Comparison

Nest Egg Home Inventory vs Garbage Goober

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

Garbage Goober

This app helps manage trash and recycling in shared living spaces. It tracks weekly duties, logs disposal, and uses a scanner to identify recyclable items, ensuring a cleaner environment for residents.

Highlights
  • Weekly trash duty tracking
  • Disposal logging
  • Smart waste scanner for recycling
  • Multi-bin waste sorting
  • Floor-level coordination for shared housing
  • Bilingual interface (English/German)
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Garbage Goober is a smart waste management assistant designed for shared housing, dormitories, and student residences. Keeping shared kitchens clean can be challenging when multiple residents share responsibility. Garbage Goober helps organize trash duties, track waste disposal, and ensure proper recycling. Key Features • Weekly Trash Duty Tracking Know exactly which room is responsible for waste disposal each week. • Easy Disposal Logging Residents can quickly log when bins are emptied to keep everyone accountable. • Smart Waste Scanner Use the built-in camera scanner to identify items and learn which recycling bin they belong to. • Multi-Bin Waste Sorting Supports common recycling categories including: Packaging (Yellow Bag) Paper Organic Waste Residual Waste • Floor-Level Coordination Designed for shared housing where multiple rooms share a kitchen. • Bilingual Interface Available in English and German. Garbage Goober is ideal for student dormitories, co-living spaces, and shared apartments where waste management needs to be organized, transparent, and collaborative. Built by WebMeister360 (Smit Unagar)

Screenshots

Nest Egg Home Inventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Garbage Goober at Free against Nest Egg Home Inventory's $6.99. Garbage Goober also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Nest Egg Home Inventory's advantage is ratings volume (617 vs 1) and device support. On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Garbage Goober holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nest Egg Home Inventory has 617 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nest Egg Home Inventory versus Garbage Goober: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNest Egg Home InventoryGarbage Goober
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (617 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings617 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNest Egg Labs, IncSmit Unagar

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

Garbage Goober

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

Garbage Goober

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 Garbage Goober free?
Garbage Goober is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nest Egg Home Inventory or Garbage Goober?
Garbage Goober is rated higher. Nest Egg Home Inventory averages 4.4 out of 5 from 617 ratings, while Garbage Goober averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

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