Centriq alternatives: where to go now that the app is gone
What happened to your data, and five places to rebuild, written as what each one is actually best at rather than a ranking.
Centriq is gone. The app has been pulled from the App Store, mycentriq.com is a parked domain, and if you did not export your data before the deadline it was deleted, so the first thing to do is stop looking for a way back in and start rebuilding somewhere else.
What happened, briefly
Centriq shut down and gave no public explanation. There was a retirement notice, and after that no farewell post and no press coverage, so anyone telling you why is guessing.
The practical part is what happened to your data. Export was CSV only, from Settings, then Export Data, in the web app, and it carried item names, descriptions, model and serial numbers, purchase dates, locations and notes. It did not include photos, receipts or documents, which had to be saved one at a time. Anything not exported before the deadline was deleted (per DIYProject.ai's shutdown writeup, September 2026; Centriq's own pages are no longer online, so this cannot be verified against a primary source).
What you are actually replacing
Centriq's trick was that you photographed the model plate on an appliance and it identified the unit, then pulled up the manual, the recall status and the maintenance schedule. That is a specific capability, not a generic home inventory, and it is why a straight inventory app feels like a downgrade.
So the question for each alternative below is simple: how does it get your equipment into the system, and does it do anything with that equipment once it is there?
The five alternatives
Dib, if you want the Centriq experience back
- Free tier
- Unlimited items, photos, documents, recalls, reminders, vehicles
- Paid
- $10/mo per property or $120/yr
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, web
- Setup
- Photo scan, email forward, or PDF
- Source
- dib.io, checked September 2026
This is the closest thing to what you lost. Snap a photo and Dib identifies the item, finds the manual and looks up its current value, or forward an email or drop in a PDF. Recall monitoring and scheduled reminders come on the free tier, and it covers vehicles too.
Honest fit: the free tier allows 4 photo scans a month, so rebuilding a whole house from photographs will take a few months or a Pro subscription. If you kept your CSV, check whether an import saves you the scans.
EverHome, if your home has ever been inspected
- Price
- Free, no feature caps
- Storage
- 15 GB document allowance
- Platforms
- Web only at launch
- Setup
- Inspection, uploaded PDF, photo walk, or address
- Basis
- Confirmed against the product build, September 2026. everhomeapp.com is not live yet, so this entry is not sourced from a public page.
The rebuild problem is the one we are built for. Your record can start automatically from a LaunchPad brand inspection, from any prior inspection PDF you upload, from a guided photo walkthrough that reads model and serial plates, or from a public-records baseline for any US address. An inspection report already contains what Centriq made you photograph one appliance at a time.
From there you get maintenance seeded from your systems and their real ages, appliance recall monitoring, a document vault you can ask questions of in plain language, contractor quotes through Thumbtack, and a financial layer covering value, equity, refinance math and a twelve-year replacement forecast.
Honest fit: web only at launch on October 1, 2026, with no iOS or Android app, and brand new. There is no file import, so your Centriq CSV will not load directly, though the photo walkthrough covers the same ground faster than typing.
HomeBeacon, if you only want the reminders
- Free tier
- "Free Forever Plan," no credit card required
- Paid
- Not published anywhere
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, web
- Setup
- Manual, asset by asset
- Source
- homebeacon.app, checked September 2026
Automated maintenance scheduling, warranty and manual storage, seasonal reminders, free. If Centriq was your reminder system and little else, this replaces it at no cost.
Honest fit: entirely manual setup, asset by asset, which is exactly the work Centriq's camera used to do for you. No recall monitoring, no quotes, no value tracking.
HomeZada, if you want the most established option
- Free tier
- Essentials: inventory and documents
- Paid
- Premium $99/yr or $15.95/mo; Deluxe $189/yr for up to three properties
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, web
- Setup
- Manual, with photo capture to help
- Source
- HomeZada pricing page, checked September 2026
The obvious refuge for anyone who has just watched an app disappear: HomeZada has been running for over a decade and is the most complete product in the category. Its free tier will hold your inventory and documents.
Honest fit: the maintenance schedule is a paid feature, so the specific thing Centriq did for free costs $99 a year here.
HomeBox, if you never want this to happen again
- Price
- Free and open source
- Caps
- No subscription, no item or user caps
- Platforms
- Self-hosted through Docker
- Setup
- Manual, on your own server
- Source
- its GitHub repository, checked September 2026. Open source, so the repository is the primary source rather than a marketing page.
There is a reasonable argument that the lesson of Centriq is that your home inventory should not live on someone else's server. HomeBox runs on your hardware, holds categories, locations, tags, custom fields, images, documents, warranties and per-item maintenance schedules, and cannot be shut down by a company.
Honest fit: you have to run Docker yourself, and nobody is coming to help you when it breaks. That argument cuts against us as much as anyone.
Which one fits you
Common questions
What happened to Centriq?
Centriq shut down, removed its app from the App Store, and gave no public explanation. Its domain is now parked. Data not exported before the deadline was deleted.
Can I still get my data out of Centriq?
No. Export closed with the shutdown and the web app is gone. If you exported a CSV before the deadline, that file is now the only copy of your item names, model and serial numbers, purchase dates and notes.
What is the best free Centriq alternative?
Dib is the closest match, because it identifies equipment from a photo and includes recall monitoring and reminders free. EverHome is free with no feature caps and rebuilds your record from an inspection report rather than from photographs.
Did Centriq's export include my photos and receipts?
No. Centriq's CSV export did not include photos, receipts or documents. Those had to be saved individually before shutdown and cannot be recovered now.
Two related guides: the best free home maintenance apps in 2026, which ranks nine products on what their free tiers actually do, and HomeZada alternatives, if the maintenance paywall is what sent you looking.
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