Manifest: Home Inventory

Manifest is a home inventory app that builds itself. Walk through a room with your camera rolling and it turns the video into an itemized list, or add items one at a time with a photo, a receipt, or your voice. It works out the brand, model, serial number, price, warranty, and return window, then files the whole thing for you. No spreadsheet, no data entry you'll abandon after a week.

The point is the moment you actually need it. Something breaks and the warranty wants proof of purchase and a serial number. A return window is closing. A recall lands. An adjuster asks for a list of everything you owned. Manifest keeps that record current in the background, and it remembers where you put things, so "where IS that" stops being a twenty-minute search. Print a QR sticker for a storage box and scan it to see what's inside, or set a recurring reminder for the upkeep you always forget.

Already keep a list somewhere else? Import it from a spreadsheet or another app in one pass, instead of retyping everything. Log wedding or shower gifts and Manifest tracks who gave what and drafts the thank-you notes. And a Home Score shows how your inventory compares to households like yours, which is a quick way to catch where you're underinsured.

On the web and iPhone. 7-day free trial, then Vault at $1.99/month or Unlimited at $39/year.