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Share flash sale promo bar announcements using the Essential Announcement Bar banner. Choose between a scrolling announcement bar (moving announcem...
Free plan available, paid plans from $6.99/month. Prices are the published USD list prices on the Shopify App Store and exclude usage charges.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Starter | $6.99/month |
| Essential | $9.99/month |
| Professional | $29.99/month |
The top plan is 4.3× the entry plan, a normal spread — the tiers are most likely gated on volume rather than on features.
99% of ratings are 4 or 5 stars, and 2 merchants have left a 1-star review.
Across the 24 most recent reviews, the merchants writing them were mostly in United States, South Africa, Japan. 13% had been running the app for a year or more before reviewing it. The developer replied to 8% of them.
At $6.99/mo to start, Essential Announcement Bar is priced around the category — the median entry price across 5 apps in this category is $8.99/mo.
From our daily App Store rank tracking and review history — signals a static listing doesn't show.
Measured against the 159 reviewed apps in Banners, where it currently sits at #2 of 433 listings.
| Essential Announcement Bar | Banners median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5 | 5 |
| Reviews | 1,227 | 5 |
That is 245× the review volume of the typical app in this category — the rating is carrying a lot more evidence than most.
The most-reviewed apps in Banners, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Countdown Timer Bar | 5 | 1,615 | $6.99/mo | compare |
| TA Banner Slider, Sales Pop up | 5 | 1,194 | $9.99/mo | compare |
| Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar | 5 | 1,122 | $8.99/mo | compare |
| Essential Trust Badges & Icons | 5 | 1,087 | $6.99/mo | compare |
| Avada GDPR Cookies Consent | 5 | 898 | $9.95/mo | compare |
| Hoppy Trust Badges & Icons | 4.9 | 851 | — | compare |
| Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent | 4.7 | 820 | — | compare |
| GSC Countdown Timer Bar | 4.9 | 519 | — | compare |
Built by Essential Apps, on the App Store since August 2023.
Essential Announcement Bar has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.99 per month. The free tier is normally capped on volume, so check the limit against what your store does today.
Essential Announcement Bar publishes 4 plans: Free (free), Starter at $6.99/month, Essential at $9.99/month, Professional at $29.99/month. These are list prices from the Shopify App Store and exclude any usage-based charges.
Essential Announcement Bar holds 5 out of 5 from 1,227 merchant reviews, with 99% of them at 4 or 5 stars. That is a large enough sample to take the rating seriously — only about 2% of apps on the store reach 1,000 reviews.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Banners are Essential Countdown Timer Bar, TA Banner Slider, Sales Pop up and Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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