Festival Effect vs HolidaySpark
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 Festival Effect, Oct 15, 2026 for HolidaySpark.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $1.20/month for Festival Effect and $3/month for HolidaySpark.
- HolidaySpark lists 4 features Festival Effect’s listing doesn’t mention, including Autumn, Spring, Summer.
Head to head
Decorate your store with festive animations for every occasion
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Business
- · Background music support
- · Custom style and positioning options
- · Easy enable/disable controls for effects
- · Festive and seasonal themes
- · Header and footer visual effects
- · Page-specific animation control
Pro
- · All icons, animations, & customizations.
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureThis app adds customizable animations and visual effects to your Shopify storefront, allowing merchants to create engaging shopping experiences. It includes controls for falling and flying animations, header and footer effects, background music, and theme-based visuals. Merchants can manage where and when animations appear, customize styles, and apply effects to specific pages or schedules.
Delight your customers with festive decorations for every season and increase store customer engagement. The decorations do not interfere with your customer's shopping experience as they are displayed in the background. Decorate your store for every holiday and occasion to put customers in the mood for shopping! Choose from 100s of icons and 1000s of combinations. We'll be happy to add any icons you need.
- Add falling and flying animations across storefront pages
- Customize header, footer, and background visual effects
- Apply animations to selected pages or schedules
- Enable festive themes and seasonal visual elements
- Choose from hundreds of icons! Customize size, speed, quantity and animation.
- Adjust the speed and duration of the animations as well as the quantity and size
- Easily show the animations on a specific page or all the pages.
- Set a timer to stop animations after a specified period of time.
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 |  Festival Effect |  HolidaySpark |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Festival Effect | HolidaySpark |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 7 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 1 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Festival Effect | HolidaySpark |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $1.20/month(ahead) | $3/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 1 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Festival Effect | HolidaySpark |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #44(ahead) | #90 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 28, 2026 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | MageCurious | RoboTurk |
FAQ
Festival Effect and HolidaySpark: common questions
- Is Festival Effect or HolidaySpark cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $1.20/month for Festival Effect and $3/month for HolidaySpark. 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?
- Festival Effect lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Falling effects. HolidaySpark lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter. 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 Festival Effect, Oct 15, 2026 for HolidaySpark; 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 Festival Effect, Oct 15, 2026 for HolidaySpark. 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.