Move Prep vs MoveBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Move Prep
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Set one date. Move Prep plans the rest. Move Prep is the organized move you've been promising yourself: a plan that follows your real moving date, every box in one searchable list, and every address change in one place. It is quiet, light and offline, and it works without an account. HOME Open the app and see the three things to do this week, not thirty. A countdown to moving day keeps the whole move in view, on your home screen and on your lock screen for the last week. THE PLAN Set your moving date and 77 tasks land on the calendar around it. Every task has a date, a note and an optional reminder. Utilities get their own details: provider, dates and account numbers. Tell us your new state and the driver's license and registration deadlines join the plan with real due dates. BOXES Number every box automatically. Give each one a room, a status and a list of what is inside. Add a photo so you can see the box before you open it. Point the camera at the contents and tap the suggestions that fit. Print box labels as a PDF and tape them on. On moving day, scan a label: the room name fills the screen, tap Unloaded, done. WALKTHROUGH Dated photos of every room, before you leave and when you arrive, with a note on each one. One tap makes a PDF report for your landlord, buyer or insurer. SUPPLIES AND VALUE A packing supplies estimate tells you how many boxes, rolls of tape and pounds of paper to buy. Add a value to any box and export the whole inventory as a PDF and CSV for insurance. ADDRESS CHANGES 70 services and accounts that need your new address, grouped by category, plus your new state's DMV and voter registration links. Copy your new address with one tap, paste it into the form, then check the service off. HOUSEHOLD Share the move with the people moving with you. It syncs through your own iCloud: no account, no server, edits merge on both phones. SIRI "Add a box to Move Prep" and "How many days until my move?" work from Siri and Shortcuts. QUIET REMINDERS One gentle reminder a day, only when something is due. Turn it off any time. EXPORT AND IMPORT Save your whole move to a file and bring it back on another phone, or keep it as a backup. HOW PRICING WORKS Everything is free for the first 7 days. After that, a single one-time purchase of $9.99 unlocks Move Prep for good on your Apple ID. No subscription. No renewals. Nothing to cancel. Pay once, keep it. Already bought it? Restore Purchase brings it back. WHAT WE DO NOT DO - No account, email or password. - No ads and no tracking. - No internet needed. Your data stays on your phone (and in your own iCloud only if you turn on household sharing). - No subscription, ever. Made by SJP Productions for one of the most stressful weeks of your life. This is a general guide, so check with each provider for their own process.
MoveBox
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Find what you need tonight, then check which boxes actually arrived. MoveBox connects your moving plan, numbered boxes, selected trips and first-night essentials on iPhone and iPad. PACK AND FIND THE RIGHT BOX Give each box a permanent physical number, a destination room, contents and a photo. Search labels, contents and rooms; filter fragile, heavy and open-first boxes. Eight room colors also appear on printable labels and the manifest. Duplicate similar boxes, mark them unpacked and see packing and unpacking progress. Pro rapid packing keeps the room and handling choices ready for the next box. Pro galleries hold up to 12 ordered photos per box, with a chosen cover and full-size zoom. CONNECT YOUR FIRST NIGHT Start with 18 editable essentials, add your own and link each need to its actual box. The locator shows where it is and whether that box is packed, loaded or confirmed at the destination. An unchecked delivery stays outstanding. CHECK EACH SELECTED TRIP Choose the exact boxes leaving together, check loading and record departure. Reconcile arrivals by room, correct a mistaken check, record delivery issues and resolve them. Dated movement notes keep the event time separate from the time you recorded it. These are your manual checks, not live vehicle tracking. KEEP A DATED HANDOFF Pro saves a frozen trip handoff PDF with the selected inventory, departure and recorded checks. Later box edits or arrival checks do not rewrite that saved document. Open the complete native PDF, then save, share or print it. PLAN BEFORE MOVING DAY Set your moving date and work through an editable eight-week plan with 48 tasks, practical notes and completed weeks that fold away. Keep 25 editable address-change entries, using regional government and postal-service examples for a new move. Compare mover quotes with contacts, notes and historical Canadian-dollar amounts; mark your choice booked. PRINT AND TAKE YOUR RECORDS Pro includes numbered box-label PDFs, a room-grouped inventory manifest PDF, a moving-day checklist PDF and inventory CSV for spreadsheets. Preview the actual documents before saving, sharing or printing. Complete JSON backups include boxes, photos, rooms, plan, lists, quotes, trip history and saved handoffs. Review an incoming backup before replacing the current move; MoveBox first verifies a separate local safety copy. Backup and recovery remain available without Pro. FREE AND PRO A new installation can save one useful box with one photo, try one single-box trip and use the first two weeks of the plan, essentials, address list and quotes. Existing installations retain their prior ten-box allowance. Saved records remain accessible and editable when Pro is inactive. Pro adds unlimited boxes, multiple selected trips, room arrival reconciliation, rapid packing, ordered photo galleries, frozen handoffs, all eight weeks and PDF/CSV exports. Choose Monthly, Yearly or a one-time Lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Apple Account settings. Eligible introductory offers disclose the first month and regular renewal price before purchase. Restore existing purchases with the same Apple Account; Lifetime has no renewal. No MoveBox account is required. Moving records stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them. Contact Support sends the message and diagnostics you review. Privacy: https://innovalabworks.com/a/movebox/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MoveBox at fortnightly against Move Prep's every 3 months. Move Prep's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Move Prep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MoveBox sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Move Prep ships an update every 3 months, MoveBox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Move Prep | MoveBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SJP Custom Solutions LLC | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
Move Prep
- Move Prep โ Lifetime Unlock$9.99
MoveBox
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly ยท First-time offer1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly ยท Final offer1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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- Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- MoveBox Lifetime$49.99








