Catalog Canary vs StoreGuard: Change Monitor
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 Catalog Canary, Oct 22, 2026 for StoreGuard.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Catalog Canary and $19/month for StoreGuard.
- StoreGuard lists 6 features Catalog Canary’s listing doesn’t mention, including Activity tracking, Benchmarking, Event tracking.
Head to head
Free
- · 7-day change history
- · Price & inventory monitoring
- · Track up to 10 products
Starter
- · 30-day change history
- · All field monitoring
- · Email notifications
- · Track up to 100 products
Growth
- · 90-day change history
- · All field monitoring
- · CSV export
- · Email notifications
- · Track up to 1,000 products
Pro
- · 365-day change history
- · All field monitoring
- · CSV export
- · Email notifications
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited products
Free
- · Daily summary email
- · Monitor up to 50 products
- · Price & stock monitoring
Pro
- · Discount monitoring
- · Instant email alerts
- · Unlimited products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCatalog Canary watches your Shopify catalog for changes - prices, inventory, SEO, content, sales channels, and metafields - and gives you a full audit trail of every edit. When something gets changed by mistake, one click reverts it. Real-time alerts via email and Slack. Filterable history with CSV export. Built-in admin block on every product page. Deleted product recovery.
What changed in your store while you weren't looking? StoreGuard monitors your Shopify store 24/7 and alerts you instantly when prices change, inventory hits zero, products go invisible, collections are edited, themes are published, or discounts are modified. See exactly what changed, when it happened, and take action before it impacts sales.
- Real-time change detection for prices, inventory, content, SEO, and metafields
- One-click revert restores any tracked field, variant, or sales channel instantly
- Daily email digests and real-time Slack alerts scoped to the fields you choose
- Filterable change history with multi-select filters, date ranges, and CSV export
- Visual Audit Log: Track staff & app activity with detailed "Before & After" view
- Instant alerts for price, stock & visibility changes
- Product-Level Insights: See exactly how a specific change impacted that product'
- Detect $0 prices and zero-inventory products
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 |  Catalog Canary |  StoreGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Catalog Canary | StoreGuard |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 1 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Catalog Canary | StoreGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $10/month(ahead) | $19/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Catalog Canary | StoreGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #517 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 7, 2026 | Jan 1, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Catalog Canary | MintBird Studio |
FAQ
Catalog Canary and StoreGuard: common questions
- Is Catalog Canary or StoreGuard cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Catalog Canary and $19/month for StoreGuard. 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?
- Catalog Canary lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Report scheduling. StoreGuard lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Activity tracking, Benchmarking, Event tracking, Marketing attribution. 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 Catalog Canary, Oct 22, 2026 for StoreGuard; 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 Catalog Canary, Oct 22, 2026 for StoreGuard. 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.