Comparison

iCollect Everything vs Instant Dahlia

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

Head to head
About

iCollect Everything

Manage and track any type of collection or inventory, from movies and books to custom items. Features include barcode scanning, AI identification, estimated values, and cloud backup. Organize your possessions for home, business, or school.

Highlights
  • Catalog any collection type
  • Barcode and AI scanning
  • Automatic estimated values
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Customizable fields and layouts
  • Share collections
Features
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iCollect Everything is the #1 app on the App Store for managing your collectibles or inventory, whether at home, business, work, or school. This is a Universal app and works on both iPhone and iPad and syncs directly with our Mac app. Scan in or search for any item you own or want and add them to your lists. Full of incredible features! -- Used officially by the state of Tennessee: Over 2000+ school teachers in five different school districts use it to manage their classroom book libraries. • Manage and inventory any of these collections: - Movies - Books - Video Games - Comic Books - Music - Toy Cars (Hot Wheels) - Bricks (LEGO) - Wine - Coins - Art - Action Figures - Currency - Dolls (Barbie) - Vinyl Figures (Funko) - Board Games - Alcohol - Magazines - Model Trains and Planes - Puzzles - Pins (Disney) - Watches - Sci-Fi (Star Wars / Star Trek) - Stamps - Trading Cards: Sports, including baseball, football, basketball, soccer, hockey, racing, boxing, cricket, MMA, and more. - Trading Cards: Non-Sports for Pokemon, Disney Lorcana, Magic: The Gathering, Star Wars, GPK, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and more - Customized Collections of ANY kind - and so much more! (see screenshots for more details) Note: Large collections require an in-app purchase to unlock unlimited storage. You will be prompted when you reach the limits of your selected collectible type. • Create any Customized Collectable type you can think of: - Collect Harry Potter stuff? You can create a collectible type for that! - What about sewing patterns? You can do that too. - Sports memorabilia and trading cards? Done. - Disney and other pop culture products and toys? We can help you manage those too. - Kitchen, garage, business products, etc. - Vintage Coca-Cola, antiques, music equipment, school classroom inventory, shop tools, posters, anything really.... we can help you manage it with this app. • Loaded with millions of items from around the world in our database • AI Identification Scanning, great for items without barcodes • Full barcode, ISBN, package scanning, and advanced machine learning image recognition, as well as database search • Automatic estimated values on nearly all of our built-in collectible types • Cloud Backup • Sync across multiple devices, including iPad • Supports input in any language and allows selections of any country and currency • Filters, sorting, and importing • See your full collection value • Insure your collectibles • Three different custom layouts • Exporting • Multi-level sorting • Shake to Select • Default Field Data • Customize which fields are displayed • Section Counts • Collapsable Sections • Share your collection with friends or on social media like Facebook and Twitter • Format your Titles with A, An, or The removed • Extra features like colored Themes and Dark Mode • Every field is editable • Store up to four pictures (or ten for Pro users) per item, including front, back, and inside images of items • Personal details per item including Loaned, Purchase Price, Purchase Date, Date Added, Personal Rating, Last Watched, Storage Location, Opened, Notes, Estimated Value, and more • Index bars and search for quick access in large collections This app is a completely new collecting experience, written from the ground up for iOS 26, the latest devices like iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, Air, iPad Pro, and full Universal iPhone/iPad support built-in and syncs directly to our Mac app. Our app was created with a cloud database backend designed specifically to allow each item to be stored with its own individual attributes. We can import your collection from nearly anywhere: CLZ Collectorz, MyMovies, Delicious Library, BookBuddy, and much more. Just send us your import file and we'll get you rolling. Data provided by Discogs, TMDB, Amazon, Google, eBay, and users like you. TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY INFO: https://www.icollecteverything.com/privacy-policy/

About

Instant Dahlia

Identify dahlia flower types by focusing your camera on them. This app can recognize approximately 700 dahlia cultivars, helping you learn about flowers in your garden or out of curiosity.

Highlights
  • Camera-based dahlia identification
  • Recognizes ~700 dahlia cultivars
  • Field guide for garden dahlias
  • Identify flowers by focusing camera
Features
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Have you ever wondered about the type of a beautiful Dahlia to add it to your garden or out of curiosity? Our app will suggest you the exact or similar Dahlia types once you focus your camera at a flower. About 700 dahlia cultivars may be currently recognized by the app.

Screenshots

iCollect Everything4 screens
Instant Dahlia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iCollect Everything at 4.6 against Instant Dahlia's 2.9. iCollect Everything also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (14K vs 12). Instant Dahlia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. iCollect Everything sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $79.99 per year. Instant Dahlia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCollect Everything holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCollect Everything has 14K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of iCollect Everything's written reviews are positive against 29% of Instant Dahlia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCollect Everything ships an update every 2 days, Instant Dahlia monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iCollect Everything versus Instant Dahlia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCollect EverythingInstant Dahlia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14K ratings) — better2.9 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#82 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCollect Everything, LLCTatiana Churanova

Customer experience

iCollect Everything

All ratings13,773 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews702 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative46.0%

Instant Dahlia

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

iCollect Everything

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Duplicate/incorrect item data
  • Images disappearing or changing unexpectedly
  • Login/account issues
  • Crashes and data loss
  • Slow performance and sync problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Bulk editing and management tools
  • Improved search and sorting options
  • Offline mode for barcode scanning
  • Ability to rearrange/reorder images
  • Automatic data backups and restore

Instant Dahlia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

iCollect Everything

Subscriptions1
  • Pro User - Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time9
  • Add Unlimited Movies$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Books$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Puzzles$49.99
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  • Add Unlimited Comic Books$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Video Games$49.99
  • Add Unlimited Custom Items$49.99
  • LIFETIME Unlimited All Items$59.99
  • LIFETIME Unlimited All Items$79.99
  • LIFETIME Unlimited All Items$99.99
None

Instant Dahlia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCollect Everything free?
iCollect Everything is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Instant Dahlia free?
Instant Dahlia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iCollect Everything or Instant Dahlia?
iCollect Everything is rated higher. iCollect Everything averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Instant Dahlia averages 2.9 from 12 ratings.
Do iCollect Everything or Instant Dahlia have ads?
Neither iCollect Everything nor Instant Dahlia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCollect Everything or Instant Dahlia?
iCollect Everything ships an update every 2 days, and Instant Dahlia monthly. Most recently, iCollect Everything was updated on November 11, 2026 and Instant Dahlia on November 2, 2026.

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