Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer vs Timed Promobar
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Sep 26, 2026 for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer, Oct 13, 2026 for Timed Promobar.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer and $7.99/month for Timed Promobar.
- Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer lists 17 features Timed Promobar’s listing doesn’t mention, including Behavior targeting, Behavior tracking, Cookie consent.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · All banner types
- · Analytics
- · Clickable links & buttons
- · Highly customizable
- · Up to 2,000 views per month
Premium
- · Customer targeting (tags)
- · Everything in Free
- · Geolocation targeting
- · Scheduling (start & end dates)
- · Translations (multi-language support)
- · Up to 50,000 views per month
Unlimited
- · Everything in Premium
- · Ideal for high-traffic stores
- · Unlimited views
Free
- · 1 active bar, unlimited views
- · Always on or a fixed time window
- · Runs in your theme, no extra request
- · Static bar with colors, text and link
Pro
- · Calendar and time travel preview
- · Free shipping progress bar
- · Rotating bars, marquee and countdown
- · Targeting rules and statistics
- · Templates and translations
- · Unlimited campaigns, one bar shown
Business
- · Everything in Pro
- · Schedule follows a discount code
- · Several bars stacked at once
- · Shipping cutoff countdown
- · Statistics export as CSV
- · Weekly repeat by weekday and time
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCreate fully customizable announcement bars to highlight promotions, share updates, and engage visitors across your store. Add countdown timers, rotating messages, and call-to-action buttons—no coding required. Target specific countries, pages, or customer groups, and control when and where each bar appears. Choose from 28 pre-built themes or design your own.
Timed Promobar puts a promotion bar at the top of your store and handles the timing for you. Set a start, an end, or a recurring window such as every Friday evening. All times run in your store's time zone, not your visitor's. Preview any future date to see exactly how the bar will look before it goes live, and see every campaign on one calendar.
- Sticky Announcement Bar: Add a fixed-position promo banner to any store page.
- Countdown Timer Bar: Create urgency with limited-time countdown timer banners.
- Scrolling Announcement Bar: Display moving marquee announcement banners easily.
- Rotating Announcement Bar: Feature multiple sliding promo banners on pages.
- Schedule bars with a start, an end, or a recurring weekly window
- Preview your storefront at any future date before the campaign runs
- Presets for Black Friday, Christmas and nine more seasonal dates
- Static, rotating, marquee, countdown and shipping progress bars
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 |  Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer |  Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer | Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 5 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer | Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $7.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer | Timed Promobar |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #64(ahead) | #403 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 17, 2025 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | MGO Solutions - SleekApps | inventivo | Full-Service Webdesign Agentur |
FAQ
Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer and Timed Promobar: common questions
- Is Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer or Timed Promobar cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer and $7.99/month for Timed Promobar. 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?
- Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer lists 17 the others don’t mention, such as Behavior targeting, Behavior tracking, Cookie consent, Emojis. 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 Sep 26, 2026 for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer, Oct 13, 2026 for Timed Promobar; 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 Sep 26, 2026 for Sleek Announcement Bar & Timer, Oct 13, 2026 for Timed Promobar. 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.