Comparison

Boxes vs Wheres My Stuff?

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

Wheres My Stuff?

Organize your stored items and find them quickly. Create boxes with contents and locations, group them into lists, and search by keywords. Track valued items with pictures for insurance purposes.

Highlights
  • Create boxes with contents and location
  • Organize boxes into rooms and lists
  • Search boxes by contents, room, or list
  • Record valued items with pictures
  • Export valued item lists for insurance
Features
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Do you have trouble finding things? You know you have it, but where? Do you really have one? Hmmm… You probably have lots of boxes but you may only have a vague notion of what is in them or where the right box might be. This app will help with all that. Where’s My Stuff will organize your stored items and help you find things fast! This app will let you: Create boxes - record contents and location Create rooms – the location of your boxes Create lists - collections of boxes Search for boxes by contents, room or list Worried about losing your stuff? Create valued items to record items. Assign them to a room. Record a picture of them. Export a list of valued items for insurance purposes. So what are you waiting for, start getting organized today!

Screenshots

Boxes4 screens
Wheres My Stuff?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxes at 4.8 against Wheres My Stuff?'s 3.7. Boxes also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 50%) and ratings volume (964 vs 3). Wheres My Stuff?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Wheres My Stuff? 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 964 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 50% of Wheres My Stuff?'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxes ships an update every 3 weeks, Wheres My Stuff? monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Boxes versus Wheres My Stuff?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxesWheres My Stuff?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (964 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings964 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB130 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStackTracks, LLCChristopher Jahn

Customer experience

Boxes

All ratings953 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.0%

Wheres My Stuff?

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Wheres My Stuff?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 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-time3
  • Pro Add-On$25.00
  • Lifetime Unlock$34.99
  • Lifetime Unlock Pro$59.99
None

Wheres My Stuff?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boxes free?
Boxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wheres My Stuff? free?
Wheres My Stuff? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boxes or Wheres My Stuff??
Boxes is rated higher. Boxes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 964 ratings, while Wheres My Stuff? averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Boxes or Wheres My Stuff? have ads?
Neither Boxes nor Wheres My Stuff? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxes or Wheres My Stuff??
Boxes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wheres My Stuff? monthly. Most recently, Boxes was updated on November 2, 2026 and Wheres My Stuff? on November 4, 2026.

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