HouseBook vs ToolWorks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HouseBook
Effortlessly track your belongings with this home inventory app. Organize items, capture photos, and store data securely in the cloud. Share your inventory with others for collaboration or viewing.
- Organize items with photos
- Cloud-based data storage
- Share inventory with others
- Track items for insurance
- Enhance rental property management
- Capture before/after snapshots
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HouseBook: Home Inventory & Organizer The smartest way to catalog, track, and find everything you own. Stop wasting hours searching for misplaced items. HouseBook turns home chaos into an organized, searchable inventory in minutes — whether you're protecting your belongings, managing a rental, or running a small business. Just snap a photo, tag the location, and HouseBook remembers everything so you don't have to. Why people love HouseBook: Find anything, fast. Powerful search means no more digging through drawers and closets. Insurance-ready records. Document your valuables with photos, receipts, and details — invaluable if disaster strikes. Perfect for landlords. Share detailed inventories with tenants and capture before/after condition reports. Built for businesses. Showcase stock to clients with professional, image-rich listings. Peace of mind for families. Help loved ones with memory challenges, or guide babysitters to essentials. Cloud-synced everywhere. Your inventory lives safely on Android, iOS, and the web — access it from any device. Collaborate effortlessly. Invite housemates, family, or clients, or share a view-only link in one tap. Imagine this: Filing an insurance claim with every photo and detail already saved. Walking into a new rental and handing tenants a complete inventory. Never again asking, "Where did I put that?" That's the HouseBook difference. Download free today and bring order to every room in your home.
ToolWorks
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Automate your tool tracking and equipment inventory management. ToolWorks helps you easily keep track of thousands of tools and manage inventory across multiple locations, resulting in significant reduction in indirect operating cost. Find out more @ https://www.toolworksapp.com/ Feature Rich Tool & Equipment Management Software - Track Tools, Bulk Items, Consumables and Equipment - Central Tool Catalog to keep log of tool across different job sites and tool rooms. - Order tools from Field - Transfer tools to others in Field - Scan and dispatch field orders as well as walk-up ad-hoc orders - Transfer inventory from one location to another - Multi level hierarchical Location support - Customize system behavior - Reports to keep you informed - Purchase Orders - Equipment Maintenance - Asset Depreciation Why ToolWorks? - Reduce your indirect cost by keeping accurate count of tools on hand and out in field. - Keep your field staff in field - No Specialized Training - Support for Barcode and QR Codes. - No Barcode? No Problem, track tools using simple text labels. - Do you know where you tools are? Keep track of tool ownership and prevent tool hoarding - Quick Field Ordering - Easy Field Transfers - Know exactly how many tools are on hand and in which place across you entire organization. - Just-In-Time Tool Reordering - Create orders ahead of time and efficiently tackle morning rush of new hires! - Prevent unnecessary tool inventory build up by knowing exact inventory count by location and facilitating tool transfer from one location to other rather than re-ordering new tools. - Configurable System
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ToolWorks at none against HouseBook's 5. ToolWorks also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. HouseBook sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ToolWorks asks for nothing beyond the download.
HouseBook ships an update every 6 weeks, ToolWorks weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | HouseBook | ToolWorks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (49 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Cameron Henige | Nalini Dalal |
In-app purchases
HouseBook
- +100 Items$2.99
- +200 Items$4.99
- Add a house$4.99
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- Premium$9.99
- +500 Items$19.99
ToolWorks
No in-app purchases









