Magical Vacation Mode

Shopify pop-ups app by Magical Apps·Vacation mode to pause sales, hide buy buttons, collect emails or just hide prices for catalog mode.

Snapshot

4.80(36 reviews)#90of 431 inPop-ups

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

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Rating

4.80

36 reviews

Pricing

From $9/mo

paid

Built for Shopify

Yes

Years live

3

launched Nov 18, 2022

Last updated

Jul 1, 2026

Shopify listing

Recent activity

Review trajectory.

Daily review count and rating drift. The blue line is cumulative review count; the dashed amber overlay is the rating on the right axis. Boring is good — sudden swings stand out against an otherwise stable curve.

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#37#37#37#36#365.003.752.501.250.00May 28Jun 3Jun 9Jun 15Jun 21Total reviewsRating (0–5)
Magical Vacation Mode added 0 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where Magical Vacation Mode sits day-by-day in Pop-ups.

Position across the Pop-ups 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 Pop-ups leaderboard →

#30#35#40#44#49May 28May 31Jun 4Jun 7Jun 11Magical Vacation Mode · #47Popupsmart · #46Fomo · #48
Best position observed: #38. Magical Vacation Mode slipped 9 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Magical Vacation Mode sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Pop-ups category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Pop-ups

#90

of 431 active apps

Review count percentile

79th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

59th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

3

since 2022

Listing change cadence

What Magical Vacation Mode 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.

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2026-06-30 → 2026-07-01

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 30

2026-06-27 → 2026-06-29

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

4.80(36 reviews)
  • 96%positive43
  • 0%neutral0
  • 4%negative2

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    “Neat app, super handy, makes it really easy to put your shop in vacation mode while customers can still explore the shop. Easy access to vacation mode variable through Liquid. Thank you!”
    Stringading · 5★

    What merchants complain about

    “Not so great: The app was free. I got on vacation with magical vacation mode. In the middle of my vacation in August the App was deactivated because now it’s $5 per month.”
    Bart Verlag · 1★ · 2023-08-14

    Plans

    Magical Vacation Mode pricing tiers.

    Starter Plan

    $9/year

    • Pause Sales with One Click
    • Hide Prices and Buy Buttons
    • Show a Custom Away Message
    • Collect Emails While You're Gone
    • Works with Online Store
    • Unlimited Rules and Unlimited Support
    • Just One Payment — $9/year

    Capabilities

    What Magical Vacation Mode can do.

    The 10 capabilities Magical Vacation Mode lists across each of its 2 categories, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

    Pop-ups

    Pop-up types

    3
    • Email pop-ups
    • Announcements
    • Warning pop-ups

    Managing pop-ups

    1
    • Triggers and rules

    Bulk editor

    Editable resources

    4
    • Products
    • Prices
    • Descriptions
    • Inventory

    Actions

    2
    • Scheduled tasks
    • Bulk edit

    FAQ

    Magical Vacation Mode — frequently asked questions.

    What is Magical Vacation Mode on Shopify?
    Magical Vacation Mode is a Shopify app in the Pop-ups category. Vacation mode helps you pause sales and hide buy buttons while you take a break, go on holiday, or activate holiday mode for any reason. Run catalog mode to hide prices on every product without disabling the rest of your store. The simple toggle turns ordering on or off, hides prices, and publishes a sitewide vacation banner or vacation alert message. Collect customer emails to notify them when you're back. No complex B2B setup. Real human support, not bots. Install the app and try it today. It averages 4.80 out of 5 across 36 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does Magical Vacation Mode cost?
    Magical Vacation Mode has a single paid plan at $9/month on the Shopify App Store.
    Is Magical Vacation Mode free?
    No, Magical Vacation Mode is a paid Shopify app. Plans start at $9/month on the Shopify App Store.
    When was Magical Vacation Mode launched?
    Magical Vacation Mode launched on November 18, 2022 — over 3 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 36 merchant reviews.
    Is Magical Vacation Mode Built for Shopify?
    Yes — Magical Vacation Mode carries Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. This certification is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value, and is reviewed by the Shopify team rather than self-declared by the developer.
    What are the best Magical Vacation Mode alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare Magical Vacation Mode with Pop Convert, SendWILL Popup Email Marketing, Smile, and Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS. 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.

    Pop Convert

    Pop Convert ‑ Pop Ups, Banners

    4.90★8,311

    Known for: pricing

    SendWILL

    SendWILL Popup Email Marketing

    4.90★7,080

    Known for: customer-support

    Smile.io

    Smile: Loyalty Program Rewards

    4.90★4,275

    Omnisend

    Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS

    4.80★2,971

    Known for: customer-support

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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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