MDBadgePilot ‑ Product badges vs Smart Product Badges
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 6, 2026 for MDBadgePilot, Oct 13, 2026 for Smart Product Badges.
The short answer
- Only MDBadgePilot lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $7.99/month for MDBadgePilot and $2.99/month for Smart Product Badges.
- MDBadgePilot lists 9 features Smart Product Badges’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-position, Collection pages, Device-specific.
Head to head
Free
- · 1 active badge
- · 1 condition: sale, stock or new
- · Badges on product pages and cards
- · Updates when a product changes
Pro
- · Date scheduling
- · Hourly re-evaluation
- · Sales, discount, price, tags, metafields
- · Unlimited badges
- · Up to 10 conditions with AND / OR
- · {discount} and {stock} variables
Pro
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMDBadgePilot shows badges on your product images: product page, collections, search, homepage and recommendations. Pick products by hand or let rules decide: compare-at price, discount, stock, sales over a period, tags, product type, vendor or metafields. Each badge follows your data and goes away when its condition is no longer true.
Smart Product Badges lets merchants highlight key product information with four customizable badge types. SALE badges appear automatically when a product has a compare-at price. NEW badges show on recently added products, with a configurable time threshold. Low Stock badges display real-time inventory counts and update instantly when customers switch variants. Sold Out badges appear when items are unavailable.
- Automatic badges from sale price, stock, sales, tags or metafields
- Live discount and stock in the badge text: -20%, Only 3 left
- 10 ready-made templates: Sale, New, Made in France, Black Friday and more
- Date scheduling for sales events and Black Friday
- Auto SALE badges on discounted products, no setup needed
- Low Stock alerts with live inventory count, updates on variant change
- NEW badges for fresh products, Sold Out for unavailable items
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 |  Smart Product Badges | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Smart Product Badges | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Smart Product Badges | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $7.99/month | $2.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Smart Product Badges | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #279 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 5, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Developer | FORTY & FREE | Horiki Apps |
FAQ
MDBadgePilot and Smart Product Badges: common questions
- Is MDBadgePilot or Smart Product Badges cheaper?
- Only MDBadgePilot lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $7.99/month for MDBadgePilot and $2.99/month for Smart Product Badges. 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?
- MDBadgePilot lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-position, Collection pages, Device-specific, Homepage. Smart Product Badges lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Sale banners. 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 Nov 6, 2026 for MDBadgePilot, Oct 13, 2026 for Smart Product Badges; 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 Nov 6, 2026 for MDBadgePilot, Oct 13, 2026 for Smart Product Badges. 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.