Compare home inventory apps
Coffee & Code LLC ·Owning things isn't one task. You need to know what you have, take care of it while it's yours, and eventually pass it along or let it go. Most apps are built around acquiring more. Stuffolio is built around understanding what's already here. This page is a calm, honest comparison so you can pick what fits your household.
Two Approaches: Snapshot vs Lifecycle
"Home inventory" can mean different things. Most apps do a great job with a snapshot: what you own, where it is, and how to export a report. Stuffolio is built around something slightly different: ownership changes over time, and the history becomes useful.
Snapshot inventory
Best when the goal is documentation: insurance, moves, audits, and organizing by rooms/boxes.
- "What do we own right now?"
- Photos, categories, locations
- Exports & reports
- Often optimized for labeling, folders, and simple workflows
Lifecycle ownership (Stuffolio)
Best when the goal is decisions over time: coverage changes, repairs, support claims, and remembering what was actually worth buying.
- Acquire → Own → Move On
- Warranty phases (what's covered now, not just expiration)
- Support/claim context (case numbers, RMAs, outcomes)
- Decision memory: "Would I buy this again?"
Research the item, find manuals and DIY help/parts, and make a smarter purchase decision.
Warranties, coverage phases, maintenance, repairs, recall alerts, and support/claim history.
Use the Keep, Repair, Replace Advisor for category-aware decisions, track donations for tax deductions, record "would buy again," and pass along with context.
"This dishwasher: $400 to repair, $700 to replace. It is 9 years old. The advisor weighs age, brand history, and category before suggesting a path."
Feature Comparison
Every app in this list handles the basics: photos, categories, notes, and export. The rows highlighted below show where they differ — features only Stuffolio offers are marked with a subtle highlight.
"Not documented" means we couldn't verify it from public sources.
| Feature | Stuffolio | Under My Roof | Itemtopia | Home Contents | Nest Egg | Everspruce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Vision |
| Quick Item Entry | ✓ Photo, voice, receipt scan, import | ✓ Voice entry mode | ✓ Voice, receipt forward | ✓ Quick camera mode | ✓ Barcode auto-fill | ✓ Batch mode |
| AI Item Identification | ✓ Stuff Scout (photos) | ◐ Apple Intelligence | ✓ Item Intelligence | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI Product Research | ✓ Manuals, parts, values | ✗ | ◐ Value estimation | ✗ | ◐ Online price check | ✗ |
| Warranty Tracking | ✓ With coverage phases | ✓ Standard + renewable | ✓ Expiry reminders | ◐ Basic info storage | ◐ Expiry alerts | ◐ Date field (Plus only) |
| Coverage Phases (Full → Parts Only) | ✓ | Not documented | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Component-Based Warranties | ✓ Per-part coverage | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Product Recall Alerts (CPSC) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| RMA/Claim Tracking | ✓ Full workflow | ✓ Claims management | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Support Call Logging | ✓ Rep names, case numbers | Not documented | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Maintenance Reminders | ✓ Category-based | ✓ With notifications | ◐ Uses AI | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Keep, Repair, Replace Advisor | ✓ Category-routed: same-ecosystem first, specialists for heirlooms | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Product Ratings | ✓ 1–5 stars + "Buy Again" | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Value Tracking Over Time | ✓ Snapshots + depreciation | ◐ Multiple valuations | ✗ | ✓ Purchase values | ✗ | ◐ Current value (Plus) |
| Price Watch (Replacement Cost) | ✓ History, alerts, charts | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Insurance Documentation | ✓ Profile + claim prep | ✓ Coverage analysis | ◐ Export | ✓ PDF reports | ◐ CSV/HTML export | ✓ Export |
| Donation Tracking (Tax Deductions) | ✓ FMV + tax records | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Estate/Legacy Planning | ✓ Legacy Wishes | ◐ Heir assignment | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Loan Tracking (Lend/Borrow) | ✓ With reminders | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Lending tracker | ✗ |
| iCloud Sync | ✓ Your iCloud | ✓ Your iCloud | ◐ Cloud sync | ◐ iCloud or WiFi | ◐ iCloud/Dropbox | ◐ Cloud backup |
| Family Sharing (Apple) | ✓ Included | ✓ Included | ◐ Per-user pricing | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Up to 3 users free |
| Household Sharing (Real-time) | ✓ Real-time sync + permissions | Not documented | Not documented | ✗ | ✗ | Not documented |
| Barcode Scanning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ 7+ formats | ✗ | ✓ UPC auto-lookup | ✓ QR codes |
| Languages | English | English | English | English | 32 languages | English |
| Siri & System Integration | ✓ 25+ commands, Spotlight, Widgets, Visual Intelligence | ◐ Siri Shortcuts | ◐ Siri, Widgets | ◐ Basic Siri | ✗ | ◐ Basic Siri |
| Export Formats | CSV, PDF, Excel | CSV | CSV, receipts | PDF reports | CSV, HTML | CSV, PDF |
| Pricing | Free + optional AI ($3.99/mo or $19.99/yr) | Free (10 items) or $34.99/yr | Free (20 items) or ~$50–79/yr | Free (25 items) or $5.99 one-time | Free lite or ~$5–10 IAP | Free (50 items) or subscription |
✓ = Supported ◐ = Partial/Limited ✗ = Not available Not documented = Could not verify
AI assistance when you ask — silent when you don't.
Unlike apps that analyze data continuously in the background, Stuffolio's AI runs only when you explicitly ask for help.
What "lifecycle" looks like in practice
A lifecycle approach only matters if it helps on real days: the day something breaks, the day you're on hold with support, and the day you're deciding whether to buy that brand again.
Warranty coverage phases
Many warranties change over time: full coverage early on, parts-only later. Some products have different periods per component. When something fails, Stuffolio shows what you're covered for today.
"Year 1: full coverage. Years 2 and 3: parts only. After year 3: out of coverage but still repairable."
Recall alerts
Stuffolio checks your items against the CPSC recall database. If something you own is recalled, you'll know. None of the other apps in this comparison offer recall monitoring.
Support and claims history
Case numbers, rep names, what was promised, RMA details, outcomes. Boring until the third call, when it becomes the whole point.
Price Watch
That mixer you paid $350 for in 2022 costs $550 to replace today. Price Watch tracks replacement costs with history charts and alerts so you're never under-insured.
Donation tracking
Stuffolio tracks donations with fair market value so you have documentation at tax time. Organized data instead of scattered receipts.
Decision memory
Rate every item. Track "Would I buy this again?" Five years from now, you'll remember what held up and what didn't.
Privacy
Your inventory syncs through your iCloud, not ours. AI features send only what's needed for that query. We don't see your data and don't use it to train models.
Who is this for?
Stuffolio fits best when knowing what you own isn't enough and you need to decide what to do about it.
Homeowners with insurance
You need proof of what you own and what it would cost to replace. Stuffolio tracks replacement costs over time and generates documentation reports with photos and receipts for insurance purposes.
Thrift shoppers and resellers
You find deals at thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales. Stuff Scout researches items from photos — era, maker, comparable values — Price Watch tracks what they're worth over time, and the full history travels with the item if you sell it later. Not just a flipping calculator — a place for everything you decide to keep.
People managing warranties
You're tired of digging through emails for case numbers and coverage details. Stuffolio keeps the full support history and tracks coverage phases so you know exactly what's still covered.
Families planning ahead
You want to document who gets what. Legacy Wishes lets you record intentions privately, shared only with the people you choose.
Anyone who's been burned by a bad product
You wish you'd remembered that the last one from that brand was terrible. Product ratings and the "Would I buy this again?" field build that memory over time.
Downsizers
You're downsizing or simplifying. Stuffolio tracks what you donate (with fair market value for tax deductions), what you sell, and what you let go. Legacy Wishes lets you earmark specific items for specific people — so the "Move On" phase is just as intentional as the "Own" phase.
If you mostly need a quick catalog for a move, a snapshot app may be a better fit. The section below has recommendations.
Where others excel
In fairness, here are areas where other apps may be a better match:
- Under My Roof is the most direct competitor for households tracking their belongings — an App Store Editors' Choice with 21 years of lineage. Where UMR is ahead today: 3D room scanning, renovation tracking with before/after photos, custom barcode printing, paint color tracking, and household supplies with low-stock alerts. Where Stuffolio is ahead: AI item identification (Stuff Scout), the AI Product Assistant, the Repair-Keep-Replace Advisor, and category-specific marketplace pricing.
- Itemtopia serves homeowners, small businesses, property managers, and collectors with one app — useful if you genuinely need the breadth. It can also generate AI-written sell listings with dedicated webpages and supports email receipt forwarding and 7+ barcode formats.
- Sortly is built for business inventory — teams, warehouses, multi-user permissions, $24–$449/month tiers. If that's your use case, it's a different category of product than the personal/household apps on this page; we didn't include it in the feature comparison.
- Home Contents is the most affordable option at $5.99 one-time and ranks #1 on the App Store for "home inventory." The app hasn't been updated since September 2025, so the price-to-feature ratio depends on whether you mind shipping behavior frozen at that snapshot.
- Nest Egg supports 32 languages — far more than any competitor. It also has a lending/borrowing tracker and barcode auto-fill from a large UPC database.
- Everspruce is an Editor's Choice app that ships frequently (last update May 30, 2026) and ranks well for "digital inventory." It's a strong fit for snapshot inventory; Stuffolio's lifecycle features (warranty phases, Repair-Keep-Replace, Legacy Wishes) sit on top of inventory rather than alongside it.
- Memento Database is hard to beat for technical users who want to design their own database structure.
There isn't one "best" app. The best choice depends on what you want to accomplish. If what you want is a static catalog, you may prefer a snapshot-first app. If what you want is ownership history that helps future decisions, Stuffolio is built for that.
No other home inventory app researches items from photos like Stuff Scout does. Stuff Scout is a built-in feature of Stuffolio, not a separate app. It researches era, maker, approximate value, and what makes a piece noteworthy — and it will name an item too, if you don't know what it is yet. Below, we show how it compares to dedicated identifier apps so you can see what you're getting as part of your inventory.
What Stuff Scout adds to your inventory
Stuff Scout is a feature, not a standalone product. The comparison below uses dedicated identification apps as the closest competitive set, because identification is the most photo-AI feature people already shop for. Scout's real work is the enrichment bundle around the name — era, maker, value, noteworthiness.
"Not documented" means we couldn't verify it from public sources.
| Feature | Stuff Scout (Stuffolio) | ValueMyStuff | Curio | Relico | Marcel | Antique Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, Web | iPhone, iPad | iPhone | iPhone | iPhone |
| Category Breadth | ✓ Thrift finds, vintage, collectibles, modern, tools, anything | ✓ Antiques, art, jewelry, collectibles | ✓ Antiques, art, collectibles | ◐ Antiques, vintage | ◐ Antiques, art, furniture | ◐ Antiques, art, collectibles |
| Multi-Photo Analysis | ✓ Primary + detail angles (maker's marks, labels, back) | ✓ Multiple uploads | ◐ Single photo | ◐ Single photo | ◐ Single photo | ◐ Single photo |
| Natural Language Refinement | ✓ Story-first: "It was my grandmother's, from Germany in the 1940s" | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Confidence Gate | ✓ Asks "Is this right?" before saving | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Context Veracity | ✓ Evaluates your notes critically; speculation treated as hypothesis | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Category-Specific Valuation | ✓ Routes to category-specific marketplaces | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Value Estimation | ✓ Multi-source (eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, etc.) | ✓ Expert appraisals | ✓ AI estimates | ✓ AI estimates | ✓ AI estimates | ✓ AI estimates |
| Expert Human Appraisal | ✗ | ✓ Certified appraisers | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Recent Sold Comparables | ✓ With platform, date, condition, links | ◐ | ◐ | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented |
| Historical Context / Provenance | ✓ Era, manufacturer, cultural significance | ✓ Expert research | ✓ Specialist-grade research | ◐ Basic history | ◐ Basic history | ◐ Basic history |
| Analysis Depth Options | ✓ Quick ID (~15s), With Pricing (~35s), Full Appraisal (~55s) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Save to Full Inventory | ✓ One-tap save with warranties, insurance, lifecycle | ✗ | ◐ Own collection | ◐ Own collection | ✗ | ✗ |
| Receipt Scanning (OCR) | ✓ Auto-fills store, date, price | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pricing | Included free + AI ($3.99/mo or $19.99/yr) | From $9.99/appraisal or subscription | $39.99/yr | Free + premium | Free + premium | Free + premium |
✓ = Supported ◐ = Partial/Limited ✗ = Not available Not documented = Could not verify
What makes Stuff Scout different
You can talk to it
After Scout identifies an item, it asks: "Is this right?" Say "Almost" and you can add context in plain language. "It was my grandmother's, from Germany in the 1940s" tells the AI more than a dropdown ever could. The AI now evaluates your notes critically: specific facts (serial numbers, maker's marks) get verified against visual evidence, while speculation ("I think it might be...") gets investigated, not accepted blindly.
Real example: a violin scanned from photos alone was estimated at $300-500. Adding the maker's mark (Ernst Roth) raised it to $800-1,200. Adding the serial number and date (1945) reached $4,500.
Three depth levels
Quick ID (~15s) at the flea market. With Pricing (~35s) when you're deciding whether to buy. Full Appraisal (~55s) for the complete picture: history, collector notes, research tips, and marketplace comparables.
Research it, then take care of it
Dedicated identifier apps stop at "here's what it is." In Stuffolio, the scan is the first step of ownership. One tap saves the result — with its era, maker, value, and noteworthiness bundle — and from there you track warranties, monitor value, document for insurance, and plan who gets it someday.
When a dedicated identifier might be a better fit
If identification is your only need and you don't need inventory management, these apps are worth a look:
- ValueMyStuff connects you to certified human appraisers. If you need a formal valuation for insurance or estate purposes, a human expert carries weight that AI cannot.
- Curio is the most established collector identification app with 11,000+ ratings. Great for collection management without the full inventory overhead.
- Relico and Marcel offer fast AI identification with clean, focused interfaces.
- Antique Identifier covers a similar range for antiques and collectibles at a lower price point.
Stuff Scout's advantage is context: the identification flows into your inventory, where you track warranties, document for insurance, monitor value over time, and plan who gets it someday. It's not a better identifier. It's an identifier built into a better ownership system.
How Stuff Scout compares to thrift & flipping tools
Dedicated flipping apps help you buy low and sell high. Stuffolio helps you buy, keep, track, and eventually sell or pass along. Different tools for different goals.
- Underpriced AI ($12/mo, 30 scans) pulls resale pricing from eBay, Poshmark, Mercari, and more. Great if flipping is your only goal.
- ThriftAI (subscription) offers real-time AI item recognition with profit calculators and fee estimates.
- WorthPoint (subscription) is a deep database of sold auction prices going back decades. Best for obscure items with auction history.
Stuff Scout's advantage: identification is just the start. The item flows into your inventory, where you track what you paid vs. what it's worth now, document it for insurance, monitor value over time, and decide when to flip, keep, donate, or pass it on. Not just a flipping calculator — a place for everything you decide to keep.
See how it all works together on the Features page: warranty phases, AI identification, recall alerts, donation tracking, and more.
Cost Comparison Calculator
Most inventory apps charge for the basics. Stuffolio doesn't: the app is free to download, with every core inventory feature included. To keep the comparison fair, the calculator below adds the optional AI subscription — so you're measuring Stuffolio's most expensive case against competitors' standard pricing.
Stuffolio
Under My Roof
Itemtopia
Home Contents
Nest Egg
Without AI, Stuffolio costs $0 — the full inventory app is free, and stays that way. The optional AI subscription is the only thing you'd ever pay for, and you can cancel it anytime.
* Prices based on publicly listed rates as of June 2026. Home Contents and Nest Egg are one-time purchases — if a simple catalog is what you need, they're hard to beat on price. Stuffolio's value is the lifecycle features beyond a catalog (warranty phases, Keep, Repair, Replace Advisor, Decision Memory, Legacy Wishes).
Take care of what you own
Built around the assumption that you already have enough, and you'd like to make sense of it.
Or read about the five moments that lead people to Stuffolio — researching what you own, capturing what you just brought home, family planning, gear worth maintaining, and the moment something just broke.