One app, and one optional upgrade.
The short version: Stowed is free to download and use. Stowed Pro is an optional one-time purchase of $3.99 inside the app (Google Play shows the price for your country), and it unlocks the extra reports, box labels and automatic backups. Your own data is never held back: everything you enter stays yours, readable, backed up and exportable, with or without Pro.
| Feature | Stowed | Stowed Pro |
|---|---|---|
| In the app | ||
| Collections and locationsKeep separate inventories such as Home, Cabin or Shop, and nest locations inside them, like Study > Desk > Left drawer. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Items with everything you knowName, category, quantity, status (in use, in storage, loaned, sold, gifted, lost), brand, model, several labelled serial numbers, condition, purchase and appraisal details, warranty date, tags and notes. | ✓ | ✓ |
| PhotosAdd pictures from the camera, your gallery or Google Drive. The first photo becomes the item's cover. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom fields and templatesAdd fields of your own (text, number, date, yes or no, choice list, link) to every item in a collection, or start from a ready-made template. | ✓ | ✓ |
| A history for every itemA dated log of maintenance, repairs, loss, claims, appraisals and loans, with photos, attached receipts and manuals, and the people involved. | ✓ | ✓ |
| ContactsPeople and businesses shared across your collections, linked to items and log entries with a role such as Purchased from or Serviced by. | ✓ | ✓ |
| How sure are you?Mark a price or a value as documented, an estimate or a rough guess, so you and anyone reading a report know how far to trust it. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search, filters and totalsOne search across items, locations, log entries and contacts. Filter by category, status, tags, place or custom field, and see value and price totals by collection, location and category. | ✓ | ✓ |
| RemindersOptional notifications for warranty expiry and for dates you set on a log entry. They are scheduled on your phone, not sent from a server. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Locked locationsA separate location password hides the locations or collections you choose until you enter it. An optional PIN can be required to open the app at all. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Encrypted on your phoneYour data and photos are encrypted on the device at all times, with a key that never leaves it. Screenshots can be blocked. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Backup and restore you can trustMake a backup file protected by a password you choose. Restoring replaces everything only after saving a safety copy you can undo, or you can compare a backup with your phone first, bring back items you deleted, or restore one collection as a separate copy. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spreadsheet export and importExport a collection to a CSV file for Excel or Google Sheets, or import a spreadsheet with a column-matching preview before anything is added. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Item list and warranty reportMake a printable item list, and a warranty report showing what ends soon and what has already ended, ready to share or print. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Added by Pro | ||
| Value chartsBar charts of value by location and by category, to view and to print or save as a PDF. | – | ✓ |
| Contents by locationWhat is in each room, shelf or box, with a moving checklist: a tick box for every item and a page for each location. | – | ✓ |
| High-value scheduleYour valuable items with serial numbers, appraisals, values and photos, for an insurance rider or scheduled items. | – | ✓ |
| Documentation gapsA checklist of what is missing from each item (photo, serial number, purchase details, value, receipt), most valuable first. | – | ✓ |
| Valuation summaryTotals for price paid, current value and appraisals by category and location, your most valuable items, and the change since purchase. | – | ✓ |
| Full inventory reportPhotos, serial numbers, purchase details and totals by location, in a PDF laid out for insurance or a household record. | – | ✓ |
| A page for each itemDetails, larger photos and the full history of every item. | – | ✓ |
| Report filtersLimit a report to a location, categories or tags. | – | ✓ |
| Item recordA stand-alone PDF for one item. | – | ✓ |
| Boxes and QR labelsName your boxes, totes and containers, print a QR label for each, scan it to see what is inside, and pack and unpack items in seconds. | – | ✓ |
| Pictures of a placeA photo or two of a place, such as a garage wall of cabinets and shelves, with a caption saying which is which ("Cabinet A", "Shelf bank 4"). | – | ✓ |
| Automatic backupsStowed saves an encrypted backup to a folder you choose, on your phone, an SD card or Google Drive, when something has changed, and keeps the latest few. | – | ✓ |
Without Pro you can still open the report and chart screens to see what they look like, with sample data. Pro is bought once through Google Play and can be restored on a new phone from the same Google account.