Why I built this

When I bought my first house I wanted to keep track of what I had. What I owned, where it was, what it was worth. Seemed like a reasonable thing to do, especially for insurance.

I looked at apps. They were either enterprise tools built for IT departments and priced for IT budgets, or they let you add 50 items free and then wanted a monthly subscription to track the rest of your house. There wasn't much in between.

So I built one. I wanted to photograph things, record serial numbers, note where stuff was in the house, and have it work without an internet connection. None of that should cost money just to do. That's why the core app is free with no item limits.

I added NFC support early on because the idea of tapping a sticker to a shelf to instantly see what's on it was too good not to build. It turned out to be the thing people like most.

Where it is now

It's used by a lot of people now. Mostly homeowners doing exactly what I was doing, but also tradespeople tracking tools across job sites, small businesses running stocktakes, and people keeping records of equipment for tax purposes. I didn't set out to build for all of those use cases but the same underlying thing turns out to be useful across all of them.

The thinking hasn't changed since day one: a homeowner should be able to catalog their belongings for free. The free version covers everything most people need. No account required and nothing that expires. Paid plans add power-user features like multiple inventories, cloud sync, and the web app. If you just want to track what you own, you won't need them.

I'm a software developer with 20 years of experience and I still build and maintain it myself. My partner helps with support queries. We use modern development practices including AI-assisted development, which means a small team can move at a pace that would previously have needed a much larger one. Every decision still goes through people who use the app themselves and want it to be good.

Stewart