Workshop AI vs Inventory For Makers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workshop AI
Effortlessly create a searchable inventory of your tools by simply taking photos. The app automatically identifies items, allowing you to quickly find what you need, track borrowed tools, and avoid buying duplicates. Designed for practical use in workshops and job sites.
- AI-powered tool identification from photos
- Searchable inventory
- Tool check-in/check-out tracking
- Organize by category, location, or tags
- Avoid duplicate purchases
- No account or login required
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Stop digging through bins and buying tools you already own. Workshop AI turns photos of your garage, workshop, basement, shed, or job-site storage into a searchable tool inventory. Take a photo of a bin, drawer, shelf, or toolbox and AI identifies the tools and supplies for you. FIND THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB Tell Workshop AI what you're trying to do — “I need to remove some drywall” — and it recommends tools from your inventory and shows exactly where each one is stored. BUILD YOUR INVENTORY FAST • Photograph multiple tools at once • Let AI identify them automatically • Review and edit the results • Assign tools to bins, shelves, drawers, and locations • Browse your inventory by storage location KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING BELONGS Open any bin to see what's supposed to be inside. Find tools faster and avoid buying something you already own. CHECK TOOLS IN & OUT Take a tool from its storage bin and check it out. Workshop remembers its original location so you know exactly where to return it when the job is finished. BUILT FOR REAL WORKSHOPS Workshop AI is made for homeowners, DIYers, makers, tradespeople, and anyone with tools spread across a garage, basement, shed, workshop, or job site. Free to use. No account or login required.
Inventory For Makers
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Inventory 4 Makers is a simple inventory tracker built for crafters, Etsy sellers, makers, and small product businesses. Keep track of your products, SKUs, size and color variants, materials, and low-stock items without the complexity of a warehouse system or the mess of a spreadsheet. Whether you sell handmade candles, ceramics, leather goods, jewelry, prints, craft products, or made-to-order items, Inventory 4 Makers helps you know what you have, what is running low, and what needs to be restocked. Built for small shops Add products with names, SKUs, categories, and notes. Create variants for size, color, material, or any combination you use in your shop. Each variant can have its own stock quantity, so you can track real inventory more clearly. Track materials too Need to manage supplies, raw materials, packaging, or ingredients? Add optional materials with units, suppliers, and low-stock thresholds, so you can see what needs to be reordered before it slows you down. Low-stock alerts Set low-stock thresholds for products, variants, and materials. Inventory 4 Makers keeps warning states visible so you can quickly spot what needs attention. Private iCloud sync Your data stays in your private iCloud using CloudKit. Sync your inventory across iPhone and iPad without creating another account. Share with your small team Invite other iOS users to view and edit your inventory through iCloud sharing. Perfect for partners, assistants, family businesses, or co-makers working on the same shop. CSV export Export your products, variants, materials, or full inventory to CSV for accounting, backups, or opening in a spreadsheet. Inventory 4 Makers is not a complex warehouse platform. It is a lightweight stock tracker for solo makers and tiny teams who want simple, reliable inventory they can actually keep up to date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Inventory For Makers at every 10 days against Workshop AI's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workshop AI ships an update monthly, Inventory For Makers every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workshop AI | Inventory For Makers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edward Morgan | Hernan Amiune |
In-app purchases
Workshop AI
No in-app purchases
Inventory For Makers
No in-app purchases
Questions
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