Rewind Backups vs Rewindly ‑ Product Watchdog
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 5, 2026 for Rewind Backups, Oct 21, 2026 for Rewindly.
The short answer
- Only Rewindly lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Rewind Backups and $7.99/month for Rewindly.
- Rewindly lists 4 features Rewind Backups’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom alerts, Multi-channel, Notification rules.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Backup + Restore
- · 365 day backup history
- · Automated daily & real-time backups
- · Available premium support
- · Bulk & individual restores
- · Klaviyo & Mailchimp backups
- · Metafield backups
Protection Suite
- · All Backup + Restore features
- · Automated QA testing
- · Available premium support
- · Bulk product change alerts
- · GA4 monitoring
- · Staging environment with preview
Free
- · 30 days of version history
- · 30 email alerts per month
- · 5 one-click restores per month
- · All alert rules, in-app alerts
- · Up to 100 products tracked
Starter
- · 90 days of version history
- · Unlimited email alerts
- · Unlimited one-click restores
- · Up to 1,000 products tracked
- · Version compare (field-by-field diff)
Pro
- · EU/UK Omnibus price notice on your store
- · Everything in Starter
- · Full version history
- · Point-in-time bulk rollback
- · Slack alerts
- · Unlimited products tracked
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureRewind Backups protects your store by automatically backing up products, themes, collections, customer data, and more. As AI tools like Shopify Magic and AI toolkit reshape how you manage your store, changes happen faster than ever. When a mistake, app error, or import issue happens, you can restore your store or individual items with just one click.
Rewindly automatically captures a full snapshot of every product create, update, and delete - no setup, no theme edits. It alerts you to risky changes (big value drops, draft flips, zero inventory, bulk edits) in an in-app feed and by email, lets you compare versions and undo mistakes in one click, and keeps your full edit history. For EU/UK markets it tracks the 30-day lowest value for Omnibus compliance.
- Automatic real-time, daily, and on-demand backups.
- Restore multiple items at once, like an entire collection or brand.
- Undo individual items, bulk restore, or recover your entire store.
- Get store monitoring to prevent lost revenue with Rewind Protection Suite.
- Automatic product change tracking: every edit captured, no setup needed
- Smart alerts for typos, draft flips, zero stock & bulk edits
- One-click undo, version compare, and EU Omnibus price compliance
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 |  Rewind Backups |  Rewindly |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Rewind Backups | Rewindly |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.3 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 632 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 2 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 57% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Rewind Backups | Rewindly |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month | $7.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Rewind Backups | Rewindly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #14 | #101 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jan 5, 2016 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Rewind | Obarito |
FAQ
Rewind Backups and Rewindly: common questions
- Is Rewind Backups or Rewindly cheaper?
- Only Rewindly lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Rewind Backups and $7.99/month for Rewindly. 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?
- Rewindly lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Custom alerts, Multi-channel, Notification rules, Staff notifications. 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 Nov 5, 2026 for Rewind Backups, Oct 21, 2026 for Rewindly; 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 Nov 5, 2026 for Rewind Backups, Oct 21, 2026 for Rewindly. 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.