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title: Rewind vs Actorly: two different jobs | Actorly
description: Rewind backs up a Shopify store. Actorly keeps a record of what changed. How the two differ, with Rewind's own pages linked, and when to pick each.
canonical: https://actorly.app/compare/rewind
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# Rewind and Actorly do different jobs.

Rewind is a backup of your Shopify store, with restore of single items, many items or the whole store, according to its own pages. Actorly is a record of what changed: the old and new value of each change, who made a product change when Shopify reports it, and select fields put back. Some stores want one, some both.

[Install free](https://apps.shopify.com/actorly) [What Actorly tracks](https://actorly.app/coverage)

## The short version.

A backup answers "give me the store as it was." A change history answers "what changed, when, from what to what, and who made it when Shopify reports it." They overlap when something goes wrong, which is why people searching for one find the other. Rewind describes itself as [automated backup and restore for your store](https://apps.shopify.com/backup). Actorly keeps changes, not a copy of the store.

This page describes Rewind from its own pages, read on 2026-10-14, and links each fact to the page it came from. Rewind may have changed those pages since, so check them. Rewind is another company's product and Actorly is not affiliated with it.

## Side by side.

TopicRewindActorly

The job[Automated backup and restore for your store](https://apps.shopify.com/backup).A searchable record of what changed in your store, with the old and new value.

What it keeps[Backs up products, themes, collections, customer data, and more](https://apps.shopify.com/backup). Its [Shopify page](https://rewind.com/shopify/) lists item types including products, variants, collections, customers, orders, themes, blogs, pages, metaobjects, metafields, store policies, locations, navigation menus and product translations.The changes it sees across 25 parts of a store, from the day it is installed. Not a copy of the store.

How it records[Real-time, daily and on-demand backup options](https://apps.shopify.com/backup).When Shopify sends a change notice, and on a weekly (Watch) or daily (Restore) check for the 8 kinds Shopify sends no notice for.

Restore[A single item, many items of one type in one action, or the whole store](https://rewind.com/shopify/), as its page describes them.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 on the pages linked here. Check [Rewind's listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup) for what it records.Product changes only, when Shopify reports it, beside Likely or Possible, and Unknown where Shopify records no one.

History kept[365 day backup history](https://apps.shopify.com/backup) on its Backup + Restore plan, as listed.Three months on Watch. Unlimited while on Restore.

Price and trialSee [Rewind's pricing page](https://rewind.com/pricing/) and its [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup), which lists a trial period.Watch is $0, with no clock. Restore is $29 a month or $240 a year. Billed by Shopify, never per change. No trial.

Security statementsIts [Shopify page](https://rewind.com/shopify/) states certifications, including SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022.Actorly holds no certification of its own. The [Security page](https://actorly.app/security) says what it stores and who processes it.

## Which to pick.

**Pick Rewind if**

- You want a copy of the store to restore from, including themes and customer data.
- You need to restore many items at once, or the whole store.
- Your question is "can I get the store back?" more than "what changed?"
- Certification statements matter in your decision.

**Pick Actorly if**

- Your question is "what changed, when, and from what to what?"
- You want to search old and new values, and see who made a product change when Shopify reports it.
- You want to put one field back and have Actorly check that it took.
- You want to see your history for free.

They can sit side by side: a history tells you what changed, and a backup holds a copy.

## What Actorly will not do.

- It is not a copy of your store, and it does not 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.

## Rewind sources.

- [Rewind Backups on the Shopify App Store](https://apps.shopify.com/backup)
- [Rewind for Shopify](https://rewind.com/shopify/)
- [Rewind pricing](https://rewind.com/pricing/)

## Questions.

### Is Actorly an alternative to Rewind?

They do different jobs. Rewind describes itself as a backup of your store. Actorly keeps a record of what changed and can put select fields back. If you need a copy of the store to restore from, Rewind's own pages describe that job; Actorly does not do it.

### Does Actorly back up my store?

Not as a copy of your store. Actorly keeps the old and new value of each change it records, from the day it is installed. It does not restore a whole store.

### Can I use Actorly and Rewind together?

Yes. A history tells you what changed, and a backup holds a copy.

### Can Actorly restore a deleted product?

No. Deleted items are kept and shown in a Deleted view; they are not recreated.

### Is Actorly affiliated with Rewind?

No. Rewind is another company's product, described here from its own pages.

## 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)