MyStuff2 App Reviews

Just got this - but it seems to have EVERYTHING the other apps needed. I have tried 4 or 5 different ones and this is the closest to perfect. Love it already - but still in the learning curve. Wish I could enter some of the details on my desktop because - admit it - everyone who uses this is a little ocd - and I want it all. I will certainly update this as my experience changes because it will. I always read the reviews and respect what others see and learn. Thanks for the start of a great relationship! Since I am still new cannot say it is great yet . .

Ive been using this app for several years on both my iPad and my iPhone. Recently my iPhone app started crashing. I contacted support on multiple occasions to find a resolution. After a couple failed attempts to resolve the issue, support just disappeared. Doesnt respond to my emails. I was never rude or disrespectful. He just gave up. While I am still able to use it on my iPad it no longer functions on my iPhone. Given that I use this app quite frequently on both devices, having such a limitation causes an inconvenience in its application. I do love the app...but functionally is vital to its usefulness.

I was not expecting much from this app. Based on the screenshots and the other apps in the category, it seemed like this was going to be a dud. I was even preparing to open the app, be sorely disappointed, and quickly head to the "Refund" section of iTunes. I was VERY wrong. MyStuff2 is an extremely decent home inventory app. By no means is it perfect, dont get me wrong, but Mr. Rick Maddy delivered exactly what I needed at a reasonable cost. MyStuff2 provides a clear and relatively understandable interface that let me quickly and effectively record an inventory of what I have in my dorm. The way the app handles item categories is sufficiently powerful enough to allow me to record every type of metadata about my stuff that I wanted — and give me options to add a whole bunch more! The workflow for adding items is low-friction and makes it easy to crank out a modestly-sized backlog in only a few hours. In fact, most of my time completing my inventory was spent researching prices. The apps barcode scanner certainly reduced that time, but only for things I had barcodes on. (Whatever database its pulling from to get price data is remarkably complete. I threw some odd things at it and it still found prices, and even cover images for some of the books.) Organizing items using this app is also rather painless. It has two levels of organization: tiered type categories (Appliances > Small; Clothes > Jeans; etc.) and tiered location categories (Dorm > Dresser; Summer Home > Living Room > Bookshelf; etc.). This scheme works very well for what I needed and its implemented decently. I did mention that this app isnt without faults though, and here are a few reasons why I knocked off a star. The user onboarding process is pretty lousy. If I was less tech-savvy, I would have had a much more difficult time figuring out how to use this app. Furthermore, its greatest feature, complexity, is also its greatest downfall. MyStuff2 is packed with features, to the point where what some of them do is only obvious to computer scientists and database administrators. All this power is great, but its lost on users who dont know how to use it. Additionally, the interface design leaves something to be desired. Ive tried making iOS apps myself, and I get how hard it is to coax Xcode and Interface Builder into regurgitating the exact interface you want, but when someone has put in the effort to really polish an interface, it shows. This app could use some of that polish. Specifically, there are little details like the alphabet jump bar in the Categories > Items view pushing the search bar and UITableView cells to the side a bit, and the item count bubbles in the Categories view not lining up with the horizontal center of the cell when theres a note on the category, and so on. Beyond that, there are some larger design choices that make the app a bit more cumbersome — but I cant quantify those because Im not a designer and I dont know the words :) Despite its shortcomings, MyStuff2 is the best app for home inventories that Ive tried on the App Store. Its rare to find a gem in here these days, and although this is more of a Lapis Lazuli or Malachite rather than an Emerald or Diamond, Im quite happy I found it. 4/5, would buy again.

I have been using this program for a while now. Having been traumatized by a house fire as a young teenager I have been conscious of how important it is to have an inventory of your belongings. Insurance companies only pay a percentage of what you claim. It is YOUR responsibility to report everything you own and details of when you bought it and for how much. Bet you cant do that right now. Try that when you just saw everything destroyed and youre stressed because you dont have a home anymore. MyStuff 2 offers you a chance to add a thing to your list while you are not under stress. Great program. Think about it.

I love this ap!!! It keeps me from buying the same movie twice! It is so easy to use..just scan the barcode and it automatically loads pics and pertinent info of the item. Organization is my thing...and this ap makes it so easy!!

For such a simple concept, it sure has a steep learning curve. I dont have the time to read the many approaches to categorizing categories or their data types. Its spaghetti code exposed. Waste of 5 dollars. The patient may have a different result.

Keeps everything. Very easy to use.

Overall this app is amazing at keeping and organizing my items. I can add and remove enough things to items for cataloging that it can put a manufacture to amazement. There are a few things that arent logged at all or properly but those are very easy fixes. I have had very few crashes and they are always fixed and responded to quickly. Great app. I love it top to bottom and have flaunted it to friends at work.

I got this app for work to keep track of electronic equipment. And have found that I love this app, I use it to keep track of a ton of different stuff.

This review is long overdue. I started using MyStuff back in April 2009, a couple of weeks before my son and I started out on a 6,200+ mile, 4 month bicycle ride. MyStuff was the only App like it. It’s customizable templates allowed me to apply it to our trip needs. MyStuff worked well on my iPod Touch. It kept our trip statistics, ie, hotel/camping/food costs, daily miles, speed, feet of climb, etc. so that at a press of a button, the summary report let us know exactly how well we were staying on budget and about our riding performance. The evening of day 54 or so I contacted Rick and asked him to run our finances through Excel as a second check for the math. I sent him the information and Rick got back to us the next day with the good news that both programs agreed! I have since used MyStuff to document my stuff against the day I may need it. Note that an insurance adjuster’s job is to adjust (down) their company’s check amount back to you as much as possible. MyStuff2 helps you quickly and with as much detail as you want, show evidence of what you had. MyStuff2 steps the App up several levels. The additional features and flexibility are truly impressive. A couple of the many other uses I use MyStuff2 include: • 2nd/3rd shift activities per person, machine, P/N, etc. Personnel, Machine #s, Part Numbers, etc. are in lookup tables so no retyping of information. • Activities and finances at a small campground. I easily mapped out the main power panels, their sub panels & breakers. The spreadsheet style report allows me to readily share the information. The option to include/exclude columns that print out on the report has really come in handy. I currently have 17, 238 lines of sortable/retrievable/sharable data spread across 71 categories. Also, 1 out the 138 lookup tables, has 905 items. Ricks data base program is no light weight. One feature that I have enjoyed since the beginning is the way you can display your data in two or more lines; large font on the first line and smaller font (more info) on the other lines. I can pull up and relive our ride by scrolling down any one of the three logs from the trip…with the information that I can readily see, the memories come flooding back. Rick Maddy, Thanks for a Great App!

I have tried several of these. All of these customizable one are a pain in the kazoo to use and set up. Learning curve for this one was too long to mess with. Irritatingly so. Once you have your database set up it looks nothing like their pics. Lots of left over headings. Adding new is a miserable experience. Hate this thing absolutely hate it.

Im using mystuff2 to inventory my fathers estate. I found this program to be very powerful very effective well worth the money. I am very very happy with it.

This app is full featured and one of the lowest costing inventory apps out there. If you are to purchase all in the in-app features, it would be under $10. Ive nearly purchased all the in-app purchases and its totally worth it. I have the multiple databases, the removal of branding on the reports & the custom color schemes. Ive created multiple databases, giving each of them a different color scheme. One of the reports allows you to export as HTML (and its mostly responsive), which Ive uploaded to my server so I can give access to anyone or I can access it when I dont have my iPhone or iPad around. You can also upload to Dropbox if thats your preferred method. Ive inventoried my cables (hundreds of computer cables and connectors) Ive even created qr codes and attached them onto the cables, so that I can scan the qr code on a rogue cable and find out where it needs to be. Ive inventoried my spice cabinet. So if Im at the grocery and cant remember if I need to pick up a spice or not, mystuff2 will tell me if I have it or not & Ive even set it to tell me if the items are expired or near expiring. Ive inventoried my pantry. Ive set it up just like the spice cabinet. I know if canned goods are still good & whether or not I need to toss that squid jerky that my fiancé bought... Ive inventoried my office. In a similar manner as my cables, and also completed for tax & insurance purposes. Ive inventoried my mothers antiques... The list goes on, seriously if you are still reading this you should have already purchased it by now...

Worked great until recent update; lost ability to backup/restore with iCloud. Please fix.

iCloud back is not available. Date field bringing date selection is not working Crashing too many times

It was a very good app but now that the scanner function no longer works its useless

This has got to be one of the best apps on the planet. It can keep track of just about everything. Absolutely incredible.

If you are a collector and want to keep track of your stuff, this is the app for you! It comes with some common collections already set up. ( Books, Music, Video Games and Electronics). Setting up your own attributes is a breeze and very easy to modify if you want to change things. Up to 30 pictures can accompany each entry. Well worth the $4.99 for sure!

So many options let you customize exactly how you want to display and store inventory. Great product! Give me more time based conditional colors. This product makes my day much easier.

Added good features and fixed a few bugs. Best app of this type.