Merch ‑ Announcements vs Novo: Bar Builder
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Jul 7, 2026 for Merch, Oct 26, 2026 for Novo.
The short answer
- Novo lists 6 features Merch’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animations, Backgrounds, Free shipping.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Monthly
- · Advanced targeting
- · Cart-based conditions
- · Customer segmentation
- · Everything in Free
- · Priority support
- · Scheduling
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMerchentia: Announcements lets you create announcement bars and inline banners and control where and when each one shows. Target the home page, product pages, collections, blog, pages, or cart, and schedule bars to start and end automatically. Choose text, image, link, or HTML content, and add countdown timers or a free-shipping progress bar. Translate content for other languages and target by device or country.
Create bars for promotions, shipping messages, discounts, and store updates. Build announcement bars, countdown timers, tickers, coupon bars, scrolling logos, image carousels, and free shipping bars, marquee, then customize their content, design, timing, and display rules for different parts of your store.
- Announcement bars and inline banners (text, image, link, or HTML)
- Target any page, product, device, or country — include or exclude
- Schedule bars, rotate multiple, and pin sticky to the page
- Countdown timers and live free-shipping progress bars
- Engaging Marquee Bar: Easily install and set up to grab attention quickly.
- Announcement Bar: Unleash Creativity with Images, Icons, GIFs, and Customization
- Multi-Language: Specify the language for which the ticker will be displayed
- Animated Marquee: Enhance with scrolling text, icons, images, and gifs
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 |  Merch |  Novo |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Merch | Novo |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 3.2 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 7 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Merch and Novo: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Merch lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Custom CSS, Emojis, Multi-language, Real-time analytics. Novo lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Backgrounds, Free shipping, Multi-announcement. 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 Jul 7, 2026 for Merch, Oct 26, 2026 for Novo; 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 Jul 7, 2026 for Merch, Oct 26, 2026 for Novo. 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.