Comparison

metItem vs ShelfCount Inventory

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

Head to head
About

metItem

Organize and track inventory with ease, from home closets to busy warehouses. Features include folder organization, barcode scanning, low-stock alerts, and cross-device syncing. Collaborate with teams via web sharing for comprehensive stock management.

Highlights
  • Folder and subfolder organization
  • Barcode scanning for item addition
  • Low-stock alerts
  • Cross-device syncing (iPhone, iPad, web)
  • Team collaboration with web sharing
  • Custom fields and tags
  • Offline access and automatic syncing
Features
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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 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 from the Essential plan up • 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.

About

ShelfCount Inventory

Features
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ShelfCount Inventory keeps a clinic's supplies under control without anyone having to remember to update a spreadsheet. Build each procedure once — the gloves, the sutures, the needles, the drapes and how many of each. When you perform it, tap it. Every item comes off the shelf at once, in the right quantity, from the box that expires soonest. ONE SHARED INVENTORY Everyone on the team sees the same stock on their own phone, updated live. Invite staff with a single code — no accounts to set up for them, no licences to manage. PROCEDURES THAT DEDUCT THEMSELVES Set the quantities once. Adjust them on the spot if a case needs more. One tap records the whole procedure and updates every item it touched. EXPIRY HANDLED PROPERLY Track each item as separate boxes with their own expiry dates. Stock is always spent from the soonest-to-expire box first, so nothing quietly goes out of date at the back of a drawer. WARNINGS BEFORE IT HURTS Set a minimum level per item and the app tells you what is running low, what is expiring, and what has already expired — before you reach for something that isn't there. A HISTORY YOU CAN CORRECT See everything performed today, and on any earlier day, with exactly which products each one used. Tapped a procedure by mistake? Undo it, and the stock goes straight back. BARCODE SCANNING Scan a product to fill in its name and details instead of typing them. ALSO INSIDE • Storage locations, so people can actually find things • Optional prices and a total inventory value • Backup and restore of your product catalogue • Romanian and English Built for clinics, surgeries, and any small practice that keeps consumables on a shelf. ShelfCount Inventory holds supplies, not patients. It contains no patient records and no health information about any identifiable person.

Screenshots

metItem4 screens
ShelfCount Inventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShelfCount Inventory at none against metItem's 8. metItem's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. metItem sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. ShelfCount Inventory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

metItem ships an update weekly, ShelfCount Inventory monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
metItem versus ShelfCount Inventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermetItemShelfCount Inventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHun Kimyair ben hamo

In-app purchases

8 purchases

metItem

Subscriptions8
  • 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
None

ShelfCount Inventory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is metItem free?
metItem is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShelfCount Inventory free?
ShelfCount Inventory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do metItem or ShelfCount Inventory have ads?
Neither metItem nor ShelfCount Inventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, metItem or ShelfCount Inventory?
metItem ships an update weekly, and ShelfCount Inventory monthly. Most recently, metItem was updated on November 13, 2026 and ShelfCount Inventory on November 7, 2026.

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