Comparison

Stored vs Blue Dots.

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

Head to head
About

Stored

Features
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Stored is a minimal app that helps you remember where your things are. Track items, boxes and locations across your home, office, car or storage. Find what you need in seconds β€” without digging, guessing or searching twice. Ever asked yourself: β€’ Where are the winter gloves? β€’ Which drawer has the cables? β€’ Where did I put my passport? β€’ Do I already have this? Stored gives you a simple way to map things –> places. You can: β€’ create items β€’ assign locations β€’ add photos β€’ use tags and categories β€’ search instantly β€’ count your items β€’ sync between devices No complex inventory. No spreadsheets. No maintenance burden. Just clarity. You can sync data between your devices. No account. No ads. No tracking. Stored β€” less searching, more knowing.

About

Blue Dots.

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You know that rush after you finally purge the junk drawer, clear out the garage, or deep-clean the closet? Everything's in its place and you feel like you've finally got your life together. Two weeks later the slow creep starts again. Same old chaos. That's exactly why most people stay stuck. They stop at the purge. Blue Dots is the missing piece that turns one-time decluttering into something that lasts. Here's how simple it is. Snap one photo of your freshly organized space. Tap to drop BLUE DOTSβ„’ straight onto the shelves, drawers, boxes or bins. Inside each dot you name the items, add quick photos, and set a status: Available, Almost Out, Need to Buy More, Broken, Borrowed, Want to Sell, Donate or Gift, Get Rid Of, or Sold. NEW: Catalog a whole shelf in one shot. Point the camera at a shelf or a pile and the scanner finds up to 20 items in one photo, names each one and adds them to your map. Less time cataloguing, more time actually organizing. NEW: Sort today. A quick daily deck of the things that still have no status. Swipe left to let go β€” Want to Sell, Donate or Gift, Get Rid Of. Swipe right to keep β€” Available, Almost Out, Need to Buy More and more. A few swipes a day and the whole house is sorted. Mark something Need to Buy More or Almost Out and it drops into a running shopping list β€” so your next store run writes itself, and you stop standing in the aisle wondering whether you're already out. Later you just type what you're looking for. The exact spot lights up bright yellow on your real photo. You walk over and grab it. No spreadsheets. No opening ten random boxes while getting frustrated. Purge once, map it once, and you're done. NEW: Let go of things with your friends. Add friends with a friend code and message them in the app. Anything you mark Want to Sell, Donate or Gift, or Get Rid Of shows up for your friends β€” only those things, never the rest of your home. They can ask for it, make an offer or comment. Sold it? Mark it Sold and it moves to its own list. Share the home with the people in it. With a Family plan, everyone in the household maps and finds things in the same Family Space. A Work Space does the same for a workshop or small team. Need it all on paper? Export your whole inventory as a clean PDF β€” every room, every blue dot, every item and photo, right down to the receipts you saved β€” to keep for yourself or share when you move, downsize or sell. Your whole home in one file. Or make a simple "for sale" or "free to a good home" poster in a tap. With a map you can actually see, the clutter is far easier to keep out. Decision fatigue? Lighter. "Just-in-case" panic? Taken care of. It works anywhere β€” garages, workshops, kitchens, closets, kids' rooms, moving boxes, storage units, even your parents' basement full of who-knows-what. The stuff that makes the magic happen: real-photo blue-dot mapping, instant yellow-highlight search, an AI scanner that names one item or a whole shelf for you, Sort today, status tracking so you know what's usable (and what to restock, sell or donate), a built-in shopping list, friends and messages, Family and Work Spaces, read-only sharing codes, one-tap PDF export, and cloud sync so it's all on every device you use. You purge once. Map it. Find forever. Everything you own, and one app to find it all. Download Blue Dots and finally stop losing your own stuff in your own house. The BLUE DOTSβ„’ remember. Family and Work Spaces need a subscription. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://bluedotsapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Stored4 screens
Blue Dots.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blue Dots. at weekly against Stored's every 5 weeks. Blue Dots. also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Stored sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Blue Dots. sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stored ships an update every 5 weeks, Blue Dots. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Stored versus Blue Dots.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoredBlue Dots.
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS18.315.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB70 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSerhii DemianenkoKenneth SΓΈgnesand

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stored

One-time1
  • Stored Pro$3.99
8 purchases

Blue Dots.

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Family small monthly14 Days trial$29.991 Month
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  • Family large monthly14 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Pro yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Family small yearly14 Days trial$239.991 Year
  • Family large yearly14 Days trial$319.991 Year

Questions

Is Stored free?
Stored is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blue Dots. free?
Blue Dots. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stored or Blue Dots. have ads?
Neither Stored nor Blue Dots. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stored or Blue Dots.?
Stored ships an update every 5 weeks, and Blue Dots. weekly. Most recently, Stored was updated on October 25, 2026 and Blue Dots. on October 20, 2026.

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