--- title: IH Guardian alternative: Actorly vs IH Guardian | Actorly description: IH Guardian and Actorly side by side: what each keeps, who made a change, and when to pick each. Every IH Guardian fact links its own page, read 2026-10-14. canonical: https://actorly.app/compare/inventory-history-guardian --- # Actorly vs IH Guardian Inventory History Guardian describes itself as an inventory audit trail with names, notes, custom reasons and unlimited history. 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 IH Guardian'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 IH Guardian from its own listing, read on 2026-10-14, and links each fact to the page it came from. Its developer is GhostApps, and the listing gives 2024-08-01 as its launch date. IH Guardian may have changed since, so check it. IH Guardian is another company's product and Actorly is not affiliated with it. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly. ## Side by side. TopicIH GuardianActorly The jobAn inventory log: each adjustment with the user or app, the location, a note and a reason. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian) A searchable record of what changed in your store, with the old and new value. What it keepsInventory adjustments, with notes and custom reasons, and day-by-day inventory and sales history. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian) The changes it sees across 25 parts of a store, from the day it is installed. Not a copy of the store. RestoreNot stated. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian) 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 changeStated: the user or app is saved with each adjustment. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian) Product changes only. For inventory, Shopify gives no app a way to learn who made a change, so Actorly shows Unknown there. History keptUnlimited history, as its listing says. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian) Three months on Watch. Unlimited while on Restore. Price and trial$19.99 or $39.99 a month, each with a 14-day free trial. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian) 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 IH Guardian's page does not say, not that the thing is missing. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly. ## Which to pick. **Pick IH Guardian if** - Your question is about stock: who adjusted inventory and why, with notes and custom reasons. - You want the inventory log exported to CSV for an accountant. - You want unlimited history of adjustments. **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. - You want inventory changes recorded beside every other kind of change, with the quantity before and after at each location. 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. ## IH Guardian source. - [Inventory History Guardian](https://apps.shopify.com/inventory-history-guardian), read on 2026-10-14 ## Questions. ### Is Actorly an alternative to IH Guardian? They overlap: both keep a record of changes to a store. Inventory History Guardian describes itself as an inventory audit trail with names, notes, custom reasons and unlimited history. 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 IH Guardian together? They are separate, and Actorly keeps its own record from the day it is installed, whatever else is on the store. What IH Guardian 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 IH Guardian? No. IH Guardian 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)