Your first inventory

Set up the app

Setup has three screens. You can go back and forth between them to change your mind. Nothing is saved until the last screen. If you close the app part-way through, setup picks up where you left off.

Screen 1: you

1. Type your first name if you like. ThingzSafe uses it for greetings and to record who did what.
2. Choose whether to turn on Require device unlock. If you do, you unlock the app with your phone's fingerprint, face or passcode. If you don't, the app opens straight to Home.
3. Tap Continue to sites.

Good to know: To use the lock, your phone needs a screen lock already set up. If it has none, the app asks you to set one up or to turn the lock choice off.

Screen 2: Sites and Areas

1. Look at the suggested Sites and Areas, such as House, Garage and Kitchen.
2. Tap Edit site and areas to rename a Site or Area, or to remove one.
3. Tap + Add site to add your own. To add several, separate the names with commas.
4. Tap Continue to categories. You must keep at least one Site.

Screen 3: Categories

1. Look at the suggested Categories. A Category is a type of Thing, such as Furniture or Books.
2. Tap the pencil to change one, or the red bin to remove one. Tap + Add category to add your own. You must keep at least one Category.
3. Tap Finish setup and open Home.

What happens next: Your choices are saved and the app opens at Home.

Join a household instead

If someone invited you to their household, tap JOIN A HOUSEHOLD on the welcome screen. You need the email address the invitation was sent to and the invitation code from the email. See Create or join a household.

Add your first Thing

1. On Home, tap a Site. If you use Areas, open an Area as well.
2. Tap + Add Thing here (in a Site) or + Add Thing manually (in an Area) to type the details. Or tap Capture here to take photos instead.
3. Give the Thing a name you will recognise, and choose a Category.
4. Add what you know, such as the quantity, its position, and purchase details.
5. Tap Save.

What happens next: If you used Capture here, your photos are saved as a draft in the Review queue. It does not become a complete Thing until you review it.

A useful structure

• A freezer in your kitchen: the Site is House, the Area is Kitchen, the Thing is Freezer, and the food inside is its Contents.
• A tractor in a barn: the Site is Barn. You don't need an Area.
• Use Position to say exactly where something is, such as "top shelf" or "left-hand cupboard". You can type anything you like.