Best Home Inventory Apps in 2026: Compared & Ranked

Short answer: match the app to the job. If you mainly need an insurance-ready catalogue of your belongings, Sortly is the cleanest. For claim-grade documentation, Encircle. If you want to track your home as an asset with budgets and maintenance, HomeZada. And if you want home inventory to live alongside the tasks, calendar and shopping your household already runs each week, with maintenance and warranty reminders built in, that is OneHaus.

Most "home inventory" apps are really insurance catalogues: you photograph what you own so you can prove it later. Fewer apps connect that inventory to the thing that actually keeps a home running, which is maintenance: when the boiler was last serviced, when a warranty expires, when the car is due its MOT. This guide compares the strongest options for 2026 on both jobs, plus pricing and platforms. Pricing was last checked in June 2026.

Inventory vs Maintenance: Two Different Jobs

A home inventory answers the question "what do I own, and what is it worth?" That matters for insurance, for moving, and for replacing things after a burglary or a flood. The best inventory apps make capture fast (photos, barcodes, serial numbers) and make reports easy to hand to an insurer.

Home maintenance answers a different question: "what needs attention, and when?" Appliances need servicing, warranties lapse, filters get changed, vehicles need their annual check. This is where the mental load hides, because it is invisible until something breaks or a warranty has just expired.

A few apps try to do both, and a household app can fold both into the same place you already track chores and the calendar. As you read the shortlist, be honest about which job you actually need solved, because the best app for pure cataloguing is not the best app for keeping a home maintained.

The Apps

OneHaus

OneHaus is an AI-powered household management app that includes home inventory as part of a wider system: tasks, a shared calendar, shopping lists and recipes all live in the same app. Home inventory lets you log appliances, vehicles, pets, warranties and important documents, with expiry dates and reminders so a lapsing warranty or an overdue service surfaces before it becomes a problem.

The difference from a pure catalogue is context. Because inventory sits next to your tasks and calendar, a reminder to service the boiler or renew the car's cover becomes an actual task the household can see and share, not a note in a separate app nobody opens. The AI assistant lets you add items and reminders in plain language, so you can say "log the new dishwasher, warranty expires March 2029" without filling in a form.

OneHaus runs on iPhone, in any web browser, and through connected AI assistants. It is privacy-first and does not use your data for advertising. It is free to download, with a 7-day trial and then a single household subscription that covers everyone.

Best for: households that want inventory and maintenance to live alongside everyday home life, not in a standalone catalogue.

HomeZada

HomeZada is the broadest home management platform of the group. It combines home inventory with maintenance schedules, renovation budgets, property value tracking and financial summaries, and it includes an AI assistant called Zada AI. You can catalogue possessions room by room with photos, serial numbers, receipts and valuations, generate replacement-cost and insurance-ready reports, and schedule recurring maintenance.

That breadth is its strength and its cost: it is comprehensive, but the added financial and maintenance tools add complexity, and it is more app than some households need. Available on mobile and web. The Essentials plan is free; Premium is $15.95/month or $99/year, and Deluxe is $189/year for up to three properties (HomeZada pricing, checked June 2026).

Best for: homeowners who want to track the home as an asset, with inventory, maintenance and budgets in one place.

Sortly

Sortly is the most popular general-purpose inventory app, around since 2013, with a polished interface and strong cataloguing tools: high-resolution photos, custom folders, barcode and QR scanning, custom fields, offline mode, and PDF or CSV exports. It started as a personal organiser called My Things, later pivoted to business inventory, and works well for home use too.

The catch for households is pricing. The free tier covers up to 100 items, but paid plans scale like a business: the Advanced plan is $49/month and Ultra is $149/month at standard rates (often half price for the first year), billed per account with a set number of user seats rather than per person (Sortly pricing, checked June 2026). There are also no maintenance, warranty or property-documentation features; it is a cataloguing tool, not a home-management one.

Best for: people who want the cleanest cataloguing experience and have a large number of items to track.

Encircle

Encircle comes from the property restoration and insurance-claims world, so its documentation is claim-grade: area-by-area capture, before and after photos, 360-degree captures, schedules of loss, replacement-cost values and shareable PDF reports. It is available on iOS, Android and web with strong sync.

That professional focus is also its limitation for ordinary households. Pricing is quote-based and aimed at professionals rather than consumers, there is no barcode or QR scanning for bulk entry, and there is no maintenance tracking. It is built to win insurance claims, not to run a home.

Best for: detailed, claim-grade visual documentation, especially if you have a complex or high-value claim in mind.

NestEgg

NestEgg is one of the lighter, consumer-focused apps reviewers often suggest when HomeZada feels like too much and Sortly's paid tiers feel too expensive. It is aimed at cataloguing personal belongings simply rather than business-style stock control or claims-grade reporting. If you want a straightforward personal catalogue without business pricing or setup, it is a reasonable lighter pick, but it does not offer maintenance scheduling or the wider household tools the broader apps include.

Best for: a straightforward personal catalogue with a warranty-tracking slant.

Feature Comparison

Feature	OneHaus	HomeZada	Sortly	Encircle	NestEgg
Item cataloguing (photos, details)	Yes	Yes	Yes, advanced	Yes, claim-grade	Yes
Barcode / QR scanning	Via AI input	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Warranty & expiry tracking	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Maintenance reminders	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Insurance-ready reports	Basic	Yes	Yes (exports)	Yes, claim-grade	Basic
Wider household tools (tasks, calendar, shopping)	Yes	Budgets/maintenance	No	No	No
AI input	Natural language	Zada AI	No	AI item descriptions	No
Platforms	iPhone, web, AI assistants	Mobile, web	Mobile, web	iOS, Android, web	iOS
Pricing	Trial, then one household sub	Free tier; Premium from $15.95/mo	Free to 100 items; paid from $49/mo	Quote-based	Low-cost

How to Choose

Start from the job you actually need done.

If you only need proof of what you own for insurance, a focused catalogue is enough, and Sortly is the most polished for that, as long as you stay within the free item limit or are happy to pay. For a serious claim, or if you want documentation that an insurer will accept without friction, Encircle is the specialist.

If you think of your home as an asset and want inventory, maintenance schedules and budgets together, HomeZada is the most complete single tool, provided you are happy with its depth.

If the real goal is keeping the home running, where inventory and maintenance need to connect to the tasks, calendar and reminders the household already shares, then a household app makes more sense than a standalone catalogue. That is where OneHaus fits: warranties, appliances, vehicles and documents tracked in the same place you manage chores and the week, with reminders that turn into shared tasks. You can also see how it stacks up against specific apps on the comparisons page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best app to track home inventory and maintenance together?

If you want both in one place, look at apps built for home management rather than pure cataloguing. HomeZada combines inventory with maintenance schedules and budgets, and OneHaus folds inventory and maintenance reminders into a wider household app alongside tasks, calendar and shopping. Pure inventory tools like Sortly and Encircle handle cataloguing well but do not track maintenance.

Is there a free home inventory app?

Several apps have free tiers. Sortly is free for up to 100 items, and some lighter apps are free or low-cost for basic cataloguing. Broader home-management apps usually charge a subscription because they do more than catalogue belongings. OneHaus is free to download with a 7-day trial, then a single household subscription.

Do I really need a home inventory for insurance?

It helps a great deal. After a burglary, fire or flood, insurers ask you to prove what you owned and what it was worth. A catalogue with photos, serial numbers and receipts makes a claim faster and reduces the chance of under-claiming. Even a basic inventory of high-value items is far better than nothing.

What should a home inventory include?

At minimum, photos of each item, a description, the purchase date and price where you have it, and serial numbers for electronics and appliances. For appliances and vehicles, adding warranty expiry dates and service history turns the inventory into a maintenance tool as well, so you are reminded before cover lapses or a service is due.

Can I track appliance warranties and maintenance in the same app?

Yes. HomeZada and OneHaus both link items to maintenance and warranty reminders, so an expiring warranty or an overdue service surfaces as a prompt. In OneHaus those reminders become shared tasks the whole household can see, which is useful when more than one person keeps the home running.

The Bottom Line

For pure cataloguing, Sortly is the cleanest and Encircle is the specialist for insurance claims. For tracking your home as an asset, HomeZada is the most complete. But if the point is to actually keep your home maintained, with inventory, warranties and reminders connected to the tasks and calendar your household already uses, OneHaus brings those together in one app. For how that fits a busy household, see the OneHaus for families page, or browse the household app comparisons.

Try OneHaus free on iPhone or the web.