Comparison

Home Inventory vs Datum

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

Head to head
About

Home Inventory

Organize your household items with detailed tracking, including photos, purchase history, and expiry dates. Ideal for moving, managing supplies, or simply knowing what you own. Features smart lists, movement logs, and exportable reports.

Highlights
  • Item creation with photo, brand, model, serial number
  • Batch system for supplies with expiry dates
  • Barcode scanner for fast item entry
  • Customizable tags and storage locations
  • Smart lists for home screen organization
  • Movement log and statistics dashboard
  • PDF inventory reports and CSV import/export
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Nifuda is the minimalist way to document your household — for your next move, managing your supplies, or simply keeping track of what you actually own. WHAT NIFUDA CAN DO • Add items with photo, brand, model, serial number, barcode and notes • Batch system for supplies: every delivery with its own purchase price, best-before date and storage location • Barcode scanner for quickly adding items and stock • Organise tags and storage locations freely — rooms, categories, status, however you like • Smart Lists for your home screen (e.g. "Kitchen", "Supplies", "Warranty expiring") • Movement log: every addition, every use and every write-off is recorded • Statistics dashboard with total value history, consumption and write-off trends, and top items • Push reminders for best-before dates and minimum stock — one combined notification per day, at a time of your choice • PDF inventory report in A4 layout, grouped by storage location, with photos and movement log • CSV import with template and preview — add many items including their batches at once • Available in 14 languages • Choose from 28 currencies TYPICAL USES • Moving house: What's in the living room, what's in the basement? What needs to be bought new? • Supply management: food, cleaning products, medicine — with best-before warnings and minimum stock. • Workshop and hobbies: organise screws, paints and tools by storage location. • Collections: catalogue books, games, tools or clothing at a glance. PRIVACY Your data belongs to you. Nifuda syncs exclusively via your private iCloud account between your Apple devices. There are no accounts, no servers, no trackers and no ads. If you don't use iCloud, everything stays local on your device. FREE AND PRO The free version allows up to 30 items and includes all core features. With Nifuda Pro (one-time purchase) you get: • Unlimited items • CSV import for bulk entry • PDF inventory report One purchase, no subscription.

About

Datum

This app allows you to track virtually anything, from daily habits to specific metrics, with customizable input methods and data visualization. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on your device and offers extensive personalization options.

Highlights
  • Track anything with custom units
  • Multiple input styles (stepper, tally, dial)
  • Bundle trackers into check-ins
  • Pre-made check-in templates
  • Customizable dashboard and charts
  • Attach photos, voice notes, and text
  • Integrates with Siri and Shortcuts
Features
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The tracker that doesn't track you. You're probably already tracking things: gas mileage in a ratty old notebook in your glovebox, a Note called "plant watering," your memory for the headaches. Plus a folder of single-purpose apps that each demanded an account. Coffee. Mileage. Mood. Spending. Baby feedings. Practice hours. Pain levels. Sleep. Pull-ups. The sourdough starter. TRACK ANYTHING Create a tracker for anything in seconds. Pick its unit (miles, dollars, cups, °F, percent, or one you invent) and log with the capture style that fits: a stepper, a tally pad, a dial you spin. Yes/no habits, ratings, colors, and short notes work too. CHECK IN, DON'T FILL OUT Bundle trackers into check-ins (a morning check-in, a workout, a refuel) and log them all in one pass, with the note, photo, and weather attached to the moment. START FROM THE LIBRARY Browse ready-made check-ins (Rise & Shine, Refuel, Baby Log, Plant Care) and make them yours. Everything in the Library is free. SEE WHAT IT ADDS UP TO Trends, streaks, comparisons, distributions, heatmaps. Honest charts that never exaggerate your data, on a dashboard you arrange yourself. Scrub any chart with a finger. Every chart speaks VoiceOver. Share any view as an image. MAKE IT YOURS Dye the whole app your color: any tint, any backdrop, light or dark, not just an accent on a button. Charts, heatmaps, every screen wears your theme. Even our logo will, if you let it. Save your looks as presets. Your Datum won't look like anyone else's. MORE THAN NUMBERS Attach photos, voice notes, and text. Let a tracker capture location, weather, or your calendar automatically, only where you say so. PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Log by voice with Siri or wire Datum into your Shortcuts. Send a photo, a link, or text from any app straight into an entry with the share sheet. Import years of spreadsheet history from CSV. Share a check-in as a small file a friend can open in their own Datum, trackers included. YOURS. ACTUALLY YOURS. No account. No sign-up. No server of ours holding your life. Your data stays on your devices and in your private iCloud, syncing across your iPhone and iPad. We couldn't read it even if we wanted to. Export everything to CSV or JSON whenever you like. It's your data; leaving is easy, so we make staying worth it. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS Datum is free for up to 10 trackers and check-ins. Unlock unlimited forever with a single purchase. Nothing renews. Nothing is rented. Founding pricing is available through December 1, 2026. The price only goes up from here. Track anything. Keep it yours.

Screenshots

Home Inventory4 screens
Datum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Datum at every 2 days against Home Inventory's every 4 days. On price, review sentiment, 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. Home Inventory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Datum sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Inventory ships an update every 4 days, Datum every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Home Inventory versus Datum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome InventoryDatum
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis BortmesEKPQA, LLC

Customer experience

Home Inventory

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Datum

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Home Inventory

One-time1
  • Nifuda Pro$11.99
7 purchases

Datum

One-time7
  • Calculated Fields$7.99
  • Attachments$7.99
  • Automations$7.99
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  • Unlimited Trackers$7.99
  • Connected Trackers$7.99
  • Datum Pro$19.99
  • Early Adopter$49.99

Questions

Is Home Inventory free?
Home Inventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Datum free?
Datum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Home Inventory or Datum have ads?
Neither Home Inventory nor Datum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Inventory or Datum?
Home Inventory ships an update every 4 days, and Datum every 2 days. Most recently, Home Inventory was updated on October 24, 2026 and Datum on October 24, 2026.

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