Malik Notification Bar vs Pify Announcement Bar & Banner
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 Malik Notification Bar, Nov 9, 2026 for Pify Announcement Bar & Banner.
The short answer
- Only Malik Notification Bar lists a free plan.
- Pify Announcement Bar & Banner lists 17 features Malik Notification Bar’s listing doesn’t mention, including Behavior targeting, Campaign targeting, Countdown.
Head to head
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free Plan
- · 1 published notification bar
- · Default preset styling
- · Edit subtitle, CTA, button, and link
- · Live preview before publish
Starter Plan
- · 3 published notification bars
- · Animation controls
- · Colors, gradients, and button styles
- · Customize title
- · Everything in Free
- · Positioning and sticky visibility
Essential Plan
- · 5 published notification bars
- · Everything in Starter
Ultimate Plan
- · Everything in Essential
- · Priority live support
- · Unlimited published notification bars
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureDisplay important messages to your customers with beautiful notification bars. Customize colors, fonts, and choose from 11 stunning gradient backgrounds. Add smooth animations like slide-in, fade, and bounce effects. Position bars at the top or bottom of your store. Perfect for announcements, promotions, shipping updates, and special offers. Easy setup with live preview. Create multiple bars for different campaigns.
You can easily create eye-catching banners at the top of your website to bring attention to free shipping message, essential updates, special promotions, new product launches, or any other information you want to highlight and ensures that your message gets noticed also with clicks. You have the option to display multiple bars in rotation or with different animations.
- Customize colors, fonts, and backgrounds with 11 beautiful preset gradients.
- Add engaging animations including slide-in, fade-in, and bounce-in effects.
- Position bars at top or bottom with flexible display and close options.
- Easy Customization: Various rotation & animation, background images & styles
- Targeted Messaging: geo location, market, pages, device targeting
- Schedule Announcements: you can plan sales in advance for events like BFCM
- Action buttons: Drive user to relevant landing pages, registration forms
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 |  Malik Notification Bar |  Pify Announcement Bar & Banner |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 57 |
| 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 | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, United Kingdom, Canada |
Reviews
| Measure | Malik Notification Bar | Pify Announcement Bar & Banner |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.4 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 6 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Malik Notification Bar | Pify Announcement Bar & Banner |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $8.80/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Malik Notification Bar | Pify Announcement Bar & Banner |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #366 | #107(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Mar 20, 2026 | May 27, 2024 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | CANTERBURY | pifyapp |
FAQ
Malik Notification Bar and Pify Announcement Bar & Banner: common questions
- Is Malik Notification Bar or Pify Announcement Bar & Banner cheaper?
- Only Malik Notification Bar 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?
- Pify Announcement Bar & Banner lists 17 the others don’t mention, such as Behavior targeting, Campaign targeting, 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 for Malik Notification Bar, Nov 9, 2026 for Pify Announcement Bar & Banner; 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 Malik Notification Bar, Nov 9, 2026 for Pify Announcement Bar & Banner. 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.