AppsByB: Backup, Restore, Sync vs StoreBack: Backup and Restore
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for AppsByB, Nov 11, 2026 for StoreBack.
The short answer
- Only AppsByB lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $15/month for AppsByB and $9.95/month for StoreBack.
- AppsByB lists 4 features StoreBack’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk export, Bulk updates, Product sync.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 backup schedule
- · 30 days of backup history
- · Download any backup as a ZIP file
- · One-click restore of any data type
- · Products, pages, blogs, files, menus
- · Weekly and monthly backups
Developer / NPO
- · 3 schedules, 90 days of history
- · Daily, weekly and monthly backups
- · Free for Shopify nonprofit plans
- · Free for development stores & sandboxes
- · Full store-to-store sync included
- · Product version history included
Backup
- · 3 backup schedules
- · 90 days of backup history
- · Daily, weekly and monthly backups
- · Everything in Free, plus:
- · Product version history and rollback
- · Restore deleted or edited products
Backup & Sync
- · 365 days of backup history
- · 5 backup schedules
- · Copy products, content and media
- · Everything in Backup, plus:
- · Full store-to-store sync
- · Push a live store to a dev store
Introduction Price
- · Bring your own storage (Google Drive)
- · Unlimited backup and restore
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAppsByB Backup, Restore, Sync lets you schedule data backups of your data. Products, collections, pages, blogs, files, navigation menus and shipping settings are backed up on a schedule you choose, with product images stored on our own CDN. Restore a whole data type, a single product, or an earlier version of one, without leaving your admin. Download any backup as a ZIP whenever you want your own copy.
On-demand backups of your store catalog — products, collections, pages, blogs, theme, files, navigation, plus orders without customer details — written straight to storage you own: your Google Drive or an S3-compatible bucket. Restore at any granularity: one product, one collection, or a whole snapshot.
- Back up products, collections, pages and blogs
- View and restore historical versions of your data
- Sync store data to other stores in a few clicks with access control
- Sync inventory, pricing, and more automatically
- On-demand backup of products, collections, pages, blogs, theme, files and more
- Dated snapshots in your Google Drive or S3 bucket — yours even after uninstall
- Restore one product, one collection or a whole snapshot — preview changes first
- Additive restores: adds what's missing, replaces what you confirm, never deletes
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  AppsByB | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | AppsByB | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 10 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
AppsByB and StoreBack: common questions
- Is AppsByB or StoreBack cheaper?
- Only AppsByB lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $15/month for AppsByB and $9.95/month for StoreBack. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- AppsByB lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk export, Bulk updates, Product sync, Products. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 13, 2026 for AppsByB, Nov 11, 2026 for StoreBack; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 13, 2026 for AppsByB, Nov 11, 2026 for StoreBack. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.