Comparison

Nest Egg Home Inventory vs OurPantry

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

OurPantry

Manage your food and supplies with custom locations and categories. Track purchase dates, expiration, and easily build shopping lists. Share your inventory with others and export data.

Highlights
  • Custom storage locations and categories
  • Track purchase and expiration dates
  • Barcode scanner for item entry
  • Automated shopping list builder
  • Inventory sharing with others
  • CSV data export
Features
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- Keeps track of all your food, supplies and anything else you need to track - Set up your own storage locations so OurPantry can tell you where things are - Set up your own categories so it can tell you what kinds of things you have - Record purchase, freeze/thaw, best-by/use-by/expiration dates - Available widget lets you know when items are about to go out of date - Search for specific items in your inventory - Barcode scanner helps you enter your items - Barcode scanner can now help with distributions for food pantry operations - List Builder helps you build a shopping list of items you need according to your parameters - New List Builder option allows you to add items to shopping lists as soon as supplies run low - Check items off your list as you shop - Allows you to "re-stock" directly from your shopping list - Share your pantry with family members, roommates or anyone else who uses your stuff so you don't have to keep track of things all by yourself - Produce data extracts in CSV format for import into reporting documents of your own design - Migrate data from one pantry database to another - No ads - No personal information collected

Screenshots

Nest Egg Home Inventory4 screens
OurPantry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OurPantry at Free against Nest Egg Home Inventory's $6.99. OurPantry also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). Nest Egg Home Inventory's advantage is ratings volume (617 vs 15). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and 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

OurPantry is free to download; Nest Egg Home Inventory costs $6.99 up front. Nest Egg Home Inventory sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. OurPantry asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Nest Egg Home Inventory against 4.4 for OurPantry. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nest Egg Home Inventory has 617 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Nest Egg Home Inventory's written reviews are positive against 57% of OurPantry's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nest Egg Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, OurPantry every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nest Egg Home Inventory versus OurPantry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNest Egg Home InventoryOurPantry
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (617 ratings) — better4.4 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings617 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNest Egg Labs, IncRick Hutchinson

Customer experience

Nest Egg Home Inventory

All ratings617 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews194 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative35.6%

OurPantry

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

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

OurPantry

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

OurPantry

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 OurPantry free?
OurPantry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nest Egg Home Inventory or OurPantry?
Nest Egg Home Inventory is rated higher. Nest Egg Home Inventory averages 4.4 out of 5 from 617 ratings, while OurPantry averages 4.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Nest Egg Home Inventory or OurPantry have ads?
Neither Nest Egg Home Inventory nor OurPantry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nest Egg Home Inventory or OurPantry?
Nest Egg Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, and OurPantry every 2 months. Most recently, Nest Egg Home Inventory was updated on November 6, 2026 and OurPantry on November 4, 2026.

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