Photo-first inventory
Snap what is inside a tote, bin, box, or shelf so you can see the contents later instead of guessing.
Home Inventory App
A home inventory app for the things you actually need to find.
Totely helps you catalog what is inside your totes, bins, boxes, closets, shelves, and storage spaces — so your household inventory is searchable when you need it.
Up to 10 totes free forever.
The problem
Most home inventories are too hard to maintain.
Spreadsheets, notes apps, and one-time checklists can help you make a list, but they are easy to ignore once life gets busy. Stored items move, boxes change, seasonal gear gets packed away, and one person ends up remembering where everything lives.
Before Totely
Why home inventories break down
- Scattered notes across apps and paper
- Forgotten boxes with no idea what's inside
- Stale spreadsheets no one updates
- Vague labels that no longer match contents
- No photo proof of what was packed
- Hard to share with the rest of the household
The Totely way
A home inventory that holds up
- Item photos so you can see what is inside
- Simple container numbers for every tote and box
- Searchable records you can look up later
- Storage location saved per container
- Household access for everyone who needs to find things
- Easier to update one container at a time
What's different
A home inventory app built around storage, not spreadsheets.
Totely is designed for the things that live in bins, boxes, closets, and garages — not for tracking electronics serial numbers or furniture values.
Search by item
Look up what you need and see which container, room, shelf, or storage zone it belongs to.
Location-aware records
Track where items live across garages, closets, attics, storage units, under-bed bins, and moving boxes.
Made for households
Give family members a shared way to find things without asking one person to remember every container.
See the full product breakdown on the Features page →
What to track
What should you put in a home inventory app?
Start with the categories that are hardest to keep track of — the things that get packed away, forgotten, or replaced.
Seasonal decorations
Tools and hardware
Camping and outdoor gear
Kids' clothes by size
Important documents
Keepsakes
Craft supplies
Small business supplies
Moving boxes
Insurance-related belongings
Where it helps
Useful for more than one kind of household inventory.
Totely works across the storage situations that make home inventory feel like too much work.
Simple checklist
A simple home inventory checklist
- Add the item name in plain language.
- Take or attach a photo.
- Assign the item to a tote, bin, box, shelf, or room.
- Record the storage location.
- Note important details such as size, season, or condition.
- Update the record when items move.
- Share access with anyone who needs to find it later.
The goal is not to document every object in your home perfectly. The goal is to make the things that get lost, packed away, replaced, or forgotten easier to find.
Pair your home inventory with simple numbered storage labels. Learn the labeling approach →
Comparison
Totely vs. spreadsheets, notes, and paper lists
Every approach can work. Totely is purpose-built for stored items so it stays usable when life gets in the way.
Spreadsheets
Notes / Paper
Totely
Setup effort
Spreadsheets
High — build your own columns
Notes / Paper
Low — but no structure
Totely
Low — designed for stored items
Photos
Spreadsheets
Manual attachment, if at all
Notes / Paper
Not practical
Totely
Built around photo capture
Search by item
Spreadsheets
Text search within the file
Notes / Paper
Manual scanning
Totely
Purpose-built item search
Storage location
Spreadsheets
Custom column required
Notes / Paper
Easy to omit
Totely
Saved per container automatically
Household sharing
Spreadsheets
Possible with shared files
Notes / Paper
Difficult to share usably
Totely
Designed for household access
Long-term maintenance
Spreadsheets
Depends on discipline
Notes / Paper
Gets messy quickly
Totely
Update one container at a time
Renters and movers
Helpful for renters, moving, and household records.
A home inventory can be useful when you are moving, renting, downsizing, or trying to remember what you own. Totely is especially helpful for the items that live out of sight in bins, closets, storage units, garages, and boxes — and can help you keep a clearer record of what you have stored, where it is, and what is inside each container.
It may be useful when preparing household records or when you need to remember what you stored before a move or seasonal swap.
Go deeper
Keep building your inventory system.
Storage organization system
Learn the Totely method: number, photograph, locate, and find stored items.
Browse use cases
See how Totely works for your specific storage situation.
Explore guides
Step-by-step help for garages, closets, moving boxes, and more.
Compare manual systems
How Totely compares to spreadsheets, labels, and paper lists.
Common questions
Answers about getting started, AI cataloging, family sharing, and pricing.
FAQ
Common questions about home inventory apps
What is a home inventory app?
A home inventory app helps you keep a digital record of belongings, where they are stored, and details you may need later. Totely focuses especially on items stored in totes, bins, boxes, shelves, closets, garages, moving boxes, and storage spaces.
Is Totely only for storage bins?
No. Totely works well for totes and bins, but it can also help track shelves, closets, boxes, under-bed storage, garage zones, craft supplies, moving boxes, and small business supplies.
Can I use Totely instead of a spreadsheet?
Yes. Spreadsheets can work, but they often become hard to maintain. Totely is designed around photos, simple container numbers, item search, and storage locations so the inventory is easier to use in real life.
Can Totely help with moving?
Yes. You can number moving boxes, photograph what is inside, assign each box to a room or zone, and search later when you need a specific item before everything is unpacked.
Can renters use Totely?
Yes. Totely is useful for renters who store items in closets, under beds, shared storage rooms, garages, basements, or temporary moving boxes without needing permanent shelving or wall-mounted systems.
Do I need to inventory everything at once?
No. Start with the storage area that causes the most frustration — such as holiday decor, tools, craft supplies, kids' clothes, or moving boxes. You can build your inventory gradually.
Start your home inventory with one container.
You do not need a perfect spreadsheet or a weekend-long organizing project. Start with one tote, take a photo, save the location, and make it searchable.
Up to 10 totes free forever.