Lifeboat ‑ Backup & Restore vs StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore
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 StoreVault.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $4.50/month for StoreVault.
- Lifeboat lists 1 features StoreVault’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
- · 50 products, 7 days of history
- · Export as JSONL or CSV
- · Monthly restore-drill receipt
- · Unlimited orders archived
Founding Starter
- · 1,000 products, 30 days of history
- · Half price for the first 100 stores
- · Inventory snapshots and restore
- · Unlimited orders, always
- · Weekly restore-drill receipts
Starter
- · 1,000 products, 30 days of history
- · Inventory snapshots and restore
- · Unlimited orders, always
- · Weekly restore-drill receipts
Founding Growth
- · 10,000 products, 90 days of history
- · Half price for the first 100 stores
- · Inventory snapshots and restore
- · Unlimited orders, always
- · Weekly restore-drill receipts
Growth
- · 10,000 products, 90 days of history
- · Inventory snapshots and restore
- · Unlimited orders, always
- · Weekly restore-drill receipts
Founding Pro
- · Half price for the first 100 stores
- · Inventory snapshots and restore
- · Unlimited orders, always
- · Unlimited products, 365-day history
- · Weekly restore-drill receipts
Pro
- · Inventory snapshots and restore
- · Unlimited orders, always
- · Unlimited products, 365-day history
- · Weekly restore-drill receipts
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.
StoreVault backs up products, collections, pages, blogs, navigation and themes as they change, keeping every version; inventory levels on paid plans. When an import, a bulk edit or an app goes wrong, restore one record: approve a plan listing what changes, then undo it if needed. Stored copies are re-read and compared with your store, and the result is emailed either way.
- 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.
- Restore one record after a bad edit, without touching the rest of the store
- Approve a plan first: see exactly what will change before anything is written
- Undo a restore: the state before every write is saved automatically
- Emailed drills prove your backup works before you ever need it
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 |  StoreVault |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StoreVault |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StoreVault |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $4.50/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 7 |
Listing
| Measure | Lifeboat | StoreVault |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #598 | #426(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 14, 2026 |
| Languages | 12 | 1 |
| Developer | simple-extensions | Steadyware |
FAQ
Lifeboat and StoreVault: common questions
- Is Lifeboat or StoreVault cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $4.50/month for StoreVault. 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. 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 StoreVault; 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 StoreVault. 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.