Home Inventory vs Floating Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Inventory
Easily track your belongings with this app. It helps you find items quickly through search, manage inventory levels, and even track item values for insurance purposes. Receive notifications for low stock and expiring items.
- Quick item entry with category and location memory
- Searchable inventory database
- Low inventory and item expiration notifications
- Track item values for insurance
- Report deleted or lent items
- Airdrop database to other devices
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Having hard time to find your stuff home? This little app is here to help. Once the items are entered, they will be found easily via searching. Item values could be useful for insurance filing. Low inventory level notifications and item expiration notifications are available as well. 在家里很难找到你的东西？本应用程序可以帮忙。一旦输入条目， 我们就很容易通过搜索找到它们。条目的价格资料可能对保险申报也会有用。还提供低库存通知和条目到期通知。 Functions: 1. Remember previous category and location for quick item entering 2. Report for deleted (donated) and lent items 3. Independent keyword search for items 4. Color marker to items under threshold value 5. Airdrop the whole database to MacBook or iPhone 功能： 1. 记住以前的类别和位置，以便快速输入 2. 报告已删除 (捐赠) 或借出的条目 3. 条目的独立关键字搜索 4. 颜标阈值下的条目 5. 过期物品的颜色标记 6. 将整个数据库空投到电脑或手机 7. 已添加供应商列表 8.低库存通知 9. 条目到期通知 Usage: 1. Create your categories (e.g. Grocery) 2. Create your location/tags (e.g. Garage Shell 1) 3. Enter item info (quick photo available) 1. 创建类别 (例如杂货) 2. 创建位置/标签 (例如货架盒1) 3. 输入项目信息 (可提供快速照片)
Floating Maps
Experience historical aerial photography overlaid on beautiful map art using augmented reality. Scan a QR code on a wall print to see a 3D rendering of your town, showcasing landscape changes from 1938 to 2019.
- Augmented Reality (AR) visualization
- Historical aerial photography
- 3D town renderings
- Elevation accurate landscapes
- View changes over time
- New towns added weekly
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Floating Maps uses Augmented Reality (AR) to float historical aerial photography over beautiful map art for your home. With a wall print from Floating maps, you can scan the QR Code and bring it to life! Floating in front of you will be an elevation accurate 3D rendering of your town. You can see how the landscape has changed starting with photography from 2019 and going all the way back to black-and-white photographs from 1938. We are working hard to add new towns each week.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Floating Maps at 5.0 against Home Inventory's 3.0. Floating Maps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Home Inventory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Floating Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Floating Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, Floating Maps weekly. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Home Inventory | Floating Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | shaojun lin | Floating Maps LLC |
Customer experience
Home Inventory
Floating Maps
In-app purchases
Home Inventory
- Home Inventory Pro$3.99
Floating Maps
No in-app purchases
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