Comparison

Nest Egg Home Inventory vs Word Capture

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

Head to head
About

Nest Egg Home Inventory

Easily track your belongings, from pantry items to electronics, by scanning barcodes or taking photos. Organize your possessions by category or location, and receive alerts for warranties and expiration dates. Ideal for home inventory, insurance, or personal collections.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning with automatic product information
  • Photo and attachment uploads per item
  • Categorization and location-based organization
  • Warranty and expiration date alerts
  • QR label printing for locations
  • Online price checking
  • Lending and borrowing tracking
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Catalog your belongings and valuables in minutes: scan a barcode and Nest Egg fills in the name, photo and details. Unlimited items, one-time purchase, no subscription, no account. Your data stays on your device. Featured in the New York Times, Denver Post, Boston Globe, ABC and CNBC. More than 7 million unique items scanned and counting. HOW PEOPLE USE NEST EGG • Home insurance: document belongings, receipts and serial numbers before you ever need to file a claim • Estate planning: keep records of assets across homes, rental properties, RVs and boats • Moving: list what goes in every box and check your mover's coverage • Collections: catalog books, music, Lego, wine and more • Pantry: track food, perishables and medicine with expiry alerts • Hobbies: keep parts and supplies organized • Wardrobe: catalog clothing, shoes and accessories KEY FEATURES • BARCODE SCANNING Scan a barcode and we fill in the name, description, photo and more from millions of products. • CATEGORIES AND LOCATIONS Organize by category and sub-category, or by room, location and sub-location. Move many items at once with batch edit. • QR LABELS Print QR labels for boxes, shelves and containers. Scan a label to see what's inside. • PHOTOS AND ATTACHMENTS Up to ten photos per item. Keep receipts, manuals and instructions with each item. • DETAILED RECORDS Record purchase details, manufacturer, model and serial numbers, cost and notes. • WARRANTY AND EXPIRY ALERTS Get reminded before warranties expire, and cut pantry waste with expiration alerts. • ONLINE PRICE CHECK See current prices online with links to merchants. Reordering is easy. • LENDING AND BORROWING Track what you've lent and borrowed, and get alerted when it's due back. • TAGS Tag items with built-in and custom colors and hierarchies, to build outfits or mark food as organic, kosher or paleo. • BACKUP AND TRANSFER Back up to iCloud or Dropbox, and copy your inventory to another iPhone or iPad. • SHARE, PRINT AND EXPORT Print with AirPrint, or email items to your insurance agent, family or friends. Import from spreadsheets with CSV, export to CSV for Excel or Numbers, or to HTML with photos. • 32 LANGUAGES Including Chinese, French, German and Spanish. • FAST, FRIENDLY SUPPORT Reach us from inside the app with questions or feedback. We reply quickly. NEED AUTOMATIC SYNC? You can copy your inventory to another iPhone or iPad. Each copy is separate, and changes don't sync automatically. For automatic sync across all your devices, or to share with family or a team, use Nest Egg Cloud (subscription). Some features described are available as in-app purchases.

About

Word Capture

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Have you ever stumbled on a word and you didn’t know what it meant or how to say it.  Well Word Capture has you covered. Just scan the word using your camera and listen to how to say it. Also you can see the description of the word using the on device dictionary. Scan It, Listen & Learn It! HOW THE APP WORKS Open the app on your iPhone and hold your phone over the page with the word on it. Select the word on your phone screen. Once you select the word it will appear at the bottom of the screen with a quick Play button to listen to the word. You can also click on see description to learn more about the word. You can click "View Recent Captures" to see and learn words you have scanned in the past. From inside the "View Recent Captures" you can edit or delete recent captures from the list. You can also manually add your own capture yourself. Make sure you can read the word on your screen or Word Capture won’t be able to read it either. Word Capture see what you see. EVERYTHING IS DONE RIGHT ON YOUR DEVICE! Finding that word takes 0% of data! If you aren’t in an internet connected area you will still be able to scan the word. If the app doesn’t find the word you selected, it will ask you to select it again. You can also customize the speed and language of the play button, now included in the Settings section. FEATURES Lock Screen Widget - Allow you to jump right into Word Capture to capture that unknown word Accessibility - Word Capture supports VoiceOver and proper contrast support for more people can enjoy this app Edit Captures - Capture the word slightly wrong, change it from inside Recent Capture View Manually Add Capture - Allow you to add words yourself without your camera Pin Capture - Allow you to pin harder words to keep going back Historical Captures - No longer only your last 10 captures, now with everything Search Captures - Allow you to search your list of captured words REQUIREMENTS In order to use Word Capture, your device must support the newest major version of iOS on your iPhone and you must give Word Capture access to your camera.

Screenshots

Nest Egg Home Inventory4 screens
Word Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Word Capture at none against Nest Egg Home Inventory's 7. Word Capture also leads on price ($0.99 vs $6.99). Nest Egg Home Inventory's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

Nest Egg Home Inventory costs $6.99 and Word Capture $0.99 up front. Nest Egg Home Inventory sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Word Capture asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nest Egg Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, Word Capture every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nest Egg Home Inventory versus Word Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNest Egg Home InventoryWord Capture
Price$6.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.4 (617 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings617 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNest Egg Labs, IncJuice Box Monkey Designs Inc.

Bugs and requests

Nest Egg Home Inventory

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Broken support features (e.g., 'report a problem')
  • Issues with photo attachments and storage
  • Inconsistent performance on newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add custom fields
  • Improved export options (PDF, CSV)
  • Seamless multi-device sync
  • Faster and more intuitive UI for adding items
  • Batch import/export functionality

Word Capture

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Nest Egg Home Inventory

One-time7
  • Dropbox Support$1.99
  • Passcode Protection$1.99
  • CSV Import$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Advanced Filter and Sort$1.99
  • Relational Tagging$1.99
  • Attachment Support$1.99
  • QR Labels (15 Pack)$1.99
None

Word Capture

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nest Egg Home Inventory free?
Nest Egg Home Inventory costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Word Capture free?
Word Capture costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nest Egg Home Inventory or Word Capture have ads?
Neither Nest Egg Home Inventory nor Word Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nest Egg Home Inventory or Word Capture?
Nest Egg Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, and Word Capture every 12 months. Most recently, Nest Egg Home Inventory was updated on November 6, 2026 and Word Capture on November 3, 2026.

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