Lifeboat ‑ Backup & Restore vs Priorly Catalog Backup
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Lifeboat, Oct 13, 2026 for Priorly Catalog Backup.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $12/month for Priorly Catalog Backup.
- Lifeboat lists 1 features Priorly Catalog Backup’s listing doesn’t mention, including Inventory levels.
Head to head
Free
- · Backups kept for 90 days
- · Checks every backup for products at 0
- · Daily backup of products and inventory
- · In-app alert banner, updated daily
- · Restore products one at a time
- · Restore stock levels, with a preview
Pro
- · Backups kept for 365 days
- · Bulk restore many products at once
- · Checks every backup for products at 0
- · Daily backup of products and inventory
- · In-app alert banner, updated daily
- · Restore stock levels, with a preview
Free
- · 30-day retention
- · Browse and compare versions
- · Daily missed-change checks
- · Email if recording stops
- · Full history recording
- · Warning before history is deleted
Basic
- · 90-day retention
- · Alert on large bulk changes
- · Bring back deleted items
- · Everything in Free
- · Field-by-field restore
- · Restore any earlier version
Advanced
- · 365-day retention
- · Download history as a file
- · Everything in Basic
- · Hourly missed-change checks
- · Undo a whole time period
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureOnce a day, Lifeboat copies your products and stock levels. You can also back up by hand. Open a backup and pick what to put back. A product rolls back to that day: title, price, variants, tags, custom fields. A deleted one is recreated with its inventory tracking setting. Stock is restored per location. Check the quantity now and the one to write, then write it back. Stock sold after the preview is left alone.
Priorly records every change to your products, collections, pages and blog posts as Shopify reports it, and checks for the ones Shopify never reports — a gap in the record is shown, not hidden. Open an item to see what changed and when, then put back a field, a version, a deleted item at its old web address, or every item touched in a bad hour. On Advanced you can download the record as a file too.
- Backs up your products and inventory quantities once a day, and on demand.
- Restores a product's title, price, variants, tags and custom fields.
- Restores stock per location, showing current and backed-up quantities first.
- Recreates a deleted product, keeping cost, HS code and inventory tracking.
- Changes to products, collections, pages and blog posts, saved as they happen
- Restore a whole version, a single field, or fields taken from several versions
- Deleted items back at their original web address, with a collection's products
- Undo a whole period when an import or another app goes wrong — Advanced plan
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 |  Lifeboat |  Priorly Catalog Backup |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Lifeboat | Priorly Catalog Backup |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 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 | Lifeboat | Priorly Catalog Backup |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month(ahead) | $12/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Lifeboat | Priorly Catalog Backup |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #598 | #595(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Sep 17, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Languages | 12 | 9 |
| Developer | simple-extensions | Veristock |
FAQ
Lifeboat and Priorly Catalog Backup: common questions
- Is Lifeboat or Priorly Catalog Backup cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $12/month for Priorly Catalog Backup. 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?
- Lifeboat lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory levels. Priorly Catalog Backup lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Scheduled tasks. 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 14, 2026 for Lifeboat, Oct 13, 2026 for Priorly Catalog Backup; 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 14, 2026 for Lifeboat, Oct 13, 2026 for Priorly Catalog Backup. 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.