Comparison

Inventory Manager Offline vs Countstead

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

Head to head
About

Inventory Manager Offline

Manage your business inventory, track stock, scan barcodes, and record sales and purchases entirely offline. This app simplifies stock control for small businesses without needing an internet connection or account creation.

Highlights
  • Offline inventory tracking
  • Barcode scanning for sales and stock
  • Record sales, purchases, and invoices
  • Manage customer and supplier balances
  • Generate business reports (profit, cash-flow)
  • Excel import/export
  • Low-stock alerts
Features
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Run your inventory management from your phone — track stock, scan barcodes, record sales and purchases, and manage customer & supplier balances. Works 100% offline. No account, no internet required. Built for small business owners who need simple, fast stock control without spreadsheets or complicated software. **Who it's for** Retail shops, grocery stores and markets, boutiques, hardware and electronics stores, pharmacies, warehouses, wholesalers, distributors, tradespeople, freelancers and any small business that buys and sells goods. **Inventory & stock control** • Track stock in and stock out in real time • Low-stock and critical-stock alerts so you never run out • Fast stock count / inventory audit • Barcode scanning to add products and speed up sales • Excel import & export to move your product list in seconds **Sales, purchases & invoices** • Record sales and purchases in a few taps • Print receipts and invoices as PDF or to a thermal printer (58mm / 80mm) • Create quotes and track expenses **Current accounts (customers & suppliers)** • See who owes you and who you owe at a glance • Track receivables and payables, collections and payments • Generate clear customer and supplier statements **Reports that grow your business** • Profit, VAT / tax, and cash-flow reports • Best-selling products and account balances • Due-date tracking so you get paid on time **Why businesses choose this inventory app** • 100% offline — your data stays on your device, no sign-up required • Simple and fast, made for everyday shop use • 140+ currencies supported worldwide • Excel import/export and Google Drive / iCloud backup to keep your data safe **Use cases** - A shop owner scans barcodes to sell and instantly updates stock - A wholesaler tracks supplier balances and prints invoices on a thermal printer - A market checks low-stock alerts before reordering - A tradesperson sends quotes and records customer payments on the go **Free trial** Start with a free trial: inventory, customer accounts, barcode, sales & purchases, reports and backup. No sign-up required. Pro note: Go Pro to unlock unlimited products & transactions plus automatic daily backup. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase — a subscription is not required. Take control of your inventory today. Download now and manage stock, sales and customer accounts from one simple app — anytime, offline. Terms of Use (EULA): https://ofisx.com/offline-term.html Privacy Policy: https://ofisx.com/offline-privacy-policy.html

About

Countstead

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Countstead is an inventory app for small businesses on iPhone and iPad. Record what comes in and goes out, count what is on the shelf, scan barcodes and see what is running low, even with no internet connection. No account is needed to start. It is built for shops, market stalls, makers, resellers, cafés and kitchens, salons and repair workshops: small businesses that keep physical stock and have outgrown a spreadsheet, without taking on an ERP or warehouse system. WORKS OFFLINE Items, counts, locations and history live on your iPhone or iPad and work without a connection. Your inventory stays on the device unless you turn on sync. SCAN BARCODES Scan a barcode or QR code with the camera to open the item and record stock. Scan a code you have not used yet and Countstead offers to create the item with the code filled in. Codes are read on the device and matched against your own items; nothing is looked up online. RECORD EVERY MOVEMENT Record stock in, stock out, counts, corrections and transfers between locations. Every change is added to the item's history, so the original entry stays visible. Quantities can be whole units or decimals, such as kilograms and litres. SEE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION Set a low-stock level for each item at each location, and the Low Stock view lists everything at or below it. Add best-before dates to see what is expiring soon. Reports show what your stock is worth at cost. KEEP ITEMS ORGANIZED Give each item a photo, SKU, barcode, unit, unit cost, sale value, notes and tags, and find it by searching as you type. YOUR DATA, BACKED UP A snapshot is a complete copy of your inventory, with quantities, history and photos, saved on this device. Share it to keep it somewhere else, and restore it on this device or another one. Import up to 10,000 rows from a CSV file or Excel workbook, and export everything as CSV whenever you like. COUNTSTEAD PRO The free app holds up to 30 active items at one location. Countstead Pro is an optional subscription that adds: • Unlimited items • More than one location • Sync across your devices, set up separately with Sign in with Apple • Low-stock and expiry alerts on this device • Reorder suggestions from your usage • Guided counts • What moved, by period • Retail value and margin • Printable barcode label sheets • A PDF inventory summary and filtered CSV reports • Automatic daily backups on this device Countstead is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Indonesian. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://countstead.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Inventory Manager Offline4 screens
Countstead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countstead at every 4 days against Inventory Manager Offline's every 2 weeks. Inventory Manager Offline's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Inventory Manager Offline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Countstead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventory Manager Offline ships an update every 2 weeks, Countstead every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Inventory Manager Offline versus Countstead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventory Manager OfflineCountstead
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB33 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperVeli KARAImdad Ismail

Customer experience

Inventory Manager Offline

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Countstead

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Inventory Manager Offline

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$22.99
2 purchases

Countstead

Subscriptions2
  • Countstead Pro Monthly$10.001 Month
  • Countstead Pro Annual1 Month trial$90.001 Year

Questions

Is Inventory Manager Offline free?
Inventory Manager Offline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countstead free?
Countstead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inventory Manager Offline or Countstead have ads?
Neither Inventory Manager Offline nor Countstead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventory Manager Offline or Countstead?
Inventory Manager Offline ships an update every 2 weeks, and Countstead every 4 days. Most recently, Inventory Manager Offline was updated on November 12, 2026 and Countstead on November 13, 2026.

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