--- title: ARCS alternative: Actorly vs ARCS | Actorly description: ARCS and Actorly side by side: what each keeps, how each shows who made a change, and when to pick each. Every ARCS fact links its own page, read 2026-10-14. canonical: https://actorly.app/compare/arcs-history-tracking --- # Actorly vs ARCS ARCS History Tracking describes itself as a way to track changes to products, product variants and customers. Actorly keeps a record of what changed in your store: the old and new value of each change, who made a product change when Shopify reports it, and select fields put back. Read from ARCS's own listing on 2026-10-14. [Install free on Shopify](https://apps.shopify.com/actorly) [What Actorly tracks](https://actorly.app/coverage) ## The short version. Both keep a record of changes to a Shopify store. They differ in what they see, how long they keep it, how a person or app is named, and what you can do afterwards. The table puts each side by side, from the listing. This page describes ARCS from its own listing, read on 2026-10-14, and links each fact to the page it came from. Its developer is ARCS Group Ltd., and the listing gives 2022-02-09 as its launch date. ARCS may have changed since, so check it. ARCS is another company's product and Actorly is not affiliated with it. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly. ## Side by side. TopicARCSActorly The jobHistory tracking of changes to products, variants and customers, with search and CSV export. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking) A searchable record of what changed in your store, with the old and new value. What it keepsProducts, product variants and customers; history can be switched on or off for each kind. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking) The changes it sees across 25 parts of a store, from the day it is installed. Not a copy of the store. RestoreNot listed as a feature; its description gives rolling back accidental updates as a purpose. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking) One field at a time, for 15 named fields, after you confirm the exact value, checked afterwards. No bulk restore, no whole-store restore, no restore to a date. Who made a changeNot stated. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking) Product changes only, when Shopify reports it, beside Likely or Possible, and Unknown where Shopify records no one. History kept30, 90, 180 or 360 days, by plan. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking) Three months on Watch. Unlimited while on Restore. Price and trial$2.99, $4.99, $8.99 or $15.99 a month by days of history kept, each with a 14-day free trial. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking) Watch is $0, with no clock. Restore is $29 a month or $240 a year. Billed by Shopify, never per change. No trial. A cell that says Not stated means ARCS's page does not say, not that the thing is missing. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly. ## Which to pick. **Pick ARCS if** - You want history of products, variants and customers with a switch for each kind. - You want to choose your plan by how many days of history you keep. **Pick Actorly if** - You want to see what changed, when, and from what to what, without a copy of the store behind it. - You want who made a product change shown only when Shopify reports it, beside how sure Actorly is, with Unknown shown rather than a guess. - You want to put one field back and have Actorly check that it took. - You want your history free to see. They can sit side by side: each keeps its own record. ## What Actorly will not do. - It does not copy or restore a whole store. - It does not restore themes or customers, and it never changes an order. - It does not bring back a deleted product: deleted items are kept and shown, not recreated. - The record starts the day Actorly is installed. It cannot show what your store looked like before that. ## ARCS source. - [ARCS History Tracking](https://apps.shopify.com/arcs-history-tracking), read on 2026-10-14 ## Questions. ### Is Actorly an alternative to ARCS? They overlap: both keep a record of changes to a store. ARCS History Tracking describes itself as a way to track changes to products, product variants and customers. Actorly's own list of what it records, and what it cannot, is on the Coverage page. Which fits depends on the changes you need to see. ### Can I use Actorly and ARCS together? They are separate, and Actorly keeps its own record from the day it is installed, whatever else is on the store. What ARCS does on its own side is for its listing to say. ### Does Actorly show who made a change? Only for product changes, only when Shopify reports it, and always with how sure Actorly is. Where Shopify records no one, the answer is Unknown, and Unknown is permanent. ### What does Actorly cost? Actorly Watch costs $0 and keeps three months of change history and one restore a month. Actorly Restore is $29 a month or $240 a year. Shopify bills it, never per change. There is no trial. ### Is Actorly affiliated with ARCS? No. ARCS is another company's product, described here from its own listing as read on 2026-10-14. It may have changed since, so check it. ## Keep reading. **Start the record today.** Your history starts the day you install. Actorly Watch is free, with no clock. [Install free on Shopify](https://apps.shopify.com/actorly)