Oriora Stash vs Sortly
Stash is a free app for knowing what you own and where it is, kept on your device, with the AI filing a box from a photo and answering "where are my winter boots?". Sortly is an inventory management subscription aimed at businesses. Here is how they differ for the job of cataloguing what you keep, with every claim about Sortly linked to their own listing.
Written by Oriora, the maker of Oriora Stash. Every claim about Sortly is taken from Sortly Inc.'s own published pages, linked per row, and was last checked on 6 September 2026. Sortly is the name of Sortly Inc.'s product and is used here only to identify it.
- Oriora Stash is a home catalogue for iPhone, Mac and the web: photograph an open box and the AI drafts the item list, then ask it where anything is. No subscription; you pay per AI action.
- Stash keeps the catalogue on your device and backs it up to your own Google Drive or GitHub. Sortly is an inventory system for businesses with plans listed from $4.99 to $449.99.
- Sortly has barcode and QR labels, low-stock alerts, user roles and multi-device sync. Stash has none of those; it answers questions about your own things instead.
Feature by feature
“Verify” opens the Sortly page each row was read from.
| Feature | Sortly | Oriora Stash | Has it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free download. In-app plans listed as Plus at $4.99 and $47.99 and Advanced at $49.99 and $449.99 (durations as listed on the App Store).Prices as listed on the US App Store on 6 September 2026.Verify ↗ | Free app, no subscription. You pay only for the AI actions you run, from a prepaid Oriora wallet. | Different |
| Who it is for | Its listing describes it as an inventory management solution for businesses.Verify ↗ | A home: "know what you own, and where." | Different |
| Where your data lives | On Sortly's systems. Its privacy policy says data may be transferred to processors in the United States.Verify ↗ | On your device. Back up to your own Google Drive or GitHub, or export a file. What each AI action sends is used to answer it and is not retained by Oriora. | Different |
| Catalogue items with photos and a location | Yes: custom folders, item photos, custom fields and tags.Verify ↗ | Yes: item, photo, location, category, season, occasion and quantity. | Both |
| File a box from a photo | Not on the listing. Items are entered or scanned by barcode.Verify ↗ | Photograph the open box and the AI drafts the item list; you review every line before anything is saved. | Stash |
| Ask where something is, in plain words | Not on the listing; search and folders.Verify ↗ | "Where are my winter boots?" or "what do I have for Christmas?", answered from your catalogue, by chat or on a live voice call. | Stash |
| Never-used items and duplicates surfaced | Not on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes. | Stash |
| Barcode and QR label printing and scanning | Yes.Verify ↗ | No. | Sortly |
| Low-stock and date-based alerts | Yes.Verify ↗ | No. | Sortly |
| Multiple users with roles, synced across devices | Yes: customizable user access, automatic syncing across all devices and users.Verify ↗ | No. One catalogue on your device, with backup to your own cloud. | Sortly |
| Reporting and pick lists | Yes.Verify ↗ | CSV export, free. | Different |
- ✓You want to know what you own at home, not run stock for a business.
- ✓You do not want a subscription.
- ✓You want the catalogue on your own device, backed up to your own cloud.
- ✓You want to file a box by photographing it, and ask where things are in plain words.
Sortly has barcode and QR labels, low-stock alerts, multi-user access with roles, real-time sync and inventory reporting. Stash has none of those.
Questions people ask
Is Oriora Stash a free alternative to Sortly?
Stash is free to download with no subscription; AI actions such as filing a box from a photo are billed per use from a prepaid Oriora wallet. Sortly is a free download with in-app plans listed from $4.99 to $449.99 on the US App Store.
What does Stash do that Sortly does not?
Files a box from a photo, answers plain-English questions about where your things are by chat or voice, surfaces never-used items and duplicates, and keeps everything on your device with backup to your own cloud.
What does Sortly have that Stash does not?
Barcode and QR labels, low-stock and date alerts, multi-user access with roles, real-time sync across devices and users, and inventory reporting.
The Sortly column is read from Sortly Inc.'s own App Store listing, in-app purchase list and privacy policy, not from reviews or third-party articles, and was last checked on 6 September 2026. The Oriora Stash column is read from the app as shipped. Where Sortly's listing does not mention a feature, the row says so rather than claiming they lack it. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the Oriora team. If anything here is out of date, write to [email protected] and it will be corrected.