Comparison

MoveAdvisor vs Boxes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MoveAdvisor

This app helps you manage your upcoming move by providing tools to find and contact moving companies, create a home inventory, and track your moving timeline. It aims to reduce stress and save you time during relocation.

Highlights
  • Find reputable movers
  • View mover reviews and ratings
  • Create virtual home inventory
  • Calculate shipment weight
  • Manage moving timeline and tasks
  • Estimate packing supplies needed
Features
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Moving soon? Need an experienced and reliable moving company? Looking for good ways to relieve the moving stress? MoveAdvisor is a free moving checklist app that gives you complete control over the organizational stage of your upcoming relocation. With this personal helper on your device, you will no longer waste entire days to research moving companies and will avoid spending hours on the phone with movers. Execute your perfect move with MoveAdvisor! Thanks to the amazing built-in moving tools, you can easily: • Find reputable movers in your area; • Check out moving reviews & performance ratings based on real customers’ experience; • See the movers' contact information directly on the map; • Get in touch with selected moving companies with a single tap; • Receive free moving price estimates; • Create a complete home inventory checklist in a quick and fun way; • Add virtual rooms and fill them up with all the earthly possessions found in your home; • E-mail your home inventory to selected movers straight from the moving app and save countless hours on the phone with relocation experts; • Get your household shipment weight calculated instantly; • Keep up with your move progress straight from your mobile device – consult your customized moving calendar containing all the essential tasks you need to take care of; • Write personal notes underneath each moving job in your interactive moving calendar checklist and set timely reminders so that you never miss an important task; • Wondering how many moving boxes and furniture blankets you will need to pack up your home? MoveAdvisor will estimate that for you as well. Execute your perfect move with MoveAdvisor! • Total control over the relocation process! • Complete virtual room-by-room apartment or house moving inventory; • Super detailed week-by-week house moving timeline; • A comprehensive list of the best rated movers around you; • Moving reviews and performance ratings of licensed and insured moving companies; • Easy moving cost calculation; • 100% free to download, install and use moving checklist; • No annoying advertising banners. All you have to do is download and install the moving planner app on your mobile device. Once you enter your move details, MoveAdvisor will do all the hard work for you. Download now start planning move!

About

Boxes

Effortlessly track all your belongings, from moving boxes to holiday decorations. Organize items by location, add details like photos and custom attributes, and generate reports. Ideal for moving, inventory, or general storage management.

Highlights
  • Organize items by space/location
  • Track box and item numbers
  • Add photos and custom attributes
  • Generate and export reports
  • Print custom labels
  • Scan QR codes and use NFC tags
  • Offline access and syncing
Features
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A powerful but simple tool to track all of your stuff. Whether you're moving houses, tracking inventory, storing holiday decorations, or packing up old items in the basement, Boxes is the app to help you get it done. Features: - Create spaces to segment your objects by room or location - The app generates and tracks the box and item numbers for you - Quickly add items to a box or directly to a space - Snap photos of your open box or items and upload them - Add values, quantities, and 7 other built-in attributes to your items - Create your own custom attributes and make them available on all of your items - Add sizes and weights to your objects - Run and export detailed, graphical reports - Share across devices - Invite team members with fine-grained roles and feature grants - Customize and print labels directly from the app onto any label or paper size - Print a manifest of your entire collection - Scan QR codes and barcodes for quick object viewing - Use NFC tags to scan and open your objects - Attach your own QR codes and barcodes to your items - Run advanced, automated actions when objects and items are scanned - Use Smart Search to peek inside boxes using your camera - Mark your objects as heavy, fragile, expensive, hazardous and/or temperature sensitive - Add tags to your objects for better categorization and searching - Add notes to your objects for a more detailed description of contents - Create aliases to customize naming or numbering schemes - Create tasks and reminders to help you with important todos - Create and set custom object statuses - Search all of your objects for specific contents, notes, tags, statuses, or attributes - Filter your view to just the objects you want to see - Quickly move objects from one space to another - Duplicate or move items across boxes - Bulk edit large sets of objects - Bulk import data via CSV file - Use custom numbering schemes - Set custom app themes - Use offline without an internet connection, then sync changes when back online - See detailed audit logs of changes to your inventory - Receive signed webhook payloads when any of your data changes - Get help right in the app via 1:1 chat with support Great as a: - Moving organizer, moving helper, or moving checklist - Home inventory collector - Inventory management system - Holiday decoration tracker - Storage facility tracking - Box scanner And so much more! User Guide: https://user.boxesapp.net/guide Privacy Policy: https://boxesapp.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://boxesapp.net/terms

Screenshots

MoveAdvisor4 screens
Boxes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boxes at 91% against MoveAdvisor's 29%. Boxes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). MoveAdvisor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boxes sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. MoveAdvisor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxes has 953 ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of MoveAdvisor's written reviews are positive against 91% of Boxes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoveAdvisor ships an update every 4 months, Boxes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MoveAdvisor versus Boxes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoveAdvisorBoxes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (65 ratings)4.8 (953 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews90.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings65953 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorld Media GroupStackTracks, LLC

Customer experience

MoveAdvisor

All ratings65 ratings
Positive56.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative64.7%

Boxes

All ratings953 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.0%

User reviews

MoveAdvisor

From 65 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for planning moves
  • 💡 Useful for in-home inventory
  • 🗺️ Provides moving timeline/checklist
  • ✅ Straightforward and easy to use
  • 🖼️ Effective and informative layout

Room to improve

  • 📞 Leads to excessive calls/texts
  • 🔒 Shares info with many companies
  • ❓ No oversight on info sharing
  • 🚫 No opt-out for calls/texts
  • 📦 Missing common inventory items

Boxes

From 953 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Practical and user-friendly
  • 👍 Excellent organization and tracking features
  • 💡 Customizable labels and QR codes
  • 👍 Responsive and helpful developer
  • 🚀 Simple yet powerful app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Printing labels can be cumbersome
  • 🐛 Lack of ability to access photo library
  • 🔒 Paid subscription after 10 items

Bugs and requests

MoveAdvisor

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Inventory email feature fails
  • UI elements cut off or hidden on screen
  • App freezes on initial screens
  • Cannot drag furniture in inventory
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  • Login issues
  • App not loading properly on specific devices
  • App not calculating estimates correctly
  • App crashes when selecting moving companies to review

Requested features

10 requests
  • Allow adding custom inventory items
  • Enable editing existing inventory items
  • Support for Canadian postal codes/moves
  • Improve inventory accuracy for common items
  • Pass inventory data directly to movers
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  • Fix email inventory export functionality
  • Improve app stability and reduce crashes
  • Ensure full screen display on all devices
  • Allow app usage before registration
  • Add more common furniture items (e.g., dressers, bookshelves)

Boxes

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when entering large amounts of data
  • Issues with syncing data across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add multiple photos per box
  • Option to track item quantities
  • Shared access with read-only permissions
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable dashboard and manifest

In-app purchases

None

MoveAdvisor

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Boxes

Subscriptions5
  • Tier One$4.993 Months
  • Tier Two$5.993 Months
  • Tier Three$7.993 Months
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  • Tier Four$9.993 Months
  • Pro Tier$17.993 Months
One-time10
  • 75 Images$1.99
  • 10 Boxes$2.99
  • 25 Boxes$5.99
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  • 50 Boxes$7.99
  • 100 Boxes$9.99
  • 200 Boxes and Images$14.99
  • 400 Boxes and Images$19.99
  • Pro Add-On$25.00
  • Lifetime Unlock$34.99
  • Lifetime Unlock Pro$59.99

Questions

Is MoveAdvisor free?
MoveAdvisor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxes free?
Boxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MoveAdvisor or Boxes?
Boxes is rated higher. MoveAdvisor averages 3.3 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Boxes averages 4.8 from 953 ratings.
Do MoveAdvisor or Boxes have ads?
Neither MoveAdvisor nor Boxes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoveAdvisor or Boxes?
MoveAdvisor ships an update every 4 months, and Boxes every 3 weeks. Most recently, MoveAdvisor was updated on October 16, 2026 and Boxes on October 15, 2026.

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