Head to head
Sortly is an inventory tracker built for businesses and their teams. Cratify is built for homes: your possessions, your collections and the people you live with.
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The short version
Both apps keep track of what you have and where it is. Here are three differences you'll notice at home.
Cratify Lifetime is $49.99 once and never renews. Sortly's paid plans are monthly or yearly subscriptions, from $49 a month billed monthly, as of October 2026.
Sharing is included on every Cratify plan, including the free one. Sortly's free plan includes 1 user, and more user seats come with its paid plans.
Print a QR code for any possession or container on any printer, free on every Cratify plan, or scan the name you already wrote with Handmarks. Sortly's label creation starts on its Advanced plan.
Side by side
Every row here was confirmed for both apps. Sortly's details come from its own website and App Store listing.
| Compare | Cratify | Sortly |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's built forThe tools an app adds follow from who it's for. | Homes: your possessions, your collections and your household, including who owns what. |
Businesses and their teams. Its App Store subtitle is “Inventory Tracker for Business”, and its site lists industries from construction and medical to retail, plus home inventory. |
| Free planWhat you can do before paying anything. | 250 possessions, 50 containers, 2 locations, 5 rooms, 50 AI scans a month, and sharing with your household. |
100 unique items and 1 user. |
| Paid plansAs of October 2026. Check whether the price repeats. | Lifetime: $49.99 once, a launch price rising to $99 on Dec 1, 2026. It never renews. |
Subscriptions. Advanced is $49 a month billed monthly (500 items, 2 users), or $288 for the first year billed yearly. Higher plans go up to 5,000 items, and Enterprise is priced on request. 14-day free trial on paid plans. |
| OrganizingReal 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. |
Custom folders you arrange however you like, plus custom fields and tags. |
| Who can use itEveryone 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. |
User seats by plan: 1 on Free, 2 on Advanced, 5 on Ultra and 8 on Premium, with customizable user access. |
| QR codes and labelsTelling what's in a container without opening it. | Print a QR code for any possession or container on any printer, free on every plan. Handmarks scan the name you already wrote (adding them comes with Lifetime). |
Barcode and QR code scanning in the mobile app. Creating QR and barcode labels starts on the Advanced plan. |
| DevicesAdd on your phone, then review on a bigger screen. | iPhone, Android and the web, all in sync. |
iPhone, iPad, Android and a web app. |
Sortly details were checked on sortly.com and its App Store listing on October 3, 2026. Plans and prices change, so check Sortly's pricing page for the latest.
Fair is fair
Sortly does a lot that Cratify doesn't try to do. If these sound like you, it may be the better fit.
Both apps have a free plan, so you can try each one with a few of your own possessions before you decide.
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
Sortly describes itself as an inventory tracker for business, with tools such as low-stock alerts, pick lists, purchase orders and accounting integrations. Cratify is built for homes: your possessions, your collections and the people you live with, including who owns what.
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.
Yes. Sharing is included on every Cratify plan, including Basic. Share a location, a room or a single container with the people you live with, as editor or view-only. As of October 2026, Sortly's free plan includes 1 user, and its paid plans add more user seats.
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. Cratify runs on iPhone, Android and the web, all in sync, so you can add possessions on your phone and review or print labels on your computer. Sortly also offers iOS and Android apps and a web app.
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