I am a firefighter building a "Life Inventory" app, probably for a customer base of 1. Would anyone else actually use this?
So I’ve spent the last few weeks building an iOS inventory app. Not because I’m a developer (I’m a firefighter) but because I couldn’t find anything that did what I wanted, and I have access to AI coding tools and apparently no self-control.
The premise is simple: I often forget where things are and whether I have them. Paracetamol in the car, the bathroom cabinet, the work bag, and the travel wash kit. A specific screwdriver that could be in any of four places. Sun cream that I buy every summer because I can’t remember if I used the last one. Searching for something I know I have, but can’t remember where I’ve put it, is really frustrating.
So I built something. It’s basically a tree of locations (house, car, work bag, whatever). You store items inside them at any depth: Garage > Third shelf > Small toolbox > Hammer. Then when you search “hammer”, it tells you exactly where it is.
Features I added because I couldn't stop myself:
• Quantity tracking and expiry dates.
• Minimum stock levels that flag when you’re running low.
• Photo support for the actual shelf so you remember what you’re looking at.
• A restock tab that builds a shopping list automatically.
I’m aiming for a video game style inventory for everyday life.
It also imports from a spreadsheet if you’re the sort of person who already has one of those. Which I was. Which probably tells you everything you need to know about me.
Here’s my honest concern: I’ve looked around and there’s basically nothing like this on the App Store. On one hand, gap in the market. On the other hand, maybe nobody wants this because normal people just... remember where they put things?
So I’m genuinely asking: is this something you’d use? It is not quite ready for the App Store yet, but I am trying to figure out if I should keep polishing it for public release or just keep it for myself. If there is actual interest, I might open up a beta.