Comparison

Placefolio vs fewer

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

Head to head
About

Placefolio

Features
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Know exactly where every item is across your entire home, office, or storage space. Placefolio is the smart inventory manager that organizes your belongings into a logical hierarchy: Sites, Rooms, Locations, Boxes, and Items. Label anything with a QR code, NFC tag, or Bluetooth beacon, and find it in seconds without opening a single box. Organize Everything, Everywhere • Sites → Rooms → Locations → Boxes → Items • Track inventory across home, office, warehouse, or storage units • Keep loose items at the room or location level, not everything needs to be boxed • Sort by name, date, or custom order; show or hide archived items Find Anything Fast • Full-text search across names, notes, tags, and custom attributes • Scan QR codes or NFC tags to instantly identify any box or item • Bluetooth beacon support physically locate containers by proximity • Quick disambiguation when multiple items share a code Rich Item Details • Photos, quantities, custom tags, and attributes • Acquisition date, purchase price, estimated value, and insurance info • Expiration dates, loan tracking, condition, dimensions, and weight • Warning labels: fragile, climate-sensitive, and more Alerts That Keep You Informed • Low-quantity warnings when stock drops below your threshold • Expiration reminders so nothing goes unnoticed • Overdue loan notifications for borrowed items • Beacon battery alerts QR Labels & Reports • Generate and print QR label sheets for any box or item • Thermal-printer-ready exports • PDF and CSV inventory reports scoped to room, location, or box • Print detailed item summaries as PDFs Move Mode • Create moving projects to coordinate relocations • Scan boxes to confirm delivery at their destination • Track multiple destinations with prioritized order • Monitor move progress at a glance Backup & Sync • Offline-first everything works without internet • Encrypted iCloud Drive backups with automatic scheduling • LAN sync with a personal Placefolio server for multi-device households • Full local backup and restore as a ZIP archive, including all photos • Activity log with a complete, filterable history of every change Premium The free tier includes up to 25 boxes. Unlock unlimited boxes with a one-time purchase and no subscription required. Whether you're organizing a garage, managing a storage unit, packing up a home, or tracking office equipment Placefolio gives you the tools to know exactly what you have and where it is.

About

fewer

Organize your belongings with an AI-powered inventory. Snap photos, and the app identifies items, suggests details, and tracks their location and ownership. Ask insightful questions about your possessions, like usage frequency or resale value.

Highlights
  • AI item recognition
  • Customizable inventory
  • Shared and private spaces
  • Voice entry
  • Bulk scanning
  • Usage tracking
Features
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fewer is a decluttering inventory for the things you already own. Snap a photo. fewer's AI recognizes the item, suggests a name, brand, and category, and saves it to your inventory. tag where it lives, who it belongs to, and whether it's shared with the household or private to you. Then come the questions you actually wanted to ask: • how many of these do I own? • when did I last use this? • is this still worth keeping? • what would I get for it if I sold it? fewer answers them. across photos, locations, and shared spaces — for one person, a couple, a family, or a small office. — SHARED SPACES, PRIVATE ITEMS — Create a space for your home, your office, or your family. invite people in by email; they see what's shared, you keep what's private private. owners, editors, viewers — three roles, plain rules. — SMART ADD — Photo capture with AI item recognition. type a few letters of a category and pick from your existing ones; nothing forced. voice entry for hands-free triage. bulk scan when a closet needs to be emptied. — PHASE 1 IS LAUNCH — This version covers the inventory itself. declutter suggestions, resale value reasoning, richer warranty workflows, and the web dashboard arrive in later updates. we're shipping the foundation first and getting it right. — PRIVACY — Your photos go to your own private encrypted Supabase bucket. when you tap the AI affordance, the photo is sent to Google's Gemini API for analysis only — not retained, not used to train models. you can turn AI off in Settings; manual entry never depends on AI. fewer Plus unlocks unlimited AI scans for $3.99/month or $29.99/year. the free tier includes 5 AI scans per calendar month; manual entry is unlimited and always free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://getfewer.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getfewer.app/privacy

Screenshots

Placefolio4 screens
fewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: fewer at every 4 days against Placefolio's every 3 months. fewer also leads on 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. Placefolio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and fewer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Placefolio ships an update every 3 months, fewer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Placefolio versus fewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlacefoliofewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJEREMY JOHN WINTERWeskye Studio, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Placefolio

One-time1
  • Unlimited Boxes$7.99
2 purchases

fewer

Subscriptions2
  • Fewer Plus$3.991 Month
  • Plus - Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Placefolio free?
Placefolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is fewer free?
fewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Placefolio or fewer have ads?
Neither Placefolio nor fewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Placefolio or fewer?
Placefolio ships an update every 3 months, and fewer every 4 days. Most recently, Placefolio was updated on October 31, 2026 and fewer on October 22, 2026.

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