Best Shopify announcement bar apps (2026)
Our pick for popups, bars and social proof in one app is BoostPop, our own app, disclosed here. For the most-reviewed option, Pop Convert leads with 8,741 reviews and a 4.9★ rating as of 2026-10-01. For a bar-only email-capture tool, Hextom is purpose-built. The full ranked list below covers 9 apps by category fit (full announcement bar support before partial) then App Store rating.
Every price and rating is sourced from each app's Shopify App Store listing, verified between 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-05; each entry cites its own date. We build BoostPop and say so. Each competitor's genuine strengths (and where they beat BoostPop) are included.
Our pick: disclosed
BoostPop: our pick for popups, bars and social proof in one app
BoostPop is our own app. Here is our case, and the full ranked list of every option is below.
BoostPop's announcement bars are part of a full widget suite: the same install also covers popups, spin-to-win, in-popup upsells, and social proof built from real store activity. Your bars fit the Free plan (3,000 widget views a month, as many live widgets as you want, never a charge). Pro removes the widget view limit for one flat monthly price set by your Shopify plan, from $9.99, never paused and never throttled. If you want a single app for bars, popups, spin-to-win, and social proof at one price, BoostPop is designed for that. It ranks 5th in this category at 4.8★, behind Claspo at 5.0★, Pop Convert at 4.9★, Qikify Sales Pop up & Proof at 4.9★, and Wisepops at 4.9★. The case for BoostPop is on value, not rating alone.
Methodology: The ranked list below is ordered by category fit, then App Store rating, with equal ratings ordered by review count. Every price and rating is sourced from the app's Shopify listing, verified between 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-05; each entry cites its own date. We build BoostPop and say so; each app's real strengths (and where it beats BoostPop) are included.
All 9 Shopify announcement bar apps, ranked
Ordered by category fit (full support before partial), then App Store rating, highest first, with equal ratings ordered by review count. Apps with partial bar support are listed after the full-support group.
- 5.0★ · 34 reviews
Best for free-tier with A/B testing
1. Claspo
Claspo offers announcement bars with A/B testing included across all tiers: 5.0★, 34 reviews. Free plan covers 3,000 pageviews/mo with branded widgets; unbranded from $39/mo (50k pageviews). Full announcement bar, popup, and spin-to-win support in one install. Where it beats BoostPop: A/B testing on bars at a lower price point ($39/mo unbranded); free tier with branded widgets. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-01.
- 4.9★ · 8,741 reviews
Best for the largest review base
2. Pop Convert
Pop Convert's "smart bar" is its most-used feature alongside popups: 8,741 reviews and 4.9★ as of 2026-10-01. Free tier available (up to 1,000 unique visitors/mo); paid plans from $15/mo (Basic Shopify) to $129/mo (Plus), with a 90-day free trial. Where it beats BoostPop: A/B testing for bar variants; the 90-day trial is the longest in this category. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-01.
- 4.9★ · 597 reviews
Best for low flat pricing with a free-plan bar
3. Qikify Sales Pop up & Proof
Qikify Sales Pop up & Proof earns 4.9★ across 597 reviews. Its free plan covers 500 visitors/mo (about 5,000 impressions) and includes an announcement bar alongside the sales popup, visitor count, sold count, and popup. Paid plans are priced by Shopify plan: $6.99/mo (Basic), $12.99/mo (Professional), and $19.99/mo (Advanced), each with unlimited visitors, impressions, and campaigns. Plan against plan on price: Qikify Sales Pop up & Proof's paid plan costs the same or less than BoostPop Pro on every Shopify plan listed. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-05.
- 4.9★ · 70 reviews
Best for high-traffic enterprise stores
4. Wisepops
Wisepops covers announcement bars alongside popups, upsells, and A/B testing: 4.9★ across 70 reviews. Single flat tier at $299/mo covering 500,000 pageviews with dedicated support. No free plan; 14-day free trial. Where it beats BoostPop: A/B testing and dedicated support. For price context, BoostPop Pro is a flat fee too, and its highest tier is $99/mo. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-01.
- 4.8★ · 180+ reviews
Our app · Our pick for popups, bars and social proof in one app
5. BoostPop
BoostPop's announcement bars are a first-class feature: countdown timers, promotional messages, free-shipping thresholds, and audience targeting all included in the same install as popups, spin-to-win, in-popup upsells, and social proof built from real store activity (recent orders, cart adds, live and recent visitors, low stock, trending products). The Free plan covers it (3,000 widget views a month, as many live widgets as you want, pauses at the limit); Pro is one flat monthly price set by your Shopify plan, from $9.99. This is our own app, ranked here by the same criterion (4.8★) as all others. Gaps: no A/B testing; smaller review base than the most-reviewed apps. If a bar is all you need, a bar-only app such as Hextom can cost less than Pro on the higher Shopify plans.
- 4.7★ · 81 reviews
Best for budget email-capture bars
6. Hextom: Email Collection Bar
Hextom is purpose-built for email-capture bars: no popups, no social proof, no spin-to-win. Free Starter plan: 1 active bar, device targeting, 50 emails/mo. Paid tiers from $9.99/mo (500 emails/mo, social + UTM targeting) up to $59.99/mo (10k emails/mo). It earns 4.7★ across 81 reviews. Where it beats BoostPop: if email-collection bars are your only use case and you want the simplest possible single-purpose tool, Hextom's free tier is well-scoped. It does not have BoostPop's popup or spin-to-win features, nor A/B testing. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-01.
- 4.9★ · 2,962 reviews
Best for all-in-one store toolkits (bars as part of 40+ tools)
7. Vitals Partial bar support
Vitals bundles 40+ tools including announcement bar functionality: 4.9★ across 2,962 reviews. The bar feature is included but is not the core purpose of the app, hence the partial flag. Base plan from $29.99/mo + usage. Where it beats BoostPop: breadth. If you need many store tools beyond bars. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-01.
- 4.9★ · 543 reviews
Best for sales popups with A/B testing
8. ToastiBar Sales Popup & Proof Partial bar support
ToastiBar Sales Popup & Proof earns 4.9★ across 543 reviews. Announcement bar support is partial here: the app centers on sales popups and social proof, and its free plan also lists countdown timers plus cart, review, and low-stock popups. Free plan: unlimited impressions for the first 14 days, then 5,000 impressions/mo. Paid plans are priced by Shopify plan: $6.99/mo (Basic), $12.99/mo (Shopify), and $19.99/mo (Advanced), each with a 14-day free trial. Where it beats BoostPop: A/B testing is supported. Plan against plan on price: ToastiBar Sales Popup & Proof's paid plan costs the same or less than BoostPop Pro on every Shopify plan listed. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-05.
- 4.8★ · 459 reviews
Best for 10k-pageview free tier with A/B testing
9. OptiMonk Partial bar support
OptiMonk's free plan (10,000 pageviews/mo, all features, 1 domain, branded) is one of the most generous in this list. Announcement bar support is partial: primarily popup-first with some bar templates. Paid from $29/mo. 459 reviews at 4.8★. Where it beats BoostPop: the 10k-pageview free tier; A/B testing. Source: Shopify App Store listing, verified 2026-10-01.
Feature & pricing comparison table
All announcement bar apps side by side. BoostPop pricing is rendered at build time from the app's own billing plans (one flat Pro price per Shopify plan); competitor figures are sourced from each app's listing, verified between 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-05.
| Feature / Metric | BoostPop | Claspo | Pop Convert | Qikify Sales Pop up & Proof | Wisepops | Hextom: Email Collection Bar | Vitals | ToastiBar Sales Popup & Proof | OptiMonk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free plan (3,000 widget views a month, as many live widgets as you want, widgets pause at the limit), or Pro: one flat monthly price set by your Shopify plan, never paused | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) | Flat monthly fee | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) | Hybrid (free tier + flat paid plans) |
| On Shopify Basic | $9.99/mo | $39-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $15/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $6.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $299/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $9.99-$59.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $6.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) |
| On Shopify Grow | $19.99/mo | $39-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $12.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $299/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $9.99-$59.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $12.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) |
| On Shopify Advanced | $49/mo | $39-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $79/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $19.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $299/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $9.99-$59.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $19.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) |
| On Shopify Plus | $99/mo | $39-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $129/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $6.99-$19.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $299/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $9.99-$59.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29.99/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $6.99-$19.99/mo (as of 2026-10-05, per Shopify App Store listing ) | $29-$249/mo (as of 2026-10-01, per Shopify App Store listing ) |
| Popups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Announcement bars | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Social proof | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Spin-to-win | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| In-popup upsells | Yes | Partial | Partial | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| A/B testing | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes |
| Targeting | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| App Store rating | 4.8 / 5 | 5.0 / 5 | 4.9 / 5 | 4.9 / 5 | 4.9 / 5 | 4.7 / 5 | 4.9 / 5 | 4.9 / 5 | 4.8 / 5 |
| Reviews | 180+ | 34 | 8,741 | 597 | 70 | 81 | 2,962 | 543 | 459 |
| Installed by | 16,000+ stores | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best free Shopify announcement bar app?
- Several apps offer a free tier with announcement bar support. Hextom: Email Collection Bar has a permanent free plan (1 active bar, device targeting, 50 email captures/mo). Pop Convert's free tier covers basic smart bars for up to 1,000 unique visitors per month. Qikify Sales Pop up & Proof's free plan also includes an announcement bar (500 visitors per month, about 5,000 impressions). BoostPop's Free plan includes 3,000 widget views a month and every feature with as many live widgets as you want, so you can run several announcement bars alongside popups, spin-to-win wheels and social proof built from real store activity; widgets pause at the limit until the 1st of next month (UTC), and nothing is ever charged. Pro removes the widget view limit. The right choice depends on whether you need email capture in the bar itself (Hextom is purpose-built for that) or a multi-format widget tool (BoostPop, Pop Convert).
- What is the difference between an announcement bar and a popup?
- An announcement bar (also called a smart bar, top bar, or banner) is a thin strip that runs across the top or bottom of the page, always visible without interrupting the shopping session. A popup is a modal overlay that appears over page content, typically triggered by an action (scroll depth, exit intent, time on page). Many apps on this list support both formats; Hextom is focused specifically on the bar format for email capture, while the others treat bars as one tool in a broader popup and conversion suite.
- Can I run a countdown timer in an announcement bar?
- Yes. Most apps on this list support countdown timers in announcement bars: Pop Convert, BoostPop, Claspo, and Wisepops all include this, and ToastiBar lists countdown timers on its free plan. Hextom: Email Collection Bar focuses on email capture rather than promotional timers, though it does support some targeting options. A countdown bar is a common tactic for flash sales or limited-time offers. Pair it with audience targeting (e.g. only show on the collection page, hide for logged-in members) to avoid showing expired timers.
- Do announcement bars affect page speed or Core Web Vitals?
- A well-built announcement bar should have minimal impact on CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) if it reserves its space before paint and does not inject itself after the page renders. BoostPop is designed to minimize CLS impact. A bar that shifts page content after load will hurt your CLS score. Before installing, check the app's notes on CLS and test your store's Core Web Vitals with Google PageSpeed Insights before and after installation.
- Can I show different announcement bars to different visitors?
- Yes. Full-support apps with audience targeting on this list (Claspo, Pop Convert, Wisepops, and BoostPop) let you show or hide a bar based on device type, visitor location, UTM parameters, page URL, or visitor behavior such as new vs. returning. Hextom's free Starter plan includes device targeting; advanced targeting options require the paid tiers. Vitals, ToastiBar Sales Popup & Proof, and OptiMonk offer partial announcement bar support and vary in their targeting depth. Check each app's listing for the specific targeting rules available on your plan.
Add announcement bars to your store: free
Announcement bars, popups, spin-to-win, and social proof in one install. The Free plan covers 3,000 widget views a month with as many live widgets as you want, never a charge. Pro removes the widget view limit for one flat monthly price set by your Shopify plan, from $9.99.
This buyer's guide was researched and written by the BoostPop team. All competitor prices and ratings are sourced from each app's Shopify App Store listing, with the verification date cited. See the best apps hub for other category guides.
BoostPop is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the apps compared here. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners, used here nominatively for comparison. Competitor pricing and features are shown as of the dates cited and may change: verify on the vendor's own listing before deciding.