Gone Fishing: Vacation Mode vs Timed Promobar
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 20, 2026 for Gone Fishing, Oct 13, 2026 for Timed Promobar.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Gone Fishing and $7.99/month for Timed Promobar.
- Timed Promobar lists 8 features Gone Fishing’s listing doesn’t mention, including Backgrounds, Campaign targeting, Color and font.
Head to head
Free
- · Banner in your own words + reopen date
- · Blocks Shop Pay, Apple Pay and links
- · Checkout blocked while you are away
- · One closure at a time, by date range
- · Shoppers can still browse your store
Gone Fishing Basic
- · "Closing soon" heads-up before you close
- · Banner shows when you reopen
- · Checkout blocked, Shop Pay included
- · Close your store for any date range
- · Shoppers keep browsing your products
Gone Fishing: Pro
- · Everything in Basic
- · Weekly closures, like Shabbat
Free
- · 1 active bar, unlimited views
- · Always on or a fixed time window
- · Runs in your theme, no extra request
- · Static bar with colors, text and link
Pro
- · Calendar and time travel preview
- · Free shipping progress bar
- · Rotating bars, marquee and countdown
- · Targeting rules and statistics
- · Templates and translations
- · Unlimited campaigns, one bar shown
Business
- · Everything in Pro
- · Schedule follows a discount code
- · Several bars stacked at once
- · Shipping cutoff countdown
- · Statistics export as CSV
- · Weekly repeat by weekday and time
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureGoing away, closing for a holiday or keeping Shabbat? Gone Fishing pauses orders on the dates you choose and reopens on its own. Shoppers can still browse, and a banner tells them when you're back. Checkout is refused on every path, including Shop Pay and direct checkout links, so no order slips through while you're away. Pro adds weekly closures, such as Friday evening to Saturday night, or all day Sunday.
Timed Promobar puts a promotion bar at the top of your store and handles the timing for you. Set a start, an end, or a recurring window such as every Friday evening. All times run in your store's time zone, not your visitor's. Preview any future date to see exactly how the bar will look before it goes live, and see every campaign on one calendar.
- Schedule a closure by date range; banner and checkout block switch on and off
- Shoppers keep browsing while closed, so ad and search traffic isn't wasted
- Checkout stays blocked on Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Buy it now, and direct links
- Non-dismissable banner with your own message and reopen date
- Schedule bars with a start, an end, or a recurring weekly window
- Preview your storefront at any future date before the campaign runs
- Presets for Black Friday, Christmas and nine more seasonal dates
- Static, rotating, marquee, countdown and shipping progress bars
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 |  Gone Fishing |  Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Gone Fishing | Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Gone Fishing | Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month(ahead) | $7.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Gone Fishing | Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #166(ahead) | #403 |
| Shopify App Charts | #7 on Pricing moves in Banners | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Marquee Apps | inventivo | Full-Service Webdesign Agentur |
FAQ
Gone Fishing and Timed Promobar: common questions
- Is Gone Fishing or Timed Promobar cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Gone Fishing and $7.99/month for Timed Promobar. 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?
- Gone Fishing lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Announcements, Product page. Timed Promobar lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Backgrounds, Campaign targeting, Color and font, Countdown. 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 20, 2026 for Gone Fishing, Oct 13, 2026 for Timed Promobar; 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 20, 2026 for Gone Fishing, Oct 13, 2026 for Timed Promobar. 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.