Festival Effect vs SFX ‑ Snow Christmas Effects
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, Nov 9, 2026 for SFX.
The short answer
- SFX lists 5 features Festival Effect’s listing doesn’t mention, including 3D animations, Backgrounds, Black Friday (BFCM).
Head to head
- United States
- Denmark
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
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.
With Seasonal FX you can create mesmerizing effects to show your customers it's that time of the year again with more effects to be added soon. Decorate your store for Halloween, Christmas and New Year.
- 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
- Snowfall with 8 different unique snowflake design pouring down at random
- Control the number of snowflake
- Clean theme level controls using App embed
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 |  SFX |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 4 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −10 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 1 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Electronics, Health & Beauty |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Denmark |
Reviews
| Measure | Festival Effect | SFX |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.7 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 24 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Festival Effect | SFX |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $1.20/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Festival Effect | SFX |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #44 | #30(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #19 in Animation and effects |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 28, 2026 | Nov 28, 2022 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | MageCurious | Astral |
FAQ
Festival Effect and SFX: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Festival Effect lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Custom events, Falling effects, New Year, Valentine's Day. SFX lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as 3D animations, Backgrounds, Black Friday (BFCM), Color. 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, Nov 9, 2026 for SFX; 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, Nov 9, 2026 for SFX. 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.