Slider Kit ‑ Image & Video vs SmartBN: Banner Slider
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for Slider Kit, Oct 15, 2026 for SmartBN.
The short answer
- Only Slider Kit lists a free plan.
- Slider Kit lists 11 features SmartBN’s listing doesn’t mention, including Captions, Carousel, Custom CSS.
Head to head
40+ Nice Sliders: Simple Fade Slideshow, Image Gallery...
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 Active Slider
- · Build & Preview All 10 Engines
- · Responsive Mobile & Tablet Viewports
- · Spotlight Showcase Engine
- · Unlimited Slides & Images
- · Zero Watermarks & Zero Ads
Pro
- · 14-Day Free Trial Included
- · All 6 Engines on Pro
- · Dynamic Color Morphing Engine
- · Unlimited Active Sliders
- · Video Slides & Backgrounds
Agency Plus
- · Agency Feature Requests Triaged First
- · All 10 Engines
- · Custom CSS Overrides
- · Everything in Pro
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSlider Kit is an advanced image slider, video carousel, and banner slideshow builder for Shopify. Create engaging hero sliders, lookbooks, and 3D carousels without coding. Built for Online Store 2.0, every slider integrates as a native theme block with zero layout shift to protect store speed. Customize responsive layouts, typography, navigation arrows, and autoplay for desktop and mobile.
Banner Slider is a fantastic app that allows you to upload, customize, and display a series of banners as sliders. We support a variety of sliders, including video sliders and Full-Width mode. Aside from that, you can create and preview multiple sliders, assign a link to each banner image, and save a lot of time with the bulk upload feature. Banner Slider works beautifully on all devices (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile).
- 10 carousel and slider engines with smooth hardware acceleration
- Zero layout shift (CLS) architecture to protect store speed and page ranking
- Native Theme 2.0 app blocks and embeds with zero liquid code editing
- Autoplay HTML5 video carousels directly from Shopify CDN with auto-pause
- Create, edit and remove sliders and banners easily.
- Preview sliders before deciding to show them on front-end.
- Embedded Code for each slider that you can insert into a liquid file or a page.
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 |  SmartBN | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SmartBN | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 3.2 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 167 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | SmartBN | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | SmartBN | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #117 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 2, 2026 | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Kashif Khan | Smartify Apps |
FAQ
Slider Kit and SmartBN: common questions
- Is Slider Kit or SmartBN cheaper?
- Only Slider Kit lists a free plan. 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?
- Slider Kit lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Captions, Carousel, Custom CSS, Custom styles. 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 3, 2026 for Slider Kit, Oct 15, 2026 for SmartBN; 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 3, 2026 for Slider Kit, Oct 15, 2026 for SmartBN. 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.