BoxSmartly vs MoveBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoxSmartly
Organize your move by scanning QR codes on boxes to quickly see their contents. Search for specific items across all boxes, track utility setup, and get AI-powered packing advice. Streamline your packing and unpacking process with smart tools and checklists.
- QR code scanning for box contents
- Search items across all boxes
- Voice-activated item entry
- Moving checklist with due dates
- Utility setup tracker
- AI-powered packing advice
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Which box has the coffee maker? Where did you put the passport? With BoxSmartly you scan a label or ask your home, and see exactly where it is. BoxSmartly is a QR-first organizer for the move and the home you keep. Pack with boxes and totes, label them your way, then map every room, shelf and bin so you always know where things are. FOR YOUR MOVE Free for up to 10 boxes, 10 items per box, and a 15-task checklist, with an optional Pro upgrade below. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a box or tote and list what's in it. 2. Label it with a printed QR, your own sticker, or a code you write by hand. 3. Scan a box to see its contents, or search everything to find one thing. FIND ANYTHING, FAST • Search every box by item, name, room, or tag • Find a box straight from Spotlight search • Filter by room or status so you always know what's where LABEL YOUR WAY • Detailed QR labels with box number, room, and tags (Avery 5163) • Blank QR sheets you claim as you pack (Avery 5160) • Your own third-party QR or barcode stickers • Or skip printing and scanning: write a short code on the box, type it back in to find it STAY ORGANIZED WHILE MOVING • A source room and a destination room for every box • Track status from Packing to Delivered, then a guided Unpacking Flow room by room • A moving checklist with due dates, plus Keep With Me for what rides with you • Packing progress in a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget • Add items by voice with on-device dictation PRO One-time purchase. Yours for life. Pro adds: • Unlimited boxes, items, and tasks, and backup to your own iCloud • Moving Day Manifest with a suggested load order, and a Utility Setup Tracker with day-of reminders • Packing Coach answers, AI-written on supported devices, plus a built-in library • Snap a photo of an open box for item suggestions, and get a quick packing tip while typing • A suggested unpacking order per room and a Tonight's Essentials pick, with per-box tips on supported devices • On supported devices: an AI summary of each box, and add items by speaking a full sentence • Box photos and the Box Gallery, and CSV export of your inventory FOR YOUR HOME Done moving? Set up Home and every box you packed becomes part of the home you keep. Not moving at all? Start with your rooms, shelves and bins. SET UP HOME — free for up to 15 things • Rooms and places inside places: room, cabinet, shelf, bin, as deep as you need • Ask your home: "where is the passport?" returns the room, shelf and bin • A photo, a category and notes on every item • One repeating job with a reminder, like changing the air filter • Recall Check for the US, UK, EU and Canada: check an item against official recall lists, one at a time, on your device • Inventory reports in PDF or CSV • 30 days to undo a deletion BOXSMARTLY HOME SUBSCRIPTION Monthly or yearly, and it adds: • Unlimited items • What you paid, condition, warranty, serial numbers, receipts, manuals, and what you've lent out • More repeating jobs, and reminders before a warranty ends or a loan is due • Recall Check for everything you own, with alerts • Smart cataloguing from a photo, and backup to your own iCloud Charged to your Apple Account. Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. The price is shown in the app before you subscribe. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account required • Core capture, scanning, and search work offline • Your inventory stays on your device, and is backed up to your own iCloud with Pro or Home • Recall Check matches on your device; the list of what you own is never sent anywhere • Smart suggestions run on your device or with Apple's Private Cloud Compute, never stored. Your photos are never uploaded for smart suggestions. • No ads Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MoveBox
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MoveBox is the moving command center: one place for the plan, the boxes, and the lists that make moving day boring (in the best way). You do not start from a blank page. MoveBox ships with a curated 8-week timeline, a Canadian address-change checklist, and a day-one essentials template, all fully editable. THE 8-WEEK TIMELINE 48 real tasks in weekly buckets: book the movers, give notice, reserve the elevator, transfer utilities, defrost the freezer. Set your moving day and MoveBox highlights the week you are in, with practical notes on the tasks that need them. Completed weeks fold away; what matters now stays on top. A BOX INVENTORY THAT ANSWERS QUESTIONS Every box gets an automatic number (B-001, B-002...) that is never reused, so the marker writing on the cardboard stays true. Give each box a room color, a contents list, a photo of the open box, and flags: fragile, heavy, open first. Then search. "Chargers" finds the right box in seconds, three weeks after you taped it shut. ROOM COLOR CODES Eight label colors, one per room. The chips appear on box cards, in the box detail, and in the printed manifest legend, so movers know where everything goes without asking. DAY-ONE ESSENTIALS The box you open before anything else: toilet paper, kettle, chargers, tools, bedding, medications. An 18-item template, categorized and editable, with progress you can see. ADDRESS-CHANGE CHECKLIST 25 organizations grouped the sensible way: government (CRA, SAAQ or your provincial registrar, health card, Canada Post forwarding), money, home services, health and school, subscriptions. Add your own, check them off, done. MOVERS AND QUOTES Keep every quote next to the plan: company, contact, amount, notes on stairs fees and insurance. Mark the winner as booked. PRINTABLE LABELS, MANIFEST, AND CSV Print a sheet of big numbered labels, one per box, with the room color and flags, then cut and tape them on. Export a box manifest grouped by room, ready to tape inside the truck, and the moving-day checklist for the fridge. Send your whole inventory to a CSV spreadsheet for insurance or your own records. UNPACKING, NOT JUST PACKING The move is not over at the truck. Mark each box unpacked at the destination and watch the progress fill. A move overview keeps packing, unpacking, and the timeline in one glance. Duplicate a box in one tap when the next one looks just like it. FREE VS LIFETIME Free includes 10 boxes and the first 2 weeks of the timeline, plus the essentials list, the address checklist, and mover quotes. One lifetime purchase unlocks everything forever: unlimited boxes, all 8 weeks, printable labels, and PDF and CSV export. No subscription, no account. Everything stays on your iPhone. No cloud, no tracking, no sign-up.
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Verdict
BoxSmartly and MoveBox are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BoxSmartly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MoveBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BoxSmartly ships an update weekly, MoveBox every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoxSmartly | MoveBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muhammad Ali Shahid | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
BoxSmartly
- BoxSmartly Pro$14.99
MoveBox
- MoveBox Lifetime$79.99








