Neatkept
Sortly alternative for home inventory — Neatkept vs Sortly
Sortly is inventory software for small businesses with a page for home inventory. Here is how it compares with Neatkept when the things are your own.
Facts checked on
| Neatkept | Sortly | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Households with things across homes, storerooms and boxes | Inventory for small businesses (supplies, materials, tools, equipment), with a home-inventory page as well |
| Platforms and languages | iPhone and iPad (iOS 18 or later), Mac (Apple silicon), Android 14 or later and the web; twenty-eight languages | iPhone and iPad (iOS 18.5 or later), Android and web; English only |
| Adding things from a photo | One photo of an open box or a shelf; AI proposes a list and you keep or drop each thing | Photos are attached by hand, up to 8 per item or folder; no photo-to-list feature is described |
| Labels and scanning | Print A4 sheets of QR labels from the app or the browser; scan a label to open or move a box; scan product barcodes | QR labels and in-app QR and barcode scanning from the Advanced plan; barcode labels from Ultra |
| Places | Property, room, storage, shelf and box, with several homes in one tree | Folders and subfolders, up to 6 levels deep |
| Offline | Search, label scans, adding and moving work offline; changes sync on their own later | On the iOS and Android apps, after turning sync off by hand; listed on Ultra and above |
| Sharing | Owner, editors and viewers, invited with a one-time link | Owner, Admin and Team Member roles, with edit or view-only access per folder; users by plan (Free 1, Advanced 2, Ultra 5, Premium 8) |
| Reports | Insurance report per home with photos, places and values, as PDF and CSV | Export to CSV, Excel, PDF with item photos, or Dropbox; summary and activity reports from Premium |
| Where data is stored | EU (Frankfurt, Germany) | May be stored in the United States, Canada or elsewhere outside the EEA and the UK, under EU Standard Contractual Clauses |
| Price to start | Free to start; paid plans for households that scan a lot with AI or have more members | Free plan: 100 unique items, 1 user. Advanced: $49 a month billed monthly, or $24 a month billed yearly with a first-year discount (USD); the 14-day trial needs a card |
Two tools for different jobs
Sortly calls itself inventory software for small businesses that manage supplies, materials, tools and equipment. It also has a page for home inventory, "easy enough for the whole family". Neatkept is made only for a household: the things you own, spread over a flat, a house, a garden plot or a few storerooms.
Where Sortly fits better
- Running stock. Sortly has low-stock and date alerts, check-in and check-out, pick lists and custom fields. Neatkept is not built for stock.
- Business tools. QuickBooks Online, Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations come with Premium and above; webhooks, an API and single sign-on with Enterprise.
- Label printers. Besides office sheets, Sortly prints on single-label and thermal printers, in sizes from Extra Large to Micro, and makes barcode labels on Ultra and above.
- Exports. Sortly exports to CSV, Excel, PDF with photos and Dropbox, on the web and on mobile.
If you lend things out or reorder stock, Sortly is the better choice.
Where Neatkept fits better
- A box in one photo. Open a box, take one photo, and Neatkept proposes everything it sees, with a name, category and tags. You keep, edit or drop each one. Nothing is saved without you, and nothing reaches the AI until you allow it.
- Several homes as one tree. Each home is a property with rooms, storage, shelves and boxes. Search, moves and labels work across all of them, so the skis can go from the flat to the cottage and you still find them.
- Labels without extra steps. In Places, Print labels makes an A4 sheet of QR labels. Scanning a label opens the box; two scans move it. A code written with a marker, like W01, works too.
- Offline by default. Search, label scans, adding and moving work in a basement with no signal, and changes sync on their own when you are back online.
- A report for your insurer. Insurance report lists every thing in a home with its photo, place, quantity and value, as a PDF or a CSV.
- EU hosting and twenty-eight languages. Your data and photos are stored in Frankfurt, Germany. The app is in twenty-eight languages, and search finds things across them.
Neatkept is free to start. Paid plans are for households that scan a lot with AI or have more members.
Questions and answers
Can I use Sortly for a home inventory?
Yes. Sortly has a home-inventory page and a free plan with 100 unique items and one user. Most of its plans and features are built for businesses. A household with more than 100 unique items or more than one person needs a paid plan: Advanced is $49 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly (USD).
Does Neatkept run on Android, iPad or a computer?
Yes. Neatkept runs on iPhones and iPads with iOS 18 or later, Macs with Apple silicon, Android phones and tablets with Android 14 or later, and in a browser at app.neatkept.com. Sortly has iPhone, iPad, Android and web apps too.
Which one turns a photo of a box into a list?
Neatkept. Photograph an open box or a shelf and it proposes the things it sees, for you to keep, edit or drop. Sortly attaches photos to items you create yourself. See capture from a photo.
Sources
- https://www.sortly.com/
- https://www.sortly.com/solutions/home-inventory-software/
- https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sortly-inventory-simplified/id529353551
- https://www.sortly.com/features/photos/
- https://help.sortly.com/adding-photos-to-items-or-folders
- https://help.sortly.com/create-qr-code-and-barcode-labels
- https://help.sortly.com/how-to-add-folders
- https://help.sortly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060638832-Can-I-use-Sortly-in-offline-mode
- https://help.sortly.com/hc/en-us/articles/41707256858523-Understanding-User-Roles-Licenses-in-Sortly
- https://help.sortly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000735112-How-to-Export-Your-Inventory-in-Sortly
- https://www.sortly.com/privacy-policy/
- https://help.sortly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037417611-Can-I-use-Sortly-in-a-different-language
Neatkept for this
Find anything in seconds
Your child needs the skis on Saturday, and you have a flat, a house and a garage. Ask once and know where to drive.
Print labels for your boxes
You've bought a stack of storage boxes and want each one to say what's inside without opening it.
Capture from a photo
Photograph an open box or a shelf. Neatkept lists what it sees, and you decide what to keep.
Labels and box codes
A QR label or a code written with a marker. Either one opens the box in Neatkept.
All your places
Every home you have, in one tree. Things sit in a box or right on a shelf, and each one has a full path.
Works offline
Basements, garages and garden plots often have no signal. Neatkept works there anyway and catches up later.
Share with family
One inventory for the whole household. Everyone finds things, and you decide who can change them.
Insurance report
A list of everything in a home, with photos and values, ready for your insurer.