Shopify progress bar apps compared

Compare three Shopify progress bar apps for free shipping, reward tiers, stacked offers, upsells, targeting, and price.

Facts checked August 11, 2026.

Disclosure: Activory develops BlueCart. This comparison uses official Shopify App Store listings for current listing facts. Activory is the source for the stated BlueCart product limit.

Which Shopify progress bar app is best?

There is no single best Shopify progress bar app for every store. The best choice depends on the use case.

• Choose Hextom Free Shipping Bar if you want a focused free-shipping bar or you want to start with a free basic plan.
• Choose BlueCart if you want tiered reward progress together with cart upsells.
• Choose Progressify if you want up to three stacked offers or a listed gift-with-purchase feature.

This answer is based on the features and prices in the official listings. It does not use review counts or an unpublished product test.

How do BlueCart, Hextom, and Progressify compare?

App	Listed price and trial	Main listed capabilities	Good starting point for
BlueCart	$4/month; 7-day free trial; Built for Shopify	Tiered progress and checklist, cart upsells, targeting by market, customer tag, and UTM, and automatic currencies	Tiered rewards with cart upsells
Hextom Free Shipping Bar	Free basic plan; $9.99/month premium plan; 7-day free trial; Built for Shopify	Progressive free-shipping messages; Basic device and page targeting; customer and product targeting; Premium Shopify Markets geo targeting, currency conversion, scheduling, and performance tracking	A focused free-shipping message, a free entry plan, or detailed targeting
Progressify	$5/month; 5-day free trial	Up to three stacked goals, gift with purchase, product upsells, Shopify Markets, and a countdown timer	Several stacked offers or gift-with-purchase campaigns

Each app name in the table links to the official Shopify App Store source for all current facts in that row. Prices and plans can change.

What is the main difference between these apps?

Hextom starts from a focused free-shipping message. BlueCart combines a tiered progress or checklist format with cart upsells. Progressify lists up to three stacked goals, gift with purchase, product upsells, and a countdown timer.

The terms “tiered” and “stacked” do not prove that the apps work in the same way. Review the screenshots and test the app in your store before you replace an existing campaign.

Which app has the lowest entry price?

Hextom has a free basic plan. Its premium plan is $9.99/month. BlueCart is $4/month. Progressify is $5/month.

Price alone does not show value. Confirm which plan includes the targeting, currency, scheduling, upsell, and campaign controls that you need.

Which app has the longest trial?

BlueCart and Hextom list a 7-day free trial. Progressify lists a 5-day free trial. Plan your test before the trial starts so that you can check theme placement, cart updates, currency behavior, and mobile display.

When should you choose Hextom Free Shipping Bar?

Choose Hextom Free Shipping Bar when free shipping is the main message and you do not need a broader reward checklist. Its official listing describes progressive free-shipping messages. It also lists a free basic plan, so it is the clearest starting point in this set for a store that wants to test a basic bar without a monthly app charge.

Hextom can also be a good choice when you need detailed display rules. Its Basic plan lists device and page targeting. The listing also names customer and product targeting. The $9.99/month Premium plan adds Shopify Markets geo targeting, currency conversion, scheduling, and performance tracking. Verify the exact plan controls before you subscribe.

Hextom is Built for Shopify and lists a 7-day free trial. These facts come from the official Hextom Shopify App Store page.

When should you choose BlueCart?

Choose BlueCart when you want one cart campaign to show several reward steps and support cart upsells. The official listing describes tiered progress or checklist goals and cart upsells. It also lists targeting by market, customer tag, and UTM, plus automatic currency handling.

The official BlueCart listing says that BlueCart can show progress toward a free-gift threshold. Activory confirms that BlueCart does not create the gift offer and it does not add the gift product to the cart. Configure the gift behavior separately. Use BlueCart when the progress message is the required part of the workflow, not when BlueCart must create or fulfill the gift offer.

BlueCart is Built for Shopify. It is $4/month and has a 7-day free trial. These listing facts come from the official BlueCart Shopify App Store page. The free-gift limit is an Activory-verified product limit.

When should you choose Progressify?

Choose Progressify when you want several offers visible at the same time. Its official listing says that you can use up to three stacked goals. The listing also names gift with purchase, product upsells, Shopify Markets, and a countdown timer.

Progressify is the clearest starting point in this set when “gift with purchase” must be a listed app feature. The listing does not, by itself, explain every gift setup detail. Test the exact gift behavior that your store needs before you publish the campaign.

Progressify is $5/month and has a 5-day free trial. These facts come from the official Progressify Shopify App Store page.

How should you decide between the three apps?

Use this sequence:

1. Define the reward. Decide if the campaign is for free shipping, a discount, a gift, a product upsell, or several offers.
2. Define the campaign structure. Decide if you need one progressive message, a tiered checklist, or up to three stacked goals.
3. Define the gift action. Decide if the app must create a gift-with-purchase workflow or only show progress toward an external gift rule.
4. Define the audience rules. List the market, customer, traffic, page, product, and device conditions that matter.
5. Define the currency behavior. Check how the app handles the markets and currencies in your live store.
6. Test the full cart path. Test product pages, the cart drawer, the cart page, mobile screens, currency changes, and checkout eligibility.

Do not assume that a progress bar creates the underlying reward. Confirm the Shopify discount, shipping, or gift rule before the bar goes live.

Do you need a direct head-to-head guide?

• Read BlueCart vs Hextom for a focused comparison of tiered rewards, free-shipping messages, pricing, and targeting.
• Read BlueCart vs Progressify for a focused comparison of tiered progress, stacked goals, upsells, gift workflows, and campaign controls.

How was this comparison checked?

This page uses current listing facts from the official Shopify App Store pages for BlueCart, Hextom Free Shipping Bar, and Progressify. Activory confirms the separate BlueCart free-gift limit. We did not use review counts. We did not treat a feature as absent when the listing did not confirm it.

The comparison states a good starting point for each use case. It does not promise that one app will increase average order value or conversion rate for every store. Results depend on the offer, threshold, product mix, margin, theme, and campaign setup.