The Importance of a Home Inventory

Homeowners claims aren’t something we expect to happen, but unfortunately they do. Getting back to normal after a loss can be a difficult and stressful process. Finding somewhere for your family to stay, keeping in contact with your claims representative, organizing repairs, making a list of personal items that were damaged during the loss. It can be overwhelming. Especially when you’re doing all of that on top of your normal day-to-day work and responsibilities. Making a home inventory of your belongings can alleviate a huge part of that stress in the event of a loss. A home inventory is a list of the personal belongings you own. It typically includes model and serial numbers and pictures.

No matter which method of home inventory you choose, it’s important. There are many apps you can download that will walk you through the process and keep your information in the cloud. Having the home inventory in the cloud is a better option than keeping a hard copy in your home. The cloud will allow you to access your inventory from anywhere and eliminates the risk of only having a hard copy, which can be damaged in a flood or fire.

The Best Reviewed Home Inventory Apps

Sortly: Inventory Simplified by Inventory Tracker for Business
4.7 Stars with 5.7k Ratings

Sortly is the most popular inventory app. It is reportedly very simple to use and allows you to access your information from multiple devices, including your desktop.

Home Contents by Easy Home Inventory
4.7 Stars with 537 Ratings

Home Contents allows you to quickly scan a panoramic picture of an entire room in seconds. You can also categorize and automatically backup your inventory lists.

Nest Egg – Inventory by Pantry, Home Inventory Tracker
4.5 Stars with 290 Ratings

There is both a paid version for $4.99 and a free (lite) version. Nest Egg’s users enjoy features such as the option to scan barcodes on items and immediately import descriptive information about them. In addition, users can attach up to 10 pictures to each item and you can backup your inventory.

My Stuff2 Pro by Home Inventory and Database
4.6 Stars with 334 Ratings

My Stuff2 also includes a barcode scanning option with prefilled descriptions. There are also several organizational options and best of all, an automatic backup option.

Home Inventory for Insurance by bDisplayed LLC
5.0 Stars with 2 Ratings

This is the least known inventory app, but it’s one that seems promising based on the limited reviews it has and features available. There is a small cost of $0.99 associated with this one. The app allows you to sort and categorize items in several different ways and you can attach 3 images in addition to a description for each item. The best feature with this app is the information is all backed up to your iCloud account.