Home Contents vs Sortly

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] Home Contents 1/5 · US Not for multiple users: It does not work with a spouse or family as it only syncs with 1 Apple ID. Allow it to sync with other devices for family members or use a different sync service that allows this basic functionality.
2. [R12] Home Contents 3/5 · US Great but missing one thing!: Would be 5 stars but can’t collaborate with spouse on our home inventory. It’s limited to one Apple account Bummer…
3. [R68] Sortly 5/5 · US Absolute best system for organization and inventory: I have gone through pretty much every single app and service out there and sortly has always done everything that I needed to in terms of organizing things I have for sale to personal collections to household inventory. I love their QR feature. It works excellent. I use it to sort all my shelves. I want to say a big thank you to the developer fo
4. [R80] Sortly 5/5 · US Simple and exactly what I need: This is the first time I’ve ever written a review for an app. I operate a commercial shipping container depot and rental fleet. I looked all over for inventory software that was easy to use and didn’t have 300 extra features I don’t need getting in the way. I downloaded this app and within two hours, our intern had the entire inventory organized, with pictures!
5. [R2] Home Contents 5/5 · US Love it - just one downside: I love the app - it’s a game changer. Only thing I wish was different is that there was a desktop version or website you could login through. When you have a lot to upload, it sucks having to do it from your phone. But that’s not a big deal, just a personal preference so I would 100% still give it 5 stars!
6. [R17] Home Contents 5/5 · US Love this app!: Let’s face it, creating a home inventory is a lot of effort, but this app makes it so much easier. Open a drawer, snap a photo, list the contents and value. Open a cabinet, snap, list. Lather, rinse, repeat. Once the initial inventory is complete, it’s a snap to keep it updated. Oh, and did I mention how I can now find every single thing in my house? Every. Single. Thing! Best
7. [R61] Sortly 1/5 · US Buggy: I’m sorry I got on it. These are the biggest issues: It either doesn’t save or looses data. It freezes the entire iPad. Add a note, then a price before saving. I dare you. The camera assumes you’re using iPhone.
8. [R66] Sortly 3/5 · US Random quantity jumps: This app has been pretty cool so far, but there need to be some adjustments that are implemented. There are times where I’m subtracting quantity from line items and it would double, triple, or quadruple the line items I selected to update. They should also consider showing the most recent update that’s been made on a particular line item just in case these random jumps occur
9. [R19] Home Contents 1/5 · US Won’t save items if sync enabled: I’ve added several items with photos and descriptions, put them in a category and location, and they simply disappear after a few minutes. This app used to work correctly when I downloaded it two years ago. The workaround seems to be that you can disable all sync functions between iCloud or other devices running the app. Since I’ve done that, it stopped wiping ou
10. [R37] Home Contents 1/5 · US Just installed: Installed on Xs and entered 6 properties with locations and categories then started entering data and almost all info I entered disappeared? Not going well from the start
11. [R70] Sortly 1/5 · US Bait and switch: Despite a tremendous investment of time to get this software dialed in for my needs, I was satisfied with the overall capabilities. Three years into the subscription they sent an email notification that the annual rate would increase by over 300% in 30 days (from $468 to $1428). Needless to say the subscription has been cancelled and I am looking for another solution.
12. [R100] Sortly 1/5 · US Good Till Last Update: Unfortunately last update made it almost unusable for tracking our kegs. If problems are not addressed we will have to develop our app to track our assets
13. [R20] Home Contents 4/5 · US Fantastic: Honestly my only qualm with this app is that it doesn’t have an android or desktop equivalent. Other than that this app of perfect in my opinion. I love the one time fee instead of having to subscribe as someone on the low income side.
14. [R60] Home Contents 5/5 · US Easy to use…: I was able to add my whole collection in a few hours & will be working on adding the rest of our things in the house to it as well. Worth the 5.99 one time charge
15. [R75] Sortly 3/5 · US Love it but the pricing no: I love this app It come with 100 free entry’s and then it’s $499 /year that is crazy unfortunately
16. [R94] Sortly 1/5 · US Great until you hit 100 items then have to pay $300: $50/month or $300/year is a crazy price for a household app. Wasted time loading in 100 items and would have probably paid if it was something reasonable but I’ve never seen an app with those prices. This is only for businesses.
17. [R25] Home Contents 1/5 · US No help,: Trying use this app I scan a barcode and get NOTHING. So how am I suppose to find the value of the item? There is only a short a& section and no tutorial. Also, no one to contact for support. Wasted my money
18. [R43] Home Contents 1/5 · GB Inflexible data: I started to use this app but abandoned it because the input is so restricted. Might be better to use Excel ! The form format is fixed so it’s not possible to include any location detail without adding this as a note which is inconvenient. i.e. there may be many items in a lounge, and mot useful to use just “Lounge” as the location …. That’s ok for big stuff like a chair or TV. B
19. [R101] Sortly 5/5 · US Happy so far: I am not the smartest computer guy, but I must say that Sortly is quite user friendly thus far. It’s allowing our company to do even more than we thought. When I did get stuck I went to their website, submitted my question and within 30 min I received a detailed, easy to understand email. Thus far I have no regrets using Sortly.
20. [R114] Sortly 3/5 · GB Can’t export to PDF in order of list.: The app is good, however, when you export the app to a PDF it jumbles the list and have asked for help twice but no reply from support. This app could be great! If they updated the error.