Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Easily announce promotions, coupon codes, events, or new products with customizable bars.
| Genius Announcement Bar | Essential Trust Badges & Icons | |
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| Screenshots | images | images |
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Show features & guarantees with product badge icons, trust badges banners, stickers & product labels
| Metric | Genius Announcement Bar | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
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| Rating | 1.0 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | 1 | ★ 1.2k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 2 tiers | ★ 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 4 | ★ 5 |
| Languages | 1 supported | 20 supported |
| Listed since | Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
Based on the data on this page, Essential Trust Badges & Icons is the stronger choice for most Shopify App Store merchants — 5.0★ vs Genius Announcement Bar's 1.0★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
Pricing entry tiers: Genius Announcement Bar at Free plan available, Essential Trust Badges & Icons at Free plan available. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the larger user base (1,162 reviews vs 1), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Genius Announcement Bar's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Essential Trust Badges & Icons; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Genius Announcement Bar's 1-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Essential Trust Badges & Icons's broader-but-shallower coverage.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Genius Announcement Bar audit • Essential Trust Badges & Icons audit
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| Keyword | Genius Announcement Bar | Essential Trust Badges & Icons |
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| badge and icon | Not ranked | #1 |
| trust badges and | Not ranked | #2 |
| payment trust icons | Not ranked | #2 |
| announcement countdown timer | #21 | Not ranked |
Both Genius Announcement Bar and Essential Trust Badges & Icons offer paid plans only. Genius Announcement Bar starts at Free plan available; Essential Trust Badges & Icons starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 1,162 reviews) compared to Genius Announcement Bar (1.0★ from 1 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Essential Trust Badges & Icons holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 1.0★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. Essential Trust Badges & Icons has the deeper published review base (1,162 vs 1), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
Genius Announcement Bar typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 reviews). Essential Trust Badges & Icons typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,162 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. Genius Announcement Bar and Essential Trust Badges & Icons both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Genius Announcement Bar" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
