Editor's pick

Best home inventory & records apps, 2026

When a furnace dies or a storm hits, the difference between a fast fix and a fight is your paperwork — and cloud home apps have a habit of vanishing (Centriq deleted everyone's records overnight). These four apps keep your home's records where they belong: on your device, with no account and no subscription. Homewarden is the master home binder, using VisionKit OCR to capture appliance model and serial plates and surfacing seasonal maintenance reminders; Claimwise turns that inventory into a structured insurance-claim workbench with a damage vault and loss-summary PDF; Warrantly tracks warranty and receipt expiry so a covered repair never lapses unnoticed; and Garagebook does the same for your car's service history. Each is purpose-built, so you can pick the one record-keeping job you need solved.

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#1 Homewarden

Your home's records. Yours forever.

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#2 Claimwise

Document. Inventory. Claim — without an attorney.

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#3 Warrantly

Warranties & receipts, never lost

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#4 Garagebook

Your car's service binder, offline.

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FAQ

Are these apps free? ▾

Pricing varies by app, but none of them charge a recurring subscription. Garagebook's core features (service log, reminders, and resale-binder PDF export) are free, and the others are built without subscription gates. There are no accounts to create.

Do they work offline, and where is my data stored? ▾

Yes. All four are designed to run fully on-device with no cloud account. Your appliance records, receipts, photos, serial numbers, and claim evidence stay on your iPhone — which is exactly why they survive a vendor shutting down, unlike cloud apps that have deleted user data in the past.

Which app should I pick for insurance claims versus warranties? ▾

Use Claimwise if you're documenting or filing a property insurance claim — it pairs a pre-disaster home inventory with a damage vault keyed to your date of loss and exports a PDF loss summary. Use Warrantly for everyday purchases, where it stores receipts and serials and reminds you before a warranty window closes. Homewarden is the general home-maintenance and appliance binder, and Garagebook covers your vehicle's service history.

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