Comparison

Nest Egg Home Inventory vs connecDIMLite

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

connecDIMLite

Control DALI lighting installations with ease. This app automatically detects ballasts and supports broadcast, group, and address control. It offers advanced features like RGB and tunable white control, plus live updates from presence and lux sensors.

Highlights
  • Automatic DALI ballast detection
  • Broadcast, group, and address control
  • RGB and tunable white control
  • Emergency indicator panel
  • Live presence and lux level updates
  • Supports multiple gateways for larger installations
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Simple two way control of a DALI lighting installation. Comes with a user tutorial that steps users through the process of selecting what lights they want to control. Supports DALI broadcast, DALI group and DALI address control. Includes RGB and tunable white control for device type 8 devices and an emergency indicator panel for device type 1 ballasts. Supports Tridonic MSensors and supplies live updates of presence detection and lux levels. Requires a four line gateway or a computer running Firestarter. All DALI ballasts are automatically detected, no programming or mapping is required. Using multiple gateways, it is possible to use connecDIMLite to control lights across larger installations with more than four lines.

Screenshots

Nest Egg Home Inventory4 screens
connecDIMLite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nest Egg Home Inventory at 54% against connecDIMLite's 0%. Nest Egg Home Inventory also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). connecDIMLite's advantage is price (Free vs $6.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nest Egg Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, connecDIMLite every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nest Egg Home Inventory versus connecDIMLite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNest Egg Home InventoryconnecDIMLite
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (617 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings617 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.59.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNest Egg Labs, IncTridonic

Customer experience

Nest Egg Home Inventory

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

connecDIMLite

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

connecDIMLite

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

connecDIMLite

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 connecDIMLite free?
connecDIMLite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nest Egg Home Inventory or connecDIMLite have ads?
Neither Nest Egg Home Inventory nor connecDIMLite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nest Egg Home Inventory or connecDIMLite?
Nest Egg Home Inventory ships an update every 6 weeks, and connecDIMLite every 4 months. Most recently, Nest Egg Home Inventory was updated on November 1, 2026 and connecDIMLite on November 1, 2026.

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