Lightning Deals

Shopify countdown timer app by Movatech LLC·Run limited-time, quantity-based Amazon-like deals to drive urgency and improve conversions.

Snapshot

5.00(4 reviews)#47of 173 inCountdown timer

Ongoing.AI tracks Lightning Deals daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

CategoriesCountdown timer

Rating

5.00

4 reviews

Pricing

From $8/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

1

launched Apr 30, 2025

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Category rank over time

Where Lightning Deals sits day-by-day in Countdown timer.

Position across the Countdown timer page, snapshot daily. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so the strongest ranks sit at the top of the chart. Open the full Countdown timer leaderboard →

#36#42#48#54#60May 28May 31Jun 4Jun 8Jun 12Lightning Deals · #40POWR · #39Hurry Timer · #41
Best position observed: #37. Lightning Deals slipped 3 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Lightning Deals sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Countdown timer category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Countdown timer

#47

of 173 active apps

Review count percentile

72th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

78th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

1

since 2025

Listing change cadence

What Lightning Deals has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

Listing changes · last 21 days+12shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-08 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-22shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-22 → 2026-06-29works_with: Shopify Admin → noneshopify_lastmod: 2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30Jun 13, 26Jun 23, 26Jul 4, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

Works With · Jun 30

Shopify Admin → none

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 30

2026-06-22 → 2026-06-29

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

5.00(4 reviews)
  • 100%positive4
  • 0%neutral0
  • 0%negative0

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    “Does what it is suppose too and the developers will go above and beyond helping you get it installed. Shopify has needed this app, we are happy to final get it! Keep up the great work! ***JUST A UPDATE*** We saw a significant conversion boost after switching from regular banner promos to Lightning Deals. Customers respond to the urgency and it absolutely increased conversion (25% over last year). Great app and great team behind it. The responsiveness and the level of support is remarkable”
    DIY Retro Arcade · 5★

    Plans

    Lightning Deals pricing tiers.

    Free Trial

    Free

    • Up to 1 deal product
    • Free Support

    Lightning Pro

    $8.99/month

    • Unlimited deals
    • Advanced analytics
    • Schedule deals in advance
    • Quantity-based deals
    • Priority support

    Capabilities

    What Lightning Deals can do.

    The 22 capabilities Lightning Deals lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

    Display options

    7
    • Custom CSS
    • Color and font
    • Custom text
    • Custom position
    • Animations
    • Landing pages
    • Product pages

    Timing options

    8
    • Recurring
    • Scheduled
    • Date range
    • Event-based
    • Fixed end date
    • Fixed minute
    • One-time
    • Timed session

    Timer type

    7
    • Daily deals
    • Flash sales
    • Time-limited promotion
    • Expiration date
    • Special event
    • Product launch
    • Store launch

    FAQ

    Lightning Deals — frequently asked questions.

    What is Lightning Deals on Shopify?
    Lightning Deals, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as Lightning Deals: Sales Booster, is a Shopify app in the Countdown timer category. Get your store ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Lightning Deals helps merchants create urgency-based promotions similar to Amazon Lightning Deals by offering limited-time and limited-quantity discounts. Ideal for flash sales, product launches, or clearing stock, the app makes it easy to set up and manage time-sensitive offers that encourage faster purchasing decisions and improve sell-through rates. It averages 5.00 out of 5 across 4 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does Lightning Deals cost?
    Lightning Deals offers a free plan and a single paid plan at $8/month. The free plan includes Up to 1 deal product and Free Support. The paid plan unlocks advanced features like additional integrations, automations, and deeper customization.
    Is Lightning Deals free?
    Yes — Lightning Deals offers a free plan alongside paid options. The free plan includes Up to 1 deal product and Free Support. Paid plans start at $8/month for advanced features.
    When was Lightning Deals launched?
    Lightning Deals launched on April 30, 2025 — over 1 year on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 4 merchant reviews.
    Is Lightning Deals Built for Shopify?
    Lightning Deals does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
    What are the best Lightning Deals alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare Lightning Deals with Essential Countdown Timer Bar, Hextom, Hextom, and GSC Countdown Timer Bar. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.

    Alternatives

    Apps merchants pick instead.

    Essential Apps

    Essential Countdown Timer Bar

    5.00★1,508

    Hextom

    Hextom: Upsell Sales Boost

    4.80★1,415

    Known for: bug

    Hextom

    Hextom: Countdown Timer Bar

    4.90★736

    Getsitecontrol

    GSC Countdown Timer Bar

    5.00★342

    Known for: ease-of-use

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    Methodology

    Where the numbers come from.

    Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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