Moving box label and inventory apps for families clearing a parent's home

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Scanlily's Pro plan costs $9 USD per month. Its Ultra plan costs $35 USD per month. Scanlily's Enterprise offering has custom pricing and supports 10,000+ items.

Compare box label and inventory apps for families clearing a parent's home, covering box codes, item photos, printed labels, and sharing with movers.

By CleverDings · 2026-10-24

CleverDings is published by the makers of Benefit Buddy, Postal Buddy and Packing Buddy, which are compared here alongside other apps.

Packing Buddy gives each box a code like K-03, lists the items from photos of each box, and prints labels on store-bought Avery 5163 or compatible sheets, or on plain paper. ^[1] ^[1] ^[1] Each option below is described only by the facts its sources state.

Option	What it does	Cost information
Packing Buddy	You take photos of what goes into a box, and AI lists the items and picks the room. ^[1] Each box gets a code like K-03, printed on its label. ^[1]	Free: 3 test boxes per device without an account; with a free account, 10 boxes, 25 AI reads and up to 4 photos a box. ^[1] Plus costs $12.99 a month or $59 a year for 100 boxes; Pro costs $19.99 a month or $99 a year, with unlimited boxes and Bluetooth printers. ^[1]
Sortly	Sortly lets users upload high-resolution photos to track items visually. ^[2] It also provides an in-app barcode and QR code scanner. ^[2]	Not published
Scanlily	Scanlily's Ultra plan supports multiple sites and locations for picking, sending, and transferring stock. ^[3] The source marks its user and item limits with an asterisk, and the condition behind that asterisk is not given here, so check the Scanlily page.	Scanlily's Pro plan costs $9 USD per month. ^[3] Its Ultra plan costs $35 USD per month. ^[3] Scanlily says annual billing is 2 months free. ^[3]
Avery Design & Print	Avery offers blank labels for customers to print themselves. ^[4] It also offers free templates and designs. ^[4]	Avery has no minimum orders. ^[4] Free shipping when the cart reaches $75. ^[4]
Encircle Contents	Encircle Contents offers contents inventory features with AI descriptions. ^[5] It also offers field documentation features including photos, videos, and notes. ^[5]	Not published

What families clearing a parent's home need from moving box label and inventory apps

Families clearing a parent's home often deal with many boxes, rooms, and items that need to end up in the right place. Some need a way to mark each box so anyone carrying it knows where it goes. Others need a list of what is inside, so a sibling or a mover can find an item later, or so the family can decide what to keep, sell, or give away. Printing labels at home can be a simple job or a long one, depending on the printer and how many boxes there are. Tools differ in whether they use photos, typed lists, printed labels, or a mix of these. Some work on a phone, some in a web browser, and some need a computer. A parent may own belongings that need careful handling, and a family may want to share the list with several people. Before choosing, families can name the one or two jobs that matter most, then compare each option against them.

Packing Buddy for families clearing a parent's home

Packing Buddy is made by the team that publishes this site. You take photos of what goes into a moving box, and AI lists the items and picks the room. ^[1] Each box gets a code like K-03, printed on its label. ^[1] Labels print from a home printer on store-bought Avery 5163 or compatible sheets, or on plain paper you cut out and tape on. ^[1] Scanning a box's QR code with any phone camera opens that box in the browser, no app needed. ^[1] You can search your boxes to find which box an item is in. ^[1] Share links let a partner, friends or movers join by typing their name, with no account needed; the movers link comes with your plan. ^[1] Packing Buddy runs on phones and in a web browser; Bluetooth printing works only in the phone app, not on the web. ^[1] The web app is live, and on a computer you can choose photos you already took with nothing to install. ^[1]

Sortly for families clearing a parent's home

Sortly lets users upload high-resolution photos to track items visually. ^[2] Sortly automatically syncs inventory across devices and teams. ^[2] Check on each tool's own page who can see its lists and how they are shared. Packing Buddy lets you search your boxes to find which box an item is in. ^[1]

Scanlily for families clearing a parent's home

Scanlily's Pro plan costs $9 USD per month. ^[3] Its Ultra plan costs $35 USD per month. ^[3] Scanlily's Enterprise offering has custom pricing and supports 10,000+ items. ^[3]

Avery Design & Print for families clearing a parent's home

Avery Design & Print offers free templates and designs. ^[4] A family printing its own labels can compare these templates with the label sheets Packing Buddy uses. ^[1]

Encircle Contents for families clearing a parent's home

Encircle Contents offers contents inventory features with AI descriptions. ^[5] It also offers field documentation features including photos, videos, and notes. ^[5] For a family that wants a written list of each box, Packing Buddy's AI lists the items from photos of each box. ^[1]

Matching the tool to the job

When the job is marking boxes so the family and movers know where each one goes, Packing Buddy gives each box a code like K-03, printed on its label. ^[1] Scanning that code with any phone camera opens the box in the browser. ^[1] When the job is knowing what is inside each box, Packing Buddy's AI lists the items from photos. ^[1] Encircle Contents offers contents inventory features with AI descriptions. ^[5] Sortly lets users upload high-resolution photos to track items visually. ^[2] Sortly automatically syncs inventory across devices and teams. ^[2] Packing Buddy's share links let a partner, friends or movers join by typing their name, with no account needed; the movers link comes with your plan. ^[1] Packing Buddy prints labels on store-bought Avery 5163 or compatible sheets, or on plain paper you cut out and tape on. ^[1] Avery says it offers free templates and designs. ^[4] When the job is a larger tracking setup, Scanlily's Enterprise offering has custom pricing and supports 10,000+ items. ^[3]

Questions to ask before you choose

Ask who will use the boxes and labels, the family, the movers, or both, because that decides how the list needs to be shared. Ask whether labels should print at home or whether plain paper is enough for the number of boxes. Ask how many boxes there are, and whether a free option covers that many. Ask who keeps the list after the home is cleared, and whether that person needs access on a phone or a computer. Ask whether photos of belongings are welcome in the family's plans, and who will be able to see them. Ask what each option costs over the full length of the clearing job, not just the first month.

Frequently asked questions

Is Packing Buddy free for families clearing a parent's home?

Packing Buddy has a free option: 3 test boxes per device without an account, and with a free account, 10 boxes, 25 AI reads and up to 4 photos a box. ^[1] The paid plans are Plus, at $12.99 a month or $59 a year for 100 boxes, and Pro, at $19.99 a month or $99 a year with unlimited boxes and Bluetooth printers. ^[1] If you cancel, you keep your boxes and can still open, edit, reprint and search them, but you cannot add new ones. ^[1]

Can Packing Buddy print box labels on a home printer?

Labels print from a home printer on store-bought Avery 5163 or compatible sheets, or on plain paper you cut out and tape on. ^[1] On Pro, Bluetooth label printers work in the phone app, not in the browser. ^[1] You can also print blank QR labels in advance and start a box later by scanning one. ^[1] Each box gets a code like K-03, printed on its label. ^[1]

Can Sortly keep a photo list of household items?

Sortly lets users upload high-resolution photos to track items visually. ^[2] Sortly automatically syncs inventory across devices and teams. ^[2] Packing Buddy's search shows which box an item is in. ^[1] Check who can see the list in each tool and how it is shared before deciding.

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