metItem vs Countstead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
metItem
Organize and track your inventory with this app. Features include folder organization, barcode scanning, low-stock alerts, and collaborative sharing. Manage everything from home closets to busy warehouses.
- Folder and subfolder organization
- Barcode scanning for item addition
- Low-stock alerts
- Cross-device and web syncing
- Collaborative sharing with roles
- Custom fields and units
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metItem brings order to your inventory — simple enough for a home closet, powerful enough for a busy warehouse. Organize everything into folders, track quantity and value, and find any item in seconds. Snap a photo, scan a barcode, set a low-stock alert, and you're done. Your own inventories sync across iPhone, iPad, and the web. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING • Folders and subfolders to group items your way • See totals at a glance: folders, items, total quantity and total value • Photos on every item — add from your library or your camera ADD ITEMS IN SECONDS • Scan a barcode to add an item — for many retail products, metItem can fill in the name, description and photo • Adjust quantities with a quick +/- stepper • Custom fields, tags and units to match your workflow FIND ANYTHING, FAST • Search across a folder or your entire inventory • Browse your full folder structure and jump anywhere • Switch between list and grid views; hide folders or codes for a cleaner look STAY ON TOP OF STOCK • Set a minimum level and get an in-app alert when stock runs low • Check items in and out, and move them between folders • Reports and a dashboard for the full picture WORK TOGETHER • Share an inventory with your team on the web: read-only viewers on every plan, editors on paid plans • The people you share with see it in the app, under "Shared with me", and on the web • What each person can do follows their role, for example view only; roles are set on the web • Add, edit and move items and folders with no signal — changes sync when you're back online From tools and equipment to retail stock, office supplies, and collections, metItem keeps everything organized and at your fingertips. Download metItem and take control of your inventory today.
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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: metItem at 15.0 against Countstead's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. metItem sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 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.
metItem ships an update weekly, Countstead every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | metItem | Countstead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hun Kim | Imdad Ismail |
In-app purchases
metItem
- Starter Monthly$14.991 Month
- Essential Monthly$49.991 Month
- Starter Yearly$89.991 Year
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- Ultra Monthly$149.991 Month
- Essential Yearly$289.001 Year
- Enterprise Monthly$299.991 Month
- Ultra Yearly$889.001 Year
- Enterprise Yearly$999.001 Year
Countstead
- Countstead Pro Monthly$10.001 Month
- Countstead Pro Annual1 Month trial$90.001 Year
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