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Festive Flakes adds customizable confetti and celebration effects to make your store fun and engagin
| Metric | Festive Flakes | FX: Seasonal Effects Animation |
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| Rating | — | 4.8 ★ |
| Total reviews | 0 | 149 |
| Free plan | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing | $2/month | ★ Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 1 tier | ★ 2 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
| Listed since | Jun 2026 | Jan 2020 |
Based on the data on this page, FX: Seasonal Effects Animation is the stronger choice for most Shopify App Store merchants — 4.8★ vs Festive Flakes's 0.0★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base. On pricing, FX: Seasonal Effects Animation offers a free tier (Free plan available) while Festive Flakes starts at $2/month. The free option meaningfully reduces evaluation cost, particularly for stores at sub-1K monthly orders where the entry-paid tier can outpace the value delivered. FX: Seasonal Effects Animation has the larger user base (149 reviews vs 0), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Festive Flakes's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat. Recommended by store size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to FX: Seasonal Effects Animation; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Festive Flakes's 0-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than FX: Seasonal Effects Animation'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: Festive Flakes audit • FX: Seasonal Effects Animation audit
| Keyword | Festive Flakes | FX |
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| animations | Not ranked | #2 |
| seasonal effects | Not ranked | #2 |
| animation | Not ranked | #2 |
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FX: Seasonal Effects Animation is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (Free plan available). Festive Flakes starts at $2/month. Both publish their pricing on the Shopify App Store marketplace; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.
It depends on what you're optimizing for. Festive Flakes fits better if you prioritize broader integrations; FX: Seasonal Effects Animation is the call if you need the higher-rated option. Read both apps' detail pages on AppRanks for the full feature breakdown, install counts, and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store marketplace. FX: Seasonal Effects Animation has more onboarding documentation maturity (149 reviews vs 0), which usually translates to better-tested setup wizards and quicker time-to-value. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly — read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for merchant-reported install experience.
Festive Flakes typically suits early-stage and growth-mode stores based on its review-base composition (0 reviews). FX: Seasonal Effects Animation aligns more with early-stage and growth-mode stores (149 reviews). Larger review bases generally mean the app has been load-tested at scale — relevant if you're processing high order volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. Festive Flakes and FX: Seasonal Effects Animation 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 Festive Flakes" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
