Header Star: Promo Bar & Timer vs PulseBar Announcement Bars
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $2/month for Header Star and $1/month for PulseBar Announcement Bars.
- PulseBar Announcement Bars lists 16 features Header Star’s listing doesn’t mention, including Banner position, Color and font, Countdown.
Head to head
Free
- · 2 Fully Customizable Announcement Bars
- · Easy setup inside the Shopify Customizer
- · Fit for any brand style
- · Share promotions, updates, and news
Premium
- · Checkout timers that reduce cart abandon
- · Everything in Free Plan
- · Global and product page timers
- · Schedule for promotions, launches, flash
FREE
- · 1 active bar at a time
- · Basic background colour customisation
- · Close button included
- · Create up to 3 bars
PRO
- · 5 active bars and up to 20 bars total
- · Countdown timers and discount codes
- · Customise fonts, colours, and animation
- · Email capture with Shopify Email sync
- · Place bars at the top or bottom
- · Target bars by page or device
ADVANCED
- · Add your own custom CSS
- · Complete control over all design setting
- · Connect with Brevo and Klaviyo
- · Daily, weekly, and monthly reports
- · Export contact lists
- · Up to 1000 active bars
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSales bars and timers make selling easier by using two customizable announcement bar layouts and a powerful sales timer that creates urgency and drives conversions. Share promotions, updates, and news across your Shopify store to capture attention, encourage more clicks, and increase sales with easy setup inside the Shopify Customizer.
Pulse Bar lets merchants add announcement bars, countdown timers, and scrolling marquees to their online store without editing any code. Choose from sticky banners, rotating sliders, and marquee bars, then customise fonts, colours, button styles, and animation speed to match your brand.
- Ideal for promotions, launches & seasonal campaigns
- 2 fully customisable announcement bar layouts
- Share promotions, updates, and news across your store
- Fit for any brand style
- Sticky, scrolling, rotating, and marquee announcement bar types
- Countdown timers with customisable end dates and display styles
- Campaign scheduling with automatic start and end times
- Page and device targeting to control bar visibility per visitor
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 |  Header Star |  PulseBar Announcement Bars |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Header Star | PulseBar Announcement Bars |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Header Star | PulseBar Announcement Bars |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $2/month | $1/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Header Star | PulseBar Announcement Bars |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #322 | #177(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 21, 2025 | May 8, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Tech Wishes Solutions | WishVault |
FAQ
Header Star and PulseBar Announcement Bars: common questions
- Is Header Star or PulseBar Announcement Bars cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $2/month for Header Star and $1/month for PulseBar Announcement Bars. 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?
- Header Star lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Announcement bar, Emojis, Mobile responsive. PulseBar Announcement Bars lists 16 the others don’t mention, such as Banner position, Color and font, Countdown, Custom CSS. 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; 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. 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.