Comparison

Home Contents vs Boxes

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

Head to head
About

Home Contents

Easily create a detailed inventory of your home's contents for insurance purposes. Document items with photos, receipts, and purchase details to ensure you're adequately covered in case of a disaster. The app offers robust reporting and data management features.

Highlights
  • Quick camera entry mode
  • Add photos, receipts, and details
  • Track purchase date, value, serial numbers
  • Supports multiple properties and currencies
  • Customizable categories and locations
  • Generate professional PDF reports
  • Secure data with password protection
Features
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The fastest way to create a complete home inventory. Capture First. Organize Later. Home Contents’ unique Quick Capture mode lets you walk through each room taking one photo of every item. When you’re finished, complete the details whenever it's convenient by adding values, serial numbers, warranties, receipts, and notes. Home Contents helps you keep a complete record of everything you own. Whether you’re making an insurance claim after a fire, flood or burglary, moving home or planning your estate, your inventory is always close at hand. Free download includes up to 25 items and 1 property. Go Unlimited: Unlock unlimited items and multiple properties with a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription required. Features • Capture an entire room in minutes with the unique Quick Capture mode • Record purchase dates, values, serial numbers, warranties, barcodes and notes • Add multiple photos and PDF receipts to items • Organize everything by property, location and custom categories • Assign items to multiple categories for flexible organization • Built-in smart categories highlight warranties, unvalued and unfiled items • Generate professional PDF reports by location, category, value and other criteria • Create detailed reports for individual high-value items • Quickly search across every field, or simply scan a barcode • Optimized for iPad with keyboard shortcuts, trackpad support and drag & drop • Keep your inventory in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud • Backup, restore and export your inventory whenever you need • Protect your inventory with an optional passcode Private by design. Your inventory is stored locally on your device or in your personal iCloud storage. You stay in control of your data.

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

Screenshots

Home Contents4 screens
Boxes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boxes at every 3 weeks against Home Contents's every 2 months. Boxes also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Home Contents sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Boxes sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Home Contents against 4.8 for Boxes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 953 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Home Contents's written reviews are positive against 91% of Boxes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Contents ships an update every 2 months, Boxes every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Home Contents versus Boxes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome ContentsBoxes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings)4.8 (953 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews90.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better953
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCURLYBRACE APPS LTDStackTracks, LLC

Customer experience

Home Contents

All ratings1,451 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews313 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative4.8%

Boxes

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

Bugs and requests

Home Contents

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Home Contents

One-time1
  • UNLOCK ALL FEATURES$5.99
15 purchases

Boxes

Subscriptions5
  • Tier One$4.993 Months
  • Tier Two$5.993 Months
  • Tier Three$7.993 Months
Show 2 more
  • Tier Four$9.993 Months
  • Pro Tier$17.993 Months
One-time10
  • 75 Images$1.99
  • 10 Boxes$2.99
  • 25 Boxes$5.99
Show 7 more
  • 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

Questions

Is Home Contents free?
Home Contents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Boxes free?
Boxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Home Contents or Boxes?
Boxes is rated higher. Home Contents averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Boxes averages 4.8 from 953 ratings.
Do Home Contents or Boxes have ads?
Neither Home Contents nor Boxes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Contents or Boxes?
Home Contents ships an update every 2 months, and Boxes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Home Contents was updated on September 23, 2026 and Boxes on September 23, 2026.

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