Shopify app
LeaderEssential Countdown Timer Bar
Boost BFCM Flash Sales Urgency with Sales Countdown Timer Bar.
- Rating on Shopify
- 5.0(1,740)
- Reviews
- 1,740
- Developer
- Essential Apps
- Launched
- February 10, 2022
- Pricing
- Free plan available. Free trial available.
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
The facts
Every value below is read from the listing or computed by the published formula. Nothing is a verdict.
Bayesian rating
4.98
category median 4.51
Reviews in the last 180 days
3
from the 3 reviews on the listing page
1 and 2 star share
0%
5 of 1,740
Starting price
$6.99/month
band: Under $10 · 7-day trial
Pricing plans as listed on Shopify
All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days.
| Plan | Price | Billed yearly | Trial | Usage fee | Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | Free | not offered | none | none stated | Up to 1000 monthly views; Unlimited product page timers; Unlimited top bar timers |
| Starter | $6.99/month | $67.08/year | 7 days | none stated | Up to 10 000 monthly timer views; Everything in Free; Unlimited landing page timers; Scheduled timer; Recurring timer |
| Essential | $9.99/month | $95.88/year | 7 days | none stated | Up to 50 000 monthly timer views; Everything in Starter; Unlimited cart timers; Unlimited email timers; Add timer with tags; Geo-targeting |
| Professional | $29.99/month | $287.88/year | 7 days | none stated | Unlimited timer views; Everything in Essential; All premium features |
Rating distribution
1,740 ratings on the listing at crawl time.
- 5 stars1,685(97%)
- 4 stars45(3%)
- 3 stars5(0%)
- 2 stars1(0%)
- 1 star4(0%)
Latest reviews
The 3 most recent of 3 on-page reviews, quoted to at most 25 words each. Full reviews are on the Shopify listing.
5 starsOct 9, 2026PONGBOTHong Kong SAR4 months using the app
"Great app and excellent support! Essential Countdown Timer Bar is easy to use and works well for creating a sense of urgency during promotions. Wendyle ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsAug 23, 2026World FitnessAustralia11 months using the app
"Great app and excellent customer support. We had an issue getting the top bar countdown timer working correctly on our website, and Wendyle was very ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsJul 25, 2026GloveTrayLatviaAbout 1 hour using the app
"Excellent countdown timer app with outstanding customer support! The app is easy to set up, looks great, and works exactly as expected. I had a ..."
Screenshots
5 of 12 listing screenshots, composed as review cards. Captions are the developer's own.
1 of 5: Increase Sales With Urgency! Announcement bar and page timers. 
2 of 5: Essential Shopify product page countdown timer to boost sales 
3 of 5: Essential Shopify cart countdown to reduce cart abandonment 
4 of 5: Essential Shopify countdown timer announcement bar banner 
5 of 5: Essential Shopify password page countdown timer bar
Features Shopify lists for this app
Feature handles from the listing, grouped as Shopify groups them.
Display options
- Custom CSS
- Color and font
- Custom text
- Custom position
- Announcement bar
- Sticky banner
- Animations
- Cart page
- Landing pages
- Product pages
Timing options
- Recurring
- Scheduled
- Date range
- Event-based
- Fixed end date
- Fixed minute
- One-time
- Session-based
- Timed session
Timer type
- Daily deals
- Flash sales
- Time-limited promotion
- Expiration date
- Special event
- Pre-order
- Product launch
- Shipping cut-off
- Store launch
Banner type
- Announcement bar
- Product page
- Promotional
- Countdown
Customization
- Banner position
- Sticky display
- Links and buttons
- Backgrounds
- Color and font
- Emojis
- Multi-language
- Mobile responsive
- Scheduling
- Geo-targeting
Analytics and reporting
- Traffic reports
Works with
Third-party integrations link to their hub when 5 or more apps name them. Shopify's own surfaces are listed separately and never counted as integrations.
- Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS 10 apps
- Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS 6 apps
- PageFly Landing Page Builder 14 apps
- Seguno Email Marketing
- Yotpo Email Marketing & SMS
Shopify surfaces: Shopify Admin
Data access
As disclosed on the listing. Never scored.
View staff and contributor data
Store owner
- Store owner: Name, email address, phone number, physical address
View and edit store data
Products, Online Store, Shopify admin
- View products: Products, collections
- View Online Store: Theme
- Edit Shopify admin: Files
- View other data: Locales
Developer
Essential Apps
- Apps in the dataset:
- 6
- Address:
- Baltupio g. 45 - 27, Vilnius, 08324, LT
- Website:
- essential-apps.com
- Support email domain:
- essential-apps.com
- English support:
- yes
- Resources:
- Privacy policy, FAQ, Tutorial, App Documentation, demo store
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TopInfo
No ratings yet · shares 69% of feature handles
From the Shopify listingDeveloper claims, shown verbatim and collapsed. 98 words.Show
- Boost Storewide Sales: By setting an announcement bar timer (top bar or bottom).
- Increase Conversions: add a product timer, countdown banner or cart countdown.
- Prevent Cart Abandonment: By using a cart timer (checkout timer) in your cart.
- Match Counter Style: Customize text, colors, type, timer schedule & placements.
- Set Any Schedule: To-date, daily recurring, or evergreen fixed-minute countdown.
Boost Your Sales with Sales Countdown Timer (when people see a count down timer, they rush to buy)
Sales Countdown timer app is a new secret method to boost your sales! Sale timer triggers urgency, scarcity and fomo, driving your customers to Buy NOW, instead of "Buy Later". Wanna sell more? Use this app every day, or use it for specific days (promotion, pre-orders, product launches, flash sale, holidays). Time clock is perfect for the best results during Black Friday, Cyber Monday & beyond. Just click 'Install' and join merchants who use this app to make more money.
Questions and comments
Questions people ask about Essential Countdown Timer Bar, answered from what this page shows. Entries marked Site editor are written by the EcomAppReviews editor. Reader comments appear after a person has read and approved them, usually within a day. E-mail addresses are never published.
Data as of Oct 20, 2026, from the public Shopify App Store listing. How the numbers are computed: methodology.
1,740 reviews counted on the listing. Rating and count in the structured data are the values Shopify displayed at crawl time.