Looking for an Encircle alternative?
Encircle discontinued its free consumer home inventory product on December 17, 2025 and pivoted to restoration-industry software. Users who missed the export window lost their inventories — years of photos and records, gone with a server shutdown.
The lesson isn't "pick a better cloud"
Any cloud inventory can end the same way: an acquisition, a pivot, a price hike. The only inventory that can't be taken away is one that lives with you.
How ItemVault is different
- Local-first: everything stays on your iPhone. There is no server to shut down.
- Backups you hold: one archive (database + photos) exported to your iCloud Drive, Files or Google Drive.
- One-time purchase: $19.99 once. No subscription that quietly becomes $50/month.
- Insurance-ready: PDF report with photos, serials, receipts and your policy details on the cover.
Rebuild your inventory somewhere it can't vanish.
Get ItemVault An hour of snapping photos, room by room — and this time it's yours for good.
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