Oxify Countdown Timer Bar vs OptiLayer Smart Timer
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 5, 2026 for Oxify Countdown Timer Bar, Oct 14, 2026 for OptiLayer Smart Timer.
The short answer
- Only OptiLayer Smart Timer lists a free plan.
- Oxify Countdown Timer Bar lists 5 features OptiLayer Smart Timer’s listing doesn’t mention, including Pre-order, Product launch, Reset per visit.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1,000 timer views/month
- · Countdown-to-a-date timers
- · Live preview and templates
- · Product page timers
Starter
- · 10,000 timer views/month
- · Evergreen and recurring timers
- · Everything in Free
- · Landing page timers
- · Shipping-cutoff timers
Essential
- · 50,000 timer views/month
- · Cart and email timers
- · Cart-reservation timers
- · Everything in Starter
- · Multi-language translations
- · Tag and country targeting
Pro
- · Announcement bar timers
- · Every placement included
- · Everything in Essential
- · Unlimited timer views
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureOxify Countdown Timer Bar adds a countdown timer bar, announcement bar & urgency popup to create FOMO and drive action. Run fixed-date timers for Black Friday, Cyber Monday & product launches, evergreen timers that reset per visitor, daily recurring timers for shipping cut-offs, or session timers for cart urgency. Place on product, cart, drawer, landing or collection pages.
Create countdown timers for flash sales, product launches, recurring promotions, and shipping cutoffs. Show timers on product pages, landing pages, cart, announcement bars, and other supported placements. Target timers by product, collection, tag, page, or country. Customize text, colors, fonts, and styles with a live preview. Create fixed, evergreen, recurring, or shipping-cutoff timers without editing theme code.
- Boost store-wide sales with announcement bar countdown timer (top bar or bottom)
- Add a countdown timer to your store on Product, Collection, Cart Page & Drawer.
- Automatically empty the customer's cart when the cart countdown timer ends.
- Personalize the counter's style, timing, and placements to match your style.
- Show timers on product pages, a bar, cart, landing pages, and email
- Choose fixed-date, evergreen, recurring, cart, or shipping-cutoff timers
- Target timers by product, collection, tag, page, or shopper country
- Customize colors, fonts, and styles with a live preview and ready templates
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 |  Oxify Countdown Timer Bar |  OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Oxify Countdown Timer Bar | OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 9 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Oxify Countdown Timer Bar | OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $3.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Oxify Countdown Timer Bar | OptiLayer Smart Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #19(ahead) | #176 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 19, 2023 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 12 | 1 |
| Developer | Oxify App | OptiLayer |
FAQ
Oxify Countdown Timer Bar and OptiLayer Smart Timer: common questions
- Is Oxify Countdown Timer Bar or OptiLayer Smart Timer cheaper?
- Only OptiLayer Smart Timer lists a free plan. 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?
- Oxify Countdown Timer Bar lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Pre-order, Product launch, Reset per visit, Store launch. OptiLayer Smart Timer lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Animations. 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 5, 2026 for Oxify Countdown Timer Bar, Oct 14, 2026 for OptiLayer Smart Timer; 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 5, 2026 for Oxify Countdown Timer Bar, Oct 14, 2026 for OptiLayer Smart Timer. 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.