Comparison

Inventory Control with Scanner vs Itemtopia Inventory

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

Head to head
About

Inventory Control with Scanner

Organize and track your inventory with a powerful barcode scanner. Quickly add, update, and manage item details, stock levels, and prices. Generate and print custom barcode labels for your products. Supports offline use and data syncing across devices with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for items
  • Manual item entry
  • Customizable categories and storage
  • Barcode label generation
  • Offline mode
  • Data syncing across devices
  • Customizable reports
Features
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Inventory Control with Scanner is an inventory management, stock tracking, and barcode scanner app for professionals, small businesses, and personal inventory workflows. Track products, equipment, supplies, stock levels, prices, and item information from iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Scan barcodes to find items quickly, add inventory, adjust stock, and keep recently scanned products ready for follow-up. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT • Add, search, update, and organize inventory items. • Track stock, product information, and prices. • Add items manually or with the built-in barcode scanner. • Attach product images and organize categories, storage areas, suppliers, merchants, and currencies. BARCODE SCANNER • Scan barcodes to find, add, open, or adjust stock items. • Keep recently scanned items available while you continue scanning. • Use the built-in camera scanner or compatible Bluetooth barcode scanners. BARCODE & LABEL GENERATION • Create and print barcode labels for products and inventory. • Print on standard A4, US Letter, and roll formats. • Supports EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, QR, and QR Mini. PRO FEATURES • Sign in with Apple. • Work offline without requiring Wi-Fi or a data connection. • Sync data between your devices with an eligible subscription. REPORTS & CUSTOMIZATION • Create, print, email, and share professional PDF reports. • Import and export CSV files. • Add custom attributes and personalize reports for your workflow. STARKODE PRO Part of the Starkode Pro series for professionals working across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Need help? Contact support@starkode.com. SUBSCRIPTION Starkode membership is month-to-month with no long-term contracts or cancellation fees. Cancel anytime from your device. Privacy Policy: https://starkode.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://starkode.com/terms/

About

Itemtopia Inventory

Easily track all your possessions, from home contents to business equipment. Organize items visually, store important details like photos and receipts, and set reminders. Share access with others and even create webpages to showcase or sell items.

Highlights
  • Visual item organization
  • Add photos, receipts, warranties
  • Customizable categories and fields
  • Barcode and QR code scanning
  • Warranty expiry reminders
  • Share and collaborate features
  • Webpage creation for selling/showcasing
Features
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Itemtopia helps you keep track of everything you own, whether it’s your home contents, business equipment, shared assets, or items that move from place to place. Used in over 100 countries, Itemtopia makes it easy to organize items visually, store important details, and always know what you have and where it is. Add photos, receipts, warranties, notes, and reminders — all connected to individual items and locations. Itemtopia works for anyone from home users to businesses property managers, collectors, or anyone who needs a flexible way to track items and assets without complicated software. RECOGNIZED & TRUSTED Itemtopia has been featured by trusted publications including NerdWallet (Best Home Inventory Apps), AppAdvice, AppBrain, AARP, and national media outlets such as Fox News. SIMPLE TO START — POWERFUL WHEN YOU NEED IT Create locations like your home, office, storage unit, or job site. Add items, group similar things together, and customize categories with your own fields so you track exactly what matters — nothing more, nothing less. FIVE EASY WAYS TO ADD ITEMS Take photos of items and add details later Speak the item name and let Itemtopia create it for you Add detailed item information with custom fields Forward receipts to automatically create items and attach purchase data Scan barcodes or QR codes using your camera Add items your way — fast now, detailed later. SMART DETAILS THAT SAVE TIME • Automatic warranty-expiry reminders • Receipt and expense tracking with exports • Instant search by name, photo, or scan • Optional AI assistance to help estimate value or understand maintenance SHARE & COLLABORATE (OPTIONAL) Invite family members, teammates, or staff and choose exactly what they can see or manage — ideal for shared homes, businesses, or properties. CREATE CUSTOM WEBPAGES TO SELL OR SHOWCASE ITEMS Pick items with one tap and let AI write your ad, suggest pricing, and create a webpage you can share anywhere. Pages can have one item, or hundreds. **No listing fees. No commissions. QR & BARCODE SUPPORT Create, print, scan, and link QR codes or barcodes to items for fast lookup and updates. Supports QR, UPC, EAN, Code 39, Code 128, UPCE, ITF-14, and more. WORKS OFFLINE TOO Access your data anytime — even without an internet connection. PRIVACY & SECURITY Your information is protected with strong, end-to-end encryption. UPGRADE TO ITEMTOPIA PREMIUM • Custom categories and unlimited custom fields • Invite people and manage permissions • QR label creation and scanning • User activity tracking • Detailed PDF reports and CSV exports Pricing and options are available inside the app under Join Itemtopia Premium. Itemtopia is built to grow with you — from personal organization to professional asset tracking — without ever getting in your way. TERMS & PRIVACY https://www.itemtopia.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Inventory Control with Scanner4 screens
Itemtopia Inventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Itemtopia Inventory at every 5 days against Inventory Control with Scanner's every 3 weeks. Itemtopia Inventory also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 46%). Inventory Control with Scanner's advantage is ratings volume (609 vs 166). 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 Control with Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Itemtopia Inventory sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 — 4.4 for Inventory Control with Scanner against 4.5 for Itemtopia Inventory. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 609 and 166 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Inventory Control with Scanner's written reviews are positive against 62% of Itemtopia Inventory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventory Control with Scanner ships an update every 3 weeks, Itemtopia Inventory every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inventory Control with Scanner versus Itemtopia Inventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventory Control with ScannerItemtopia Inventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (609 ratings)4.5 (166 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews61.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings609 — better166
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarkode Limited CompanyItemtopia Inc.

Customer experience

Inventory Control with Scanner

All ratings609 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral13.4%
Negative40.2%

Itemtopia Inventory

All ratings166 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative30.1%

User reviews

Inventory Control with Scanner

From 609 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Clean design, powerful features, and very easy to use
  • 👍 Funciona muy bien, muy útil y sencilla
  • 👍 Excelente, me ayuda mucho para mi pequeña empresa
  • 👍 Great app for small businesses
  • 👍 Muy buena aplicación, lo mejor del mercado

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Needs tweaking
  • 🐛 Missing a few things
  • 🐛 You will get screwed
  • 🐛 Lager manchmal fehlerhaft
  • 🐛 Mind of its own

Itemtopia Inventory

From 166 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly flexible and customizable
  • 👍 Great for organizing collections and inventory
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 👍 Good for tracking various items (collections, home inventory, receipts, warranties)
  • 👍 Responsive and helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Slow performance with large amounts of data
  • 🐛 Confusing interface for some users
  • 🐛 Data sync issues

Bugs and requests

Inventory Control with Scanner

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Entire app disappeared and backup failed
  • Inventory data disappeared after updates
  • Duplicating entries
  • Crashing, freezing, or not working after updates
  • Camera not functioning
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  • Unable to enter or update stock levels
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Incorrect date/time on transactions

Requested features

17 requests
  • Order lists by sku or serial number, not just alphabetically
  • Generate serial numbers
  • Connect to a broader variety of printers
  • Delete all for items
  • Ability to upload a csv file that replaces current stock items
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  • Reset inventory to zero to do full count
  • Use third party bar scanner with app
  • Option to add serial numbers for products with color variations
  • Ability to move products between 2 warehouses
  • Generate reports of sales by day or monthly
  • Ability to share inventory with other users
  • Import data from Excel or other sources
  • Ability to calculate average consumption of products in stock
  • Search by barcode or QR code
  • Automatic deduction of stock when scanning items out
  • Ability to set taxes and see taxable/non-taxable totals
  • Show total profit

Itemtopia Inventory

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Item category field sorting behavior is strange
  • Item category amount field behavior is strange
  • Warranty additional information entry behavior is strange
  • App crashes frequently
  • App hangs or freezes
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  • Photos take a long time to load
  • Fields disappear, are not visible, or overlap
  • App closes unexpectedly
  • Data does not sync properly
  • UPC scanning is spotty and data is inconsistent or in different languages
  • Exporting item groups to PDF does not allow alphabetical order
  • Exporting all item details to Excel lumps data into one column
  • Unable to link multiple groups to an item at once
  • App reverts to free version after switching away
  • App crashes when moving items
  • App crashes upon launching
  • App not launching after updates
  • Data disappears after updates
  • Picture of an appliance keeps disappearing
  • My Life page is blank
  • Search brings up items but they cannot be viewed
  • App crashes when trying to add to the first category

Requested features

23 requests
  • Improve sorting and filtering options
  • Increase flexibility in sorting
  • Offer a one-time purchase option
  • Improve storage capacity or allow iCloud integration
  • Add a dark mode option
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  • Allow mass export of photos
  • Add native PC login
  • Improve export functionality (e.g., alphabetical order in PDFs, better Excel export)
  • Allow linking multiple groups to an item simultaneously
  • Add a lifetime payment option
  • Improve UPC scanning for consistent data
  • Allow exporting data with notes and photos
  • Add CSV or XML import for data migration
  • Implement multi-user support for shared inventories
  • Add maintenance/cleaning plans for items
  • Integrate with Google Home or Alexa for voice commands
  • Improve quantity modification for items
  • Add option to print UPC barcodes
  • Create a 'Marketplace' sale flyer feature
  • Allow adding multiple photos per item
  • Improve report generation to include custom fields
  • Add iCloud synchronization
  • Allow exporting specific categories or folders with column customization

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Inventory Control with Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • Inventory Management Premium Access3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Suite7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Inventory Tracker Suite Annual$99.991 Year
8 purchases

Itemtopia Inventory

Subscriptions8
  • 1 Additional User Access$2.991 Month
  • 2 Additional User Access$3.991 Month
  • 3 Additional User Access$4.991 Month
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  • 4 Additional User Access$5.991 Month
  • 5 Additional User Access$6.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • 10 Additional User Access$34.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly1 Year trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Inventory Control with Scanner free?
Inventory Control with Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Itemtopia Inventory free?
Itemtopia Inventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inventory Control with Scanner or Itemtopia Inventory?
Itemtopia Inventory is rated higher. Inventory Control with Scanner averages 4.4 out of 5 from 609 ratings, while Itemtopia Inventory averages 4.5 from 166 ratings.
Do Inventory Control with Scanner or Itemtopia Inventory have ads?
Neither Inventory Control with Scanner nor Itemtopia Inventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventory Control with Scanner or Itemtopia Inventory?
Inventory Control with Scanner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Itemtopia Inventory every 5 days. Most recently, Inventory Control with Scanner was updated on September 22, 2026 and Itemtopia Inventory on September 21, 2026.

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