Free Shipping Bear vs UpBar: Free Shipping Bar Goal
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 27, 2026 for Free Shipping Bear, Oct 21, 2026 for UpBar.
The short answer
- UpBar lists 33 features Free Shipping Bear’s listing doesn’t mention, including Announcement bar, Backgrounds, Cart page.
Head to head
Free shipping bar with multiple cart goals to increase sales!
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMotivate customers to buy more by emphasizing free shipping offers. With Free Shipping Bar, it’s easier than ever to set cart value goals and keep customers engaged and willing to spend more. The free shipping app supports multiple cart goals by country. Set it up within 5 minutes to drive more sales in your store. Keep customers engaged by showing their progress as they add products to their carts.
UpBar adds eight storefront placements from one setup: a sticky bar that runs as a free shipping bar with a cart goal or an announcement bar with rotating messages, a cart drawer goal bar, a promo popup that never asks for an email, a sticky add to cart bar, a product page box with shipping and stock lines, an estimated delivery date timeline, a countdown timer for any page, and trust badges.
- Display free shipping offers through a cart progress sticky bar to increase AOV.
- Set multiple cart goals by country and set a unique cart goal per country.
- Keep customers engaged by showing their progress towards your cart goal.
- Free-shipping bar & cart goal: show progress toward a per-country goal
- Countdown timer for any page: fixed date, daily, evergreen or per-visit
- Estimated delivery date & shipping rates by visitor country on product pages
- Trust badges + sticky add to cart with live price, variant & review stars
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 |  Free Shipping Bear |  UpBar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Free Shipping Bear | UpBar |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.6 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 46 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Free Shipping Bear | UpBar |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Free Shipping Bear | UpBar |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #104 | #42 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #6 on Pricing moves in Countdown timer |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 31, 2020 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Conversion Bear | B2B Gold |
FAQ
Free Shipping Bear and UpBar: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Free Shipping Bear lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Announcements, Banners, Custom code, Custom pop-ups. UpBar lists 33 the others don’t mention, such as Announcement bar, Backgrounds, Cart page, Color and font. 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 27, 2026 for Free Shipping Bear, Oct 21, 2026 for UpBar; 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 27, 2026 for Free Shipping Bear, Oct 21, 2026 for UpBar. 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.