Comparison

PutSpot vs BriefFeed

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

Head to head
About

PutSpot

Easily track the location of your belongings with photos, voice notes, and QR tags. This app helps you build a digital inventory for your home, office, or storage, so you can find anything in seconds. It's designed to be memory-friendly and private, with optional cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Photo and voice item tracking
  • QR tag and barcode scanning
  • Multiple home/space management (Pro)
  • Expiry date reminders
  • Export and backup options
  • AI-powered suggestions
Features
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Never ask "Where did I put that?" again. PutSpot is a private item finder and inventory app for your home, office or storage: save where things are with photos, voice search, notes, QR tags and barcodes, then find them in seconds. Keys, passports, chargers, glasses, documents, seasonal clothes, storage boxes, tools in the garage: give everything a spot on a shelf, in a drawer, a closet, a box or a room, and PutSpot remembers it for you. NEW IN 1.8: KNOW WHAT YOU OWN AND WHERE IT IS • Barcode and receipt scanning: scan a barcode and product details fill in; snap a receipt to capture purchase info and pick the items you want. • Multiple homes and spaces (Pro): keep home, holiday home, office and storage separate and move items between them. • Home value: see the total value of your things by place and category and share a summary. • Expiry dates and reminders: add a best-before date and choose when to be reminded. Upcoming and expired items show on Home. • Export and backup: CSV, a ZIP with all photos and documents, or a PDF report. Restore from a ZIP anytime. • Effortless moving: swipe to move an item, move several at once and see each item's move history. • Smarter filters: by value, warranty, expiry, documents, tags or missing details. • Background removal (Pro): make item photos pop, right on your device. Try it 3 times for free. • Sharing: send items to another PutSpot user or share them as text and photos. • Dates by voice: just say the date. HOW IT WORKS • Take a photo with your camera or pick one from your gallery. • Add a name, notes, tags and where it is: Room > Closet > Box. • Print or scan QR labels for boxes and shelves to see what's inside. • Find anything with search or voice search. • Keep purchase details, warranty papers and documents with each item. FOR MOVING, STORAGE AND ORGANIZING Build a simple digital inventory for moving boxes, storage units, the garage, closets, pantry shelves and office supplies. Know what is inside every box and on every shelf. MEMORY-FRIENDLY AND ADHD-FRIENDLY A visual home inventory helps you remember where things are and keeps often-misplaced items like keys, glasses, pill organizers and remotes easy to find. Families and caregivers can share item locations too. PutSpot is a home organization app, not a medical device, and does not provide medical advice. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed. Your items and places stay on your device by default; sync with your own iCloud or Google Drive is optional. App Lock adds extra protection. AI SUGGESTIONS PutSpot suggests names and tags from photos and text so saving is faster. The AI runs on your device and comes built into the app; Pro unlocks unlimited name suggestions. PUTSPOT PRO • Unlimited items and places • Separate inventories for home, holiday home and office • Your records in your own iCloud or Google Drive, on all your devices • Unlimited name suggestions and background removal for photos • One Pro for the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps • No ads Choose monthly, yearly (starts with a 7-day free trial and saves about 44% compared with monthly) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Lifetime Pro can be shared with up to 5 family members through Family Sharing. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by country. Available in 49 languages, with light and dark themes and reduced motion options. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase; renewals are charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time payment with no renewals. Privacy Policy: https://mayrainsoftware.com/putspotprivacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BriefFeed

This app uses AI to provide concise summaries of articles, posts, and web content, highlighting key points first. It allows users to save summaries with source links and sync their library across Apple devices. An integrated Safari extension enables on-the-fly summarization while browsing.

Highlights
  • AI-powered article summarization
  • Key points highlighted first
  • Save summaries with source links
  • Cross-device library sync (iCloud)
  • Safari browser extension
  • Searchable reading history
  • Optional Notion integration
Features
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See the key points, then decide what to read in depth. BriefFeed uses AI to summarize supported articles, posts, and web content, keeping source links close so you can return to the original. Explore all features, real examples, and the demo video: https://brieffeed.app Share a link to see an AI summary Share a link from another app or paste a URL into BriefFeed. For supported content, BriefFeed generates a summary after fetching or opening the page. Some pages need to load and have their text expanded in the reader first. See key points while browsing Safari Enable the included Safari extension on iPhone and iPad to see AI summaries beside supported posts, discussions, and pages. The extension summarizes supported content already loaded on the page, helping you choose what to read in depth. Keep what is worth returning to Save summaries with their source links and browse your saved items by author. Sync your library across iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your Apple iCloud account, without creating a separate BriefFeed account. Find what you read Search recent reading by words you remember, open the original source, or save a useful item from history. Revisit retained content by author, with portraits and biographies when available. History contains only supported content encountered by BriefFeed within the selected retention period. Continue from the browser extension Connect a compatible BriefFeed browser extension on your Mac to sync saved items and browsing history within your selected retention period while the Mac app is running. Synced items continue through your Apple iCloud account to iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so you can find a source from your computer when you need it on your phone. Supported content NetEase News articles are supported on recognized article pages, using the rendered title, byline, and visible article text. Hidden content, comments, and account data are excluded. On selected websites, the Safari extension supports social posts, discussions, articles, repositories, paper pages, podcast show notes, and available video text. Support depends on the site, page type, and accessible content. Video summaries use only the current video's available transcript, subtitles, timeline text, or chapters. Podcast summaries use show notes. BriefFeed does not directly analyze audio or video frames. Links that cannot be summarized can still be saved for later. Optional Notion sync Connect your own Notion integration to sync items you explicitly save in the Safari extension. The Notion token stays in that extension's local storage. Synced content goes directly from Safari to Notion, without passing through BriefFeed servers. Stay connected to the source Summary requests use the source text and limited source information needed for the summary. The extension does not send cookies or account sessions to BriefFeed. Original links remain available so you can check details and read in context.

Screenshots

PutSpot4 screens
BriefFeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BriefFeed at none against PutSpot's 4. BriefFeed also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). PutSpot's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. PutSpot sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. BriefFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PutSpot against 5.0 for BriefFeed. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PutSpot has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PutSpot ships an update every 3 days, BriefFeed daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PutSpot versus BriefFeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPutSpotBriefFeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB25 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEfe Can OGUR博 吴

Customer experience

PutSpot

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BriefFeed

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PutSpot

Subscriptions3
  • PutSpot Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • PutSpot Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • PutSpot Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • PutSpot Pro Lifetime$69.99
None

BriefFeed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PutSpot free?
PutSpot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BriefFeed free?
BriefFeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PutSpot or BriefFeed?
BriefFeed is rated higher. PutSpot averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while BriefFeed averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PutSpot or BriefFeed have ads?
PutSpot shows ads; BriefFeed does not.
Which is updated more often, PutSpot or BriefFeed?
PutSpot ships an update every 3 days, and BriefFeed daily. Most recently, PutSpot was updated on November 9, 2026 and BriefFeed on November 10, 2026.

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