Comparison

Boxes vs BrickStore

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

Head to head
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

About

BrickStore

Manage your BrickLink store inventory offline with this multi-platform tool. Browse and search the catalog, create XML files for mass uploads and updates, and price items based on current data. Fix obsolete item IDs and enjoy unlimited undo/redo functionality.

Highlights
  • Offline BrickLink catalog browsing
  • Live, as-you-type search filter
  • Create XML for mass upload/update
  • Download and view orders
  • Manage store inventory
  • Price items with current data
  • Fix obsolete item IDs
Features
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BrickStore is a BrickLink offline management tool. It is multi-platform (desktop and mobile), multilingual (currently English, German, Spanish, Swedish and French), fast and stable. Visit https://www.brickstore.dev/ for more information. Please be aware that this mobile version of BrickStore has a lot of limitations compared to the desktop version. Most of them stem from the reduced screen size (it does work on phones and tablets), but also from the fact that developing and testing the mobile UI is very time consuming. Some things you can do with BrickStore much more efficiently than with any web based interface: - Browse and search the BrickLink catalog using a live, as-you-type filter. It is using all the cores in your machine to be as fast as possible. - Easily create XML files for Mass-Upload and Mass-Update either by parting out sets or by adding individual parts (or both). - Download and view any order by order number. - Download and view your whole store inventory. An easy way to use this for repricing, is to use the BrickLink Mass-Upload functionality. - Price your items based on the latest price guide information. - Create XML data for the BrickLink inventory upload. - If you load files which contain items with obsolete item ids you can fix them using the BrickLink catalog change-log. - Unlimited undo/redo support. BrickStore is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3, ©2004-2024 by Robert Griebl. The source code is available on https://github.com/rgriebl/brickstore. All data from www.bricklink.com is owned by BrickLink. Both BrickLink and LEGO are trademarks of the LEGO group, which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this software. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Boxes4 screens
BrickStore3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxes at 4.8 against BrickStore's 3.7. Boxes also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (953 vs 3). BrickStore'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. BrickStore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxes has 953 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Boxes's written reviews are positive against 67% of BrickStore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxes ships an update every 3 weeks, BrickStore every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Boxes versus BrickStore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxesBrickStore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (953 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings953 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStackTracks, LLCRobert Griebl

Customer experience

Boxes

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

BrickStore

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

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

BrickStore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

BrickStore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boxes free?
Boxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrickStore free?
BrickStore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boxes or BrickStore?
Boxes is rated higher. Boxes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 953 ratings, while BrickStore averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Boxes or BrickStore have ads?
Neither Boxes nor BrickStore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxes or BrickStore?
Boxes ships an update every 3 weeks, and BrickStore every 5 months. Most recently, Boxes was updated on October 13, 2026 and BrickStore on October 1, 2026.

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