Complimus vs Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent

Disclosure and short answer

We make Complimus, so read this as a vendor’s comparison. Every fact about Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent comes from its own Shopify App Store listing, checked on 3 November 2026. Where the listing is silent we write “Listing does not say”, not “no”. The two apps do different jobs and do not overlap. Nova is a free cookie bar: it shows a consent banner and links to your privacy policy. Complimus covers four rules on the product page and at checkout: the Omnibus prior price, GPSR, the EU guarantee notice and the withdrawal button. A store that sells to EU shoppers usually needs a consent tool and these four rules covered.

Complimus and Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent side by side

Ratings, prices and trials as shown on the listing on 3 November 2026; they change often, so confirm on the listing before you install. Our column follows our pricing page.

Feature	Complimus	Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent
Developer	Complimus (EU, Budapest)	Nova Apps (Dublin, Ireland)
Rating	5.0, 75 reviews	4.7, 846 reviews
Built for Shopify	Yes	No badge shown on the listing
Cookie consent banner	Not offered	Yes: "Show a cookie bar or GDPR consent banner and link to your privacy policy"
Declining cookies	Not offered	Listing: "To decline cookies, you must provide your own instructions in your privacy policy"
Google Consent Mode v2	Not offered	Listing does not say
Cookie scanner	Not offered	Listing does not say
Customer data requests (DSAR)	Not offered	Listing does not say
Legal page generation	Not offered	Listing does not say
Omnibus prior price	Yes: a daily price record per variant and per market, the rule set per EU country	Listing does not say
GPSR product information	Yes, free on every plan	Listing does not say
EU guarantee notice	Yes, free on every plan	Listing does not say
Withdrawal button (Directive 2023/2673)	Yes, free on every plan: button, form and confirmations	Listing does not say
Languages	Listing in 7 languages; every store language, translatable	English
Hosting	Hosted in Germany, EU data only	Listing does not say
Price a month	Free; Business $14.99 (Basic), $14.99 (Grow), $29.99 (Advanced); Plus $99.99	Free (no paid plan listed)
Free trial	14-day free trial	Not applicable

What each listing says

Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent

Launched 9 December 2016 and free, with no paid plan on the listing. The listing describes a cookie bar or GDPR consent banner that links to your privacy policy, names the GDPR and CCPA, and says that to decline cookies you provide your own instructions in your privacy policy. It is listed under the App Store's Banners and Legal categories, works with the Shopify admin and is in English. It does not mention Consent Mode, a cookie scanner, data requests or legal page generation.

Complimus

Four EU rules on the product page and at checkout: the Omnibus lowest prior price from a daily record per variant and per market, with the rule set per EU country; GPSR manufacturer and responsible person details; the EU guarantee notice and durability label; and the withdrawal button with its confirmations. GPSR, the guarantee notice and the withdrawal button are free on every plan. Complimus does not provide a cookie banner, GDPR request handling or legal page generation. Hosted in Germany, EU data only.

How to choose

If you want a simple, free cookie bar that links to your privacy policy, that is what the Nova listing offers. The listing does not mention consent logs, script blocking or Consent Mode v2, and it says that to decline cookies you provide your own instructions in your privacy policy; check the EU cookie rules before relying on a bar alone.
If you need the Omnibus prior price, GPSR details, the EU guarantee notice or the withdrawal button, Complimus does that and the Nova listing does not mention them.
The two apps do not overlap, so the choice is not one or the other.
Both are free to start, so the first step costs nothing either way.

Frequently asked questions

Is Complimus an alternative to Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent?

No. Nova is a cookie bar; Complimus covers the Omnibus prior price, GPSR, the EU guarantee notice and the withdrawal button. They do different jobs.

Does Complimus handle cookie consent?

Complimus covers the Omnibus prior price, GPSR product details, the EU guarantee notice and the withdrawal button. It does not provide a cookie banner, consent logs, data request handling or legal page generation.

Is a cookie bar enough for the EU cookie rules?

Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive, as written into each country's law, requires consent before anything that is not strictly necessary is stored on or read from the shopper's device. Consent under the GDPR must be freely given, and the EU data protection authorities read that as: refusing must be as easy as accepting, and withdrawing as easy as giving (Article 7(3)). A bar that informs and links to a policy, with no refuse control, does not meet that by itself. See our guide: EU cookie consent rules for Shopify stores.

Can I run Nova and Complimus together?

Yes. They use different parts of the store: Nova shows a banner, Complimus adds the price, product safety, guarantee and withdrawal information to the product page and the checkout.

Sources: the Nova: GDPR Cookie Consent listing (apps.shopify.com/eu-cookie-bar), checked on 3 November 2026; our own product data. Complimus helps you apply these rules. It is not legal advice, and you remain the trader responsible for what your storefront shows.