Exploding Discounts vs LiveDiscount: Smart Popups

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026.

The short answer

  • Only LiveDiscount lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $5/month for Exploding Discounts and $29/month for LiveDiscount.
  • Exploding Discounts lists 2 features LiveDiscount’s listing doesn’t mention, including Banners, Countdown timers.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Discounts
  • Discounts
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jul 22, 2025
Jul 15, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
$5/month
From $0 to $499/month
Plans
Basic Plan$5/month
14-day free trial
  • · Customize the design of the popup
  • · Trigger by number of visited pages
  • · Trigger by time spent on site
  • · Trigger by visited product
FreeFree
  • · 300 sessions/month
Starter$29/month
30-day free trial
  • · 3,000 sessions/month
Growth$99/month
30-day free trial
  • · 15,000 sessions/month
  • · Priority support
Pro$499/month
30-day free trial
  • · 100,000 sessions/month
  • · Dedicated support
Coverage
7 of 7 features100%
5 of 7 features71%
Unique strengths
  • Banners
  • Countdown timers
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Discounts
100%7/7
71%5/7
Discount types
100%5/5
60%3/5
Managing discounts
100%2/2
100%2/2
250onlybothonly
Exploding DiscountsLiveDiscount7 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

Exploding Discounts helps merchants turn store visitors into customers by showing limited-time discounts based on real-time behavior. You can trigger a discount when someone spends time on your store, views a specific number of pages, or visits a product page. The app creates a sense of urgency without being intrusive, helping you reward engaged visitors and drive more intentional purchases.

LiveDiscount helps merchants turn real-time shopper behavior into timely discount offers. Set rules for product views, cart activity, and search behavior, then show a branded popup with a Shopify discount code when a shopper may need a nudge. Customize the discount percentage, popup style, and language. Monitor live visitor intent, sessions, offers, quota usage, and recovered revenue from Shopify admin.

Key points
  • Create urgency with time-limited offers shown to engaged visitors
  • Trigger discounts based on time spent, page views, or product views
  • Customize when and how discounts appear — no coding needed
  • Score visitor intent from product, cart, and checkout events
  • Issue Shopify discount codes when shoppers reach your rules
  • Show live visitor stages, scores, and coupon status in admin
  • Customize discount percent, popup style, and language
Screenshots
Trigger discounts based on time, pages, or products viewed
Customize to match your brand's identityConfigure discount lifetime and valueDrive urgency and boost sales with unique flash discount codes
Settings for discount percentage and popup style
Dashboard showing sessions, coupons, quota, and revenueLive visitor intent scores and discount statusIntent-based discount popup and admin signal

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Adoption

MeasureExploding DiscountsLiveDiscount
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureExploding DiscountsLiveDiscount
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureExploding DiscountsLiveDiscount
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$5/month(ahead)$29/month
Longest free trial14 days30 days
Plans listed14

Listing

MeasureExploding DiscountsLiveDiscount
Shopify category rank#832(ahead)in Discounts#1201in Discounts
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJul 22, 2025Jul 15, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperSales Booster SquadAndWX

FAQ

Exploding Discounts and LiveDiscount: common questions

Is Exploding Discounts or LiveDiscount cheaper?
Only LiveDiscount lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $5/month for Exploding Discounts and $29/month for LiveDiscount. 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?
Exploding Discounts lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Banners, Countdown timers. 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 14, 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 Oct 14, 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.