Telesto vs Inventory Simplified
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Telesto
Manage your business's stock efficiently with real-time synchronization across devices. Track inventory, scan barcodes, generate invoices, and receive low-stock alerts. This app offers comprehensive features for small to growing businesses, ensuring accurate stock counts and streamlined order processing.
- Real-time inventory sync
- Offline functionality
- Barcode scanning
- Invoice and purchase order creation
- Low-stock alerts
- Batch and expiry tracking
- Integration with Shopify and WooCommerce
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Telesto is the simple, affordable inventory management app for small and growing businesses. Track stock across every warehouse, scan barcodes, create invoices and purchase orders, and see what sells, from your phone, tablet or computer, always in sync. WHY BUSINESSES CHOOSE TELESTO • Real-time sync: your whole team works on the same inventory at once, on iPhone, iPad and many other platforms and operating systems • Works offline: keep scanning and moving stock in basements, cold rooms or job sites, and everything syncs when you're back online • Your data stays in the EU: hosted on AWS in Frankfurt, GDPR compliant, never sold • Fast support from real people, not bots • No ads, and available in 46 languages ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S IN STOCK • Live stock levels per location, with a full history of who moved what, when and where • Products with photos, categories, tags and custom fields • Variants (size, color and more), serial numbers and custom attributes • Bills of materials: build products from nested components (MRP) • Multiple suppliers per product, each with its own price and SKU • Import products from CSV or Excel in seconds UPDATE STOCK IN SECONDS • Scan barcodes and QR codes with your camera or an external scanner • Stock in, stock out and transfers between locations in a couple of taps • Reserve stock for open orders NEVER RUN OUT OF STOCK • Low-stock alerts by push and email, for each warehouse and the right person • Daily low-stock report by email • Create purchase orders automatically from low-stock items EVERY WAREHOUSE IN ONE APP • Warehouses, sub-locations and storage positions (aisle, shelf, bin) • Manage vans, job sites or stores as their own locations • Leave selected warehouses out of your totals ORDERS AND INVOICES • Purchase orders, sales orders and invoices linked to your suppliers and customers • Stock updates automatically when an order is completed • Professional PDFs: invoices, purchase orders, pick lists and transport documents (DDT) • Your logo on every document, custom numbering and a document language for each customer ACCURATE STOCK COUNTS • Count with your team using the barcode scanner • Review every difference before you approve the changes BATCHES, EXPIRY AND RECALLS • Lot and batch tracking with expiration dates • FIFO and FEFO: always know what to use or ship first • Trace batches through every transaction for fast recalls BARCODE LABELS • Generate barcodes and print labels on sheet or label printers YOUR TEAM, YOUR RULES • Role-based permissions for every team member • View-only accounts for staff who just need to look • Limit each user to specific warehouses SEE WHAT SELLS • 40+ reports: sales, low stock, inventory balance, market value, stock movements and more • Filter by product, category, location and price • Export to PDF, Excel and CSV INTEGRATIONS • Sync with Shopify and WooCommerce • REST API to connect your ERP, accounting software or in-house tools MORE TOOLS • Keg tracking for breweries • Projects and contractors: assign materials to projects • Donations mode for nonprofits and food banks • One-click backups on desktop Terms: https://www.telesto.app/en/terms Privacy: https://www.telesto.app/en/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or feature ideas? We read every message: https://www.telesto.app
Inventory Simplified
This app simplifies inventory management for businesses. It allows for easy scanning and monitoring of stock, integrating seamlessly with a web console for comprehensive oversight.
- Inventory scanning
- Stock monitoring
- Web console integration
- Easy to use interface
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Easy to use inventory app designed to work in tandem with the inventory simplified web console.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inventory Simplified at none against Telesto's 6. Inventory Simplified also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Telesto's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Telesto sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Inventory Simplified asks for nothing beyond the download.
Inventory Simplified holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Telesto has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Telesto ships an update every 3 weeks, Inventory Simplified every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Telesto | Inventory Simplified |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RedTracker LLC | Dining Decider LLC |
Customer experience
Telesto
Inventory Simplified
In-app purchases
Telesto
- Gold (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Platinum (Monthly)$19.991 Month
- Titanium (monthly plan)$49.991 Month
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- Gold (Yearly)7 Days trial$95.991 Year
- Platinum (Yearly)7 Days trial$192.991 Year
- Titanium (annual plan)7 Days trial$329.991 Year
Inventory Simplified
No in-app purchases
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