSS, Email signup. 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 4, 2026 for Eternal, Nov 5, 2026 for Announcer & Countdown; 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 4, 2026 for Eternal, Nov 5, 2026 for Announcer & Countdown. 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.