Essential Free Shipping Bar vs Hextom: Shopify App Comparison (October 2026)

Essential Free Shipping Bar vs Hextom at a glance

As of October 4, 2026, Essential Free Shipping Bar is rated 5.0 stars from 969 reviews and Hextom is rated 4.9 stars from 764 reviews on the Shopify App Store.

Rating: Essential Free Shipping Bar has the higher rating, 5.0 stars against 4.9.
Reviews: Essential Free Shipping Bar has more reviews, 969 against 764.
Pricing: Both list "Free plan available".
Built for Shopify: Only Hextom carries the Built for Shopify badge.

Essential Free Shipping Bar and Hextom on the Shopify App Store, as of October 4, 2026: rating, review count, pricing label, the Built for Shopify badge, and the date each app's data was last read from the store.
Fact	Essential Free Shipping Bar	Hextom
Tagline	Lift AOV via Free Shipping Bar Goal Progress Bar & Rewards Bar	Boost sales with countdown timer & urgency, flash sales
Rating	★ 5.0	★ 4.9
Reviews	969	764
Pricing	Free plan available	Free plan available
Built for Shopify	No badge	Built for Shopify
Data as of	October 4, 2026	October 4, 2026

Ratings, review counts, pricing labels and badges are read from each app's Shopify App Store search result card. Rankings are the store's organic results for the searches Rankbase tracks; sponsored results are excluded.

Where each app ranks in App Store search

Every Shopify App Store search Rankbase tracks where Essential Free Shipping Bar or Hextom is in the top 10 today, with the position merchants see. Organic results only, across 3,798 tracked searches; sponsored placements never count.
App Store search	Essential Free Shipping Bar	Hextom
Both apps rank · 3 searches
Hextom Shipping Bar	#4	#1
Hextom Free Shipping Bar	#2	#3
Essential Countdown Timer Bar	#9	#5
Only Essential Free Shipping Bar ranks · 21 searches
Essential Free	#1	not in top 10
Essential Free Shipping Upsell	#1	not in top 10
Free Shipping Bar	#2	not in top 10
Shipping Bar	#2	not in top 10
Free Shipping	#3	not in top 10
Envio Gratis	#4	not in top 10
Essential Annoucement Bar	#4	not in top 10
Esential	#6	not in top 10
Essential	#6	not in top 10
Frete Gratis	#6	not in top 10
Essentials	#7	not in top 10
Essential Announcement Bar	#8	not in top 10
Essential Upsell	#8	not in top 10
Progress Bar	#8	not in top 10
Essencial	#9	not in top 10
Essential Sticky	#9	not in top 10
Essentiel	#9	not in top 10
Esty	#9	not in top 10
Essential Count	#10	not in top 10
Essential Estimated	#10	not in top 10
Free Shipping Progress Bar	#10	not in top 10
Only Hextom ranks · 22 searches
Hexton	not in top 10	#2
Hextom	not in top 10	#3
Hextom Ultimate Sale Boost	not in top 10	#3
Countdown Timebar	not in top 10	#4
Countdown Timer Bar	not in top 10	#4
Countdown Timer Essential	not in top 10	#4
Store Launch	not in top 10	#4
Timer Bar	not in top 10	#4
Countdown	not in top 10	#5
Countdown Timer	not in top 10	#5
Essential Countdown Timer	not in top 10	#5
Ga Sales Countdown Timer	not in top 10	#5
Timer	not in top 10	#5
Count Down	not in top 10	#6
Cuenta Regresiva	not in top 10	#6
Ga Countdown	not in top 10	#6
GSC Countdown	not in top 10	#8
Hex	not in top 10	#8
Resena	not in top 10	#8
Countdown Sami	not in top 10	#9
Flash Sale	not in top 10	#9
Flash	not in top 10	#10

In the App Store's organic search results, Essential Free Shipping Bar ranks in the top 10 for 24 of the 3,798 searches we track and Hextom for 25. They share 3 searches: Hextom ranks higher on 2, Essential Free Shipping Bar on 1.

Frequently asked questions

Is Essential Free Shipping Bar or Hextom rated higher on the Shopify App Store?

Essential Free Shipping Bar has the higher rating, 5.0 stars against 4.9. Essential Free Shipping Bar has more reviews, 969 against 764.

Which has more reviews, Essential Free Shipping Bar or Hextom?

Essential Free Shipping Bar has more reviews, 969 against 764.

Which ranks higher in Shopify App Store search, Essential Free Shipping Bar or Hextom?

In the App Store's organic search results, Essential Free Shipping Bar ranks in the top 10 for 24 of the 3,798 searches we track and Hextom for 25. They share 3 searches: Hextom ranks higher on 2, Essential Free Shipping Bar on 1.

How is this comparison made?

Rankbase records the organic results merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for 3,798 popular keywords, refreshed daily for published rankings and at least weekly for the rest. Each app's rating, review count, pricing label and Built for Shopify badge are taken from its App Store search result card, so they are exactly what merchants see; the date next to each app is the last time it appeared in any tracked top 10. Sponsored results are excluded, and nothing on this page is edited by hand, including for Rankbase's own apps.

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