Us vs the others
Cratify is built around your possessions, your collections and your household. Here's what to check in any home inventory app, and how Cratify answers each one.
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The short version
Plenty of apps can keep a list. Cratify keeps track of what you own, where it is, and whose it is.
Snap a photo and AI names it. File each one in a container, a room and a place, then find it again in seconds.
One list for the camping gear or the holiday decorations, wherever each piece is kept. Check each piece off as you pack.
Note whose each possession is, from the kids to the dog, and share with the people you live with. Sharing is on every plan.
Side by side
The questions worth asking any app you're considering, with Cratify's answers next to the spreadsheet most people start with.
| What to check | Cratify | A spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|
| Adding possessionsA whole home is hundreds of possessions. Entry speed decides whether you finish. | Snap a photo and AI names it, with a suggested category, description and tags. 50 AI scans a month free, unlimited with Lifetime. |
You type each row and attach photos yourself. |
| Finding it againThe reason you built the inventory in the first place. | Search covers names, descriptions, categories, tags, containers, rooms, people and collections, forgives typos, and includes what your household shares with you. |
Find matches the words you typed. |
| Where it's keptReal homes nest: a container on a shelf, in a closet, in a room. | Containers inside containers, in rooms and places. Open any container to see everything inside it, all the way down, with totals. |
Location columns you keep up to date. |
| CollectionsHoliday decorations and camping gear are rarely kept in one spot. | One list across rooms, containers and places. Check each piece off as you pack, or send the list as a PDF. |
A filter or a separate tab. |
| Who owns whatIn a shared home, “whose is this?” matters as much as “where is it?” | Every possession can belong to someone, even people who don't use Cratify. Each person gets a page with what's theirs. |
An owner column you add. |
| SharingEveryone who lives there should be able to look it up. | Share a location, a room or a single container, as editor or view-only. Included on every plan. |
Share the file. |
| What's in a containerSeeing what's inside without opening it. | Handmarks: scan the name you already wrote on it (adding them comes with Lifetime). Or print its QR code on any printer. |
Not built in. |
| Phone and computerAdd on your phone, then review and print on a bigger screen. | iPhone, Android and the web, all in sync. |
Wherever your spreadsheet app runs. |
| What it costsCheck the free limits, and whether the price repeats every month. | Free for up to 250 possessions. Lifetime is $49.99 once, a launch price rising to $99 on Dec 1, 2026. It never renews. |
Usually free. |
Comparing a specific app? Ask it the same nine questions; its own website and store listing have its current answers. Or start with our head-to-head pages.
Adding possessions
Point your camera at a shelf, a closet or a garage wall. Multi-Scan finds each possession in the photo, names it and files it in that container, and you can fix any name it got wrong.
New in Cratify · Handmarks · No labels to buy
Many home inventory apps rely on you buying their QR labels. With Handmarks, whatever is already on a container becomes the code you scan: a strip of tape with a name on it, marker on the cardboard, or a kid's drawing.
Adding Handmarks comes with Lifetime. Scanning a Handmark someone in your household added is free on every plan.
Rather have a code? Every possession and container also has its own QR code you can print on any printer, free on every plan.
Pricing
Your home isn't something you rent month to month, and knowing what's in it shouldn't come with a monthly bill.
Launch price
New accounts can try Lifetime free for 3 days first, with no card and no automatic charge.
FAQ
Check how quickly you can add possessions, whether search finds them when you misspell something, whether it handles containers inside containers, whether your household can share it and note who owns what, how you tell what's in a container without opening it, which devices it runs on, and what it costs over time. The table on this page shows Cratify's answer to each.
Yes. The Basic tier gives you 250 possessions, 50 containers, 2 locations, 5 rooms and 50 AI scans per month, free, with no credit card. When you need more, Lifetime unlocks everything for one payment of $49.99 (launch price, rising to $99 on Dec 1, 2026). New accounts can try Lifetime free for 3 days first, with no card and no automatic charge.
No. Lifetime is one payment that unlocks unlimited possessions and AI identification, Multi-Scan, adding Handmarks, product barcode scanning and every future feature. It never renews.
No. With Handmarks, whatever is already on a container becomes the code you scan: a name on a strip of tape, marker on the cardboard, or a kid's drawing. Adding Handmarks comes with Lifetime, and scanning one someone in your household added is free on every plan. If you'd rather use codes, every possession and container has its own QR code you can print on any printer, free on every plan.
Yes. Share a location, a room or a single container with the people you live with, as editor or view-only. Sharing is included on every plan, including Basic. You can also record who each possession belongs to, even someone who doesn't use Cratify, like a young child.
iPhone, Android and the web. Your inventory syncs across all your devices, so you can add possessions on your phone and review or print labels on your computer.
Yes. Your inventory is private by default and visible only to the people you share with, and you can export or delete your data at any time.
Head to head
Side-by-side pages for the apps and methods people weigh against Cratify.
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