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Home inventory apps, compared honestly.

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Best home inventory apps in 2026: an honest comparison

The best home inventory app depends on who you are. Here are the household inventory apps worth a look in 2026, what each is best for, and where each falls short, from the people who make BoxTrack.

Moving abroad

Best app for a moving abroad inventory and customs list

Moving abroad usually means a box-by-box list with used values for customs, often in Excel. Here's which apps and templates can produce one, and what no app does for you.

Free apps

Best free home inventory app: what each free plan really gets you

The NAIC Home Inventory app is fully free. Most other "free" home inventory apps cap how many things you can list. Here's what each free plan's limit means for a real home.

Android

Best home inventory app for Android

Many of the newest home inventory apps are iPhone only. Here are the ones that work on Android, which are still being updated, and which also work with an iPhone in the same house.

Insurance

Best home inventory app for insurance claims

What insurers ask for after a loss, the difference between replacement cost and actual cash value, and which home inventory apps make a report you can actually send.

iPhone

Best home inventory app for iPhone

iPhone has the most home inventory apps to choose from. The real difference between them is where your list is kept: on the phone, in your iCloud, or online. Here's an honest guide.

Renters

Best home inventory app for renters

Renters insurance covers your things, not the landlord's. The best home inventory app for renters lists only what's yours and moves with you. Here are the picks, honestly.

Moving

Best moving inventory app for packing and tracking boxes

A moving box inventory app should list each box as you pack it, print a QR label for it, and tell you on delivery day which box didn't arrive. Here are the options, honestly compared.

PCS moves

Best PCS move inventory app for military families

On a PCS move the movers write their own inventory. Yours, with photos, serial numbers and values, is what backs up a claim. Here's what to use for it, and the deadlines to know.

QR bin labels

Best QR code app for storage bins and totes

SnapFind, ToteScan, Scanlily, BoxyID, Sortly, BoxTrack and more all put QR labels on bins. The differences are in who can scan them, how you make the labels, and how the list gets filled in.

Storage units

Best storage unit inventory app

A storage unit is a drive away, so its inventory has to answer "is it there, and where?" before you leave the house. The apps and lists that do that, compared honestly.

BoxTrack vs other apps

Home Inventory (Mac)

Binary Formations Home Inventory alternative: the Mac app is now Under My Roof

Binary Formations' Home Inventory for the Mac has been replaced by Under My Roof. If you still use the old app, here's where to go next, including options off the Mac.

Asset Vault

BoxTrack vs Asset Vault for a home inventory with AI

Asset Vault is an iPhone home inventory app where a photo suggests an item's name, brand and value, with receipt scanning, LiDAR room scans and an insurance PDF. BoxTrack does photos in the browser and adds box labels. How to choose.

Bevel

BoxTrack vs Bevel for a home inventory and insurance claims

Bevel was started after the 2025 Los Angeles fires to help people list what they lost for insurance. BoxTrack is a home, moving and storage inventory. Both use AI on your photos. Here's how they differ.

ElephantTrax

BoxTrack vs ElephantTrax for storage and moving boxes

ElephantTrax is an established iPhone app for QR-labeled storage boxes, with AI tags that make photos searchable. BoxTrack labels boxes too and uses AI to fill in names and values. How they differ.

HomeBox

BoxTrack vs HomeBox, the self-hosted home inventory

HomeBox is a free, open-source home inventory you run on your own server, with QR labels. BoxTrack is a hosted app with photo AI. Here's who each one is for.

HomeZada

BoxTrack vs HomeZada for your home inventory

HomeZada is a whole-home management app with an inventory inside. BoxTrack is an inventory, box-label and moving app. Here's how to choose.

Itemtopia

BoxTrack vs Itemtopia

Itemtopia tracks your belongings, warranties and receipts on almost every device. BoxTrack focuses on fast photo inventories, box labels and moving. An honest comparison.

Nest Egg

BoxTrack vs Nest Egg Inventory for a home inventory

Nest Egg is an iPhone and iPad home inventory app that keeps your data on the device and fills in items from their barcodes. BoxTrack is a browser app that fills them in from photos. How to choose.

Scanlily

BoxTrack vs Scanlily for storage bins and home organization

Scanlily builds an inventory from a video you narrate and sells QR stickers anyone can scan. BoxTrack builds one from photos and prints QR labels on standard sticker sheets. An honest comparison.

SnapFind

BoxTrack vs SnapFind for storage bins with AI and QR labels

SnapFind is a new iPhone app that tags what's in a photo of a bin and links it to a QR label, which is very close to what BoxTrack does. Here's an honest look at where they differ.

Sortly

BoxTrack vs Sortly, and Sortly alternatives for home and moving

Sortly is inventory software for small businesses. BoxTrack is for your home, your move and your storage boxes. An honest comparison of what each one does.

NAIC

BoxTrack vs the NAIC Home Inventory app

The NAIC's free home inventory app is made by state insurance regulators. Here's how it compares with BoxTrack, and who should use which.

ToteScan

BoxTrack vs ToteScan for labeling storage totes

ToteScan is a free phone app for labeling storage totes, with its own printable or pre-printed labels. BoxTrack labels boxes too, and adds photo AI, values and moving tools. Which fits you?

Under My Roof

BoxTrack vs Under My Roof Home Inventory+

Under My Roof is a polished Apple app for your home inventory and home maintenance, synced through your own iCloud. BoxTrack runs in any browser and adds box labels and moving tools. An honest comparison.

Encircle

Encircle alternative: the Encircle home inventory app has shut down. What now?

Encircle ended its free home inventory app for homeowners on December 17, 2025. Here are the alternatives for keeping your home inventory, including free ones.

Know Your Stuff

Know Your Stuff alternative: the Insurance Information Institute's home inventory app is gone. What to use now

Know Your Stuff, the free home inventory app from the Insurance Information Institute, is listed as discontinued. Here are the alternatives, free and paid, and what each one is best for.

Apps vs other ways

Paper

Home inventory app vs a notebook or printed checklist

A printed checklist is a great way to start a home inventory. Here's where paper works, where it doesn't after a loss, and how to use both.

Spreadsheet

Home inventory app vs a spreadsheet: which should you use?

A spreadsheet is free and works. An app saves typing and keeps photos with each thing. Here's how to choose, and how to get the best of both.

Video

Home inventory app vs a video walk-through

Filming every room is the fastest home inventory you can make. Here's what a video alone misses after a claim, and how to turn it into a list.

Phone photos

Home inventory app vs just keeping photos on your phone

Photos in your camera roll are a start, but after a loss they're hard to turn into the list an insurer asks for. Here's what's missing and how to fix it.

Marker vs QR

QR code box labels vs writing on moving boxes

A marker is free and fast. A QR label shows everything inside the box when you scan it. When each makes sense, and how to use both.

Mover's inventory

Your own moving inventory vs the mover's inventory sheet

Movers write their own inventory at pickup, and it's the official record. Here's why keeping your own list with photos still matters if something is lost or broken.