Comparison

Inventory Scanner Stock Count 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 Scanner Stock Count

This app helps small businesses and individuals quickly scan barcodes to count inventory. It offers features like automatic quantity updates for duplicate scans, live item lists, and easy CSV export for analysis in spreadsheet software.

Highlights
  • Fast barcode scanning
  • Automatic quantity updates
  • Live item list editing
  • Search within sessions
  • Clean CSV export
  • Recount and variance review
Features
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Scan, count and manage your stock. Clean CSV export for Excel. No account needed, works offline. Inventory Scanner Stock Count is built for small businesses, shops, sellers and operators who want to keep track of stock without a complicated system. NEW: WORKPLACE Keep your business stock in one place. Add a price to each product and see your units and total stock value at a glance. Scan to sell: items go into the sale, you confirm, and the quantity drops by itself. Every change is logged, from sales and counts to edits, so you always know what moved. FAST BARCODE COUNTING Start a count session and scan. Repeat scans add up automatically, so you don't stop after every item. Use your iPhone camera or a Bluetooth barcode scanner. Edit quantities, rename items and search inside the session. CLEAN EXPORT When the count is done, export a clean CSV that opens straight in Excel or Google Sheets. Use recount and variance review to compare expected and counted quantities. Use it for: • Shop and retail stock • Stock takes and shelf counts • Pop-up and market sellers • Office, equipment and asset counts • Pantry and storage lists at home Key features: • Workplace: products, prices and total stock value in one place • Scan to sell, stock updates automatically • Full history of every change: sales, counts and edits • Barcode scanning with camera or Bluetooth scanner • Automatic quantity updates for repeat scans • Count sessions with a live item list • Manual quantity editing and item search • Recount and variance review • CSV export for Excel and Google Sheets • CSV import Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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 Scanner Stock Count4 screens
Countstead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countstead at every 4 days against Inventory Scanner Stock Count's every 3 weeks. Inventory Scanner Stock Count's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Inventory Scanner Stock Count sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Inventory Scanner Stock Count against 5.0 for Countstead. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventory Scanner Stock Count ships an update every 3 weeks, Countstead every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Inventory Scanner Stock Count versus Countstead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventory Scanner Stock CountCountstead
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOGUZHAN 0ZDEMIRImdad Ismail

Customer experience

Inventory Scanner Stock Count

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countstead

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Inventory Scanner Stock Count

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

Countstead

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

Questions

Is Inventory Scanner Stock Count free?
Inventory Scanner Stock Count is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countstead free?
Countstead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inventory Scanner Stock Count or Countstead?
Inventory Scanner Stock Count and Countstead are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Inventory Scanner Stock Count or Countstead have ads?
Neither Inventory Scanner Stock Count nor Countstead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventory Scanner Stock Count or Countstead?
Inventory Scanner Stock Count ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countstead every 4 days. Most recently, Inventory Scanner Stock Count was updated on November 7, 2026 and Countstead on November 10, 2026.

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