Pushdaddy Announcement Bar vs Smart Campaign Manager

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 $4.99/month for Pushdaddy Announcement Bar and $9/month for Smart Campaign Manager.
  • Pushdaddy Announcement Bar lists 22 features Smart Campaign Manager’s listing doesn’t mention, including Animations, Announcement bar, Announcements.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 15
Smart Campaign Manager: —
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Pitch

Announcement bar with countdown timer fully customizable

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Categories
  • Banners
  • Pop-ups
  • Promotions - Other
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Oct 15, 2019
May 28, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
1 last full month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

035NovFebJunOctJanOctSepPushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in November 2023Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in January 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in February 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in May 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in June 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 3 reviews in July 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 2 reviews in October 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 4 reviews in November 2024Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in January 2025Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in July 2025Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in October 2025Pushdaddy Announcement Bar: 1 reviews in September 2026
Pushdaddy Announcement BarSmart Campaign ManagerCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $4.99/month
From $0 to $39/month
Plans
Free PlanFree
  • · 3000 Page Views
  • · Device targeting
  • · Display at any position
  • · Emoji support
  • · Fully customizable
  • · Option to Add link/button
Pro Plan$4.99/month
  • · Auto scheduling
  • · Bar background images
  • · Button Animation
  • · Free +
  • · Geo targeting
  • · Multi-bar rotation display
FreeFree
Starter$9/month
7-day free trial
Growth$19/month
7-day free trial
Pro$39/month
7-day free trial
Coverage
22 of 22 features100%
0 of 22 features0%
Unique strengths
  • Animations
  • Announcement bar
  • Announcements
  • Backgrounds
  • +18 more
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Banners
100%14/14
0%0/14
Analytics and reporting
100%1/1
0%0/1
Banner type
100%3/3
0%0/3
Customization
100%10/10
0%0/10
Pop-ups
100%8/8
0%0/8
Managing pop-ups
100%3/3
0%0/3
Pop-up types
100%5/5
0%0/5
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Pushdaddy Announcement BarSmart Campaign Manager22 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

# Announcing Promotions & Boost Sales Promotions, and special offers are key element of managing customer relationships. Informing them with a display banner on your website is a simple and effective way to achieve this. Smart Bar makes that even easier and quicker. # Schedule announcement Bar / Promo Bar * Add Start and End Time Option. * Schedule Timer from a specific start date to the complete time.

Smart Campaign Manager lets Shopify merchants schedule flash sales and promotions that activate and expire automatically — no manual work needed. Set up an Announcement Bar, Countdown Timer, Exit-Intent Popup, and Shipping Bar all from one campaign. Choose a start and end time, and your campaign goes live on its own. Perfect for Black Friday, holiday sales, weekend promotions, and clearance events.

Key points
  • Boost Sales by offering Promotional offers and with this Catchy Announcement Bar
  • Fully responsive across desktops, phones and tablets.
  • Catchy Offers in addition to this Catchy announcement bar offers special adv
  • Automated flash sales that activate and expire on your schedule
  • Announcement bar & countdown timer to create urgency and drive more clicks
  • Exit-intent popups & shipping bar to recover abandoning visitors and drive sales
Screenshots
See the top bar. you can add icons even with text
App Dashboardapp dashboardSee the top bar. you can add icons even with text
Campaigns list showing active flash sales with status and priori
Holiday campaign calendar with pre-built templatesAnalytics dashboard showing impressions, clicks and click rateCampaign calendar showing scheduled promotions for the month

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.

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Adoption

MeasurePushdaddy Announcement BarSmart Campaign Manager
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasurePushdaddy Announcement BarSmart Campaign Manager
App Store rating3.4 ★Not published
App Store reviews15Not published
New reviews, 28 days0Not enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasurePushdaddy Announcement BarSmart Campaign Manager
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$4.99/month(ahead)$9/month
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed24

Listing

MeasurePushdaddy Announcement BarSmart Campaign Manager
Shopify category rank#128in Banners#202in Promotions - Other
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedOct 15, 2019May 28, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperPushdaddycodeAtoZ

FAQ

Pushdaddy Announcement Bar and Smart Campaign Manager: common questions

Is Pushdaddy Announcement Bar or Smart Campaign Manager cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Pushdaddy Announcement Bar and $9/month for Smart Campaign Manager. 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?
Pushdaddy Announcement Bar lists 22 the others don’t mention, such as Animations, Announcement bar, Announcements, Backgrounds. 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.