Scheduled Announcement Bar vs Vendor Alerts
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 Scheduled Announcement Bar, Oct 14, 2026 for Vendor Alerts.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Scheduled Announcement Bar and $4.99/month for Vendor Alerts.
- Scheduled Announcement Bar lists 7 features Vendor Alerts’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Backgrounds, Multi-announcement.
Head to head
Free
- · 1 active announcement bar
- · All colors
- · Dismissible bars
- · Full scheduling (start & end dates)
- · Live preview
Starter
- · 5 active announcement bars
- · All colors
- · Dismissible bars
- · Drag & reorder
- · Full scheduling (start & end dates)
- · Live preview
Pro
- · All colors
- · Dismissible bars
- · Drag & reorder
- · Full scheduling (start & end dates)
- · HTML content in bars
- · Live preview
Free
- · Custom alert messages
- · Live preview before saving
- · Online Store app block
- · Priority-based matching
- · Style and icon controls
- · Tag-specific overrides
Starter
- · Custom alert messages
- · Live preview before saving
- · Online Store app block
- · Priority-based matching
- · Style and icon controls
- · Tag-specific overrides
Growth
- · Custom alert messages
- · Live preview before saving
- · Online Store app block
- · Priority-based matching
- · Style and icon controls
- · Tag-specific overrides
Pro
- · Custom alert messages
- · Live preview before saving
- · Online Store app block
- · Priority-based matching
- · Style and icon controls
- · Tag-specific overrides
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureScheduled Announcement Bar allows merchants to create and schedule announcement messages that appear on their storefront. Merchants can set start and end dates for each announcement so messages automatically display and expire at the correct time. This removes the need to manually enable or disable promotional banners.
Vendor Alerts lets merchants show product-page messages for an entire vendor catalog or selected tagged products. Use it for vendor announcements, lead times, supplier delays, backorders, manufacturing updates, shipping exceptions, and item-specific notes without editing each product. It is especially useful for vendors with large catalogs or many variants.
- Create multiple announcement bars Set start and end date & time Enable or disabl
- Custom background and text colors Dismissible announcement option
- Auto-hide expired announcements Drag & reorder announcements Background color
- Background color control Text color control
- Apply one alert across a full vendor catalog
- Create tag-based overrides for specific products
- Share lead times, supplier delays, backorders, and exceptions
- Customize colors, icons, spacing, borders, and CSS
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 |  Scheduled Announcement Bar |  Vendor Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Scheduled Announcement Bar | Vendor Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Scheduled Announcement Bar | Vendor Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month | $4.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Scheduled Announcement Bar | Vendor Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #222(ahead) | #353 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Mar 9, 2026 | May 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Appiesoft Web Solutions | Apex Hardware NY Corp |
FAQ
Scheduled Announcement Bar and Vendor Alerts: common questions
- Is Scheduled Announcement Bar or Vendor Alerts cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Scheduled Announcement Bar and $4.99/month for Vendor Alerts. 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?
- Scheduled Announcement Bar lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Backgrounds, Multi-announcement, Performance tracking. Vendor Alerts lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Color and font, Custom CSS, Emojis, Notification. 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 Scheduled Announcement Bar, Oct 14, 2026 for Vendor Alerts; 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 Scheduled Announcement Bar, Oct 14, 2026 for Vendor Alerts. 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.