Both apps help you catalog your belongings, but they take different approaches. Here is how they actually compare when you need to find something fast, file an insurance claim, or split assets with a roommate.
Sortly leads with a bulk-import philosophy. You photograph entire rooms at once, and its AI attempts to name and categorize everything it sees. The result is speed if your space is already tidy, but it struggles with cluttered closets, mixed-use rooms, or anything that does not fit a clean rectangle.
Vorby starts with a manual room-by-room walkthrough. It takes longer upfront, but the inventory reflects what you actually own, not what your camera happened to see. For renters, new homeowners, and anyone who has accumulated years of mixed belongings, the Vorby approach produces a more accurate catalog.
Both apps can generate reports, but the workflow differs significantly. Sortly exports itemized lists as spreadsheets or PDF summaries. If you need to prove ownership, you add photos to each item manually before export. The process works but requires assembly time.
Vorby stores photos directly with each item and generates a claim-ready report with timestamps. The report includes estimated replacement values, purchase dates if you entered them, and photo evidence. Insurance adjusters receive a complete document rather than a spreadsheet you assembled after a loss.
Sortly offers a team tier with shared folders. Multiple people can add items to the same inventory, which sounds useful for households. In practice, the sharing model feels bolted on rather than designed from the ground up.
Vorby built household sharing into the core experience. One person creates the home, generates an invite link, and roommates join without creating separate accounts. Everyone sees the same inventory, can add items, and can flag things they own separately. When someone moves out, you reassign their items in two taps.
Sortly organizes by location (room, container, label) and lets you search by keyword. The more items you have, the more you rely on remembering which room you stored something in. If you shoved a winter coat in a hall closet rather than the bedroom closet, you search until you find it.
Vorby indexes every item by name, category, location, and tags. You can search "black winter coat" and see every item matching that description regardless of which room the app thinks it lives in. This sounds minor until you have hundreds of items and genuinely cannot remember where you put something.
Sortly offers a free tier that works for small apartments with under 200 items. The paid plan unlocks unlimited items, multi-user access, and export features. Cost runs around $5 per month on annual billing.
Vorby free tier covers a single-user household with up to 500 items. The paid plan is $7 per month or $60 per year and includes unlimited items, household sharing, and claim-ready reports. The pricing lands near Sortly'''s range but includes features that Sortly gates behind higher tiers.
Choose Sortly if you have a small, tidy space and want to photograph everything in one afternoon. The bulk-capture approach works well for organized households with clear room boundaries.
Choose Vorby if you want an accurate record of what you actually own, need to share access with a partner or roommate, or care about having a claim-ready report that does not require manual assembly. Vorby also wins if you have a cluttered or non-standard space where a camera sweeping a room will miss things.
Yes. Once you have opened a home in Vorby, the full inventory loads without an internet connection. New items and photos sync when you reconnect. This matters if you are cataloging a basement, garage, or rental unit with spotty signal.
Not directly through an import button. You can export your Sortly inventory as a CSV and manually add items in Vorby, or take photos of your Sortly sheets and add items that way. A direct import feature is on the Vorby roadmap.
Vorby. The room-by-room walkthrough matches how renters actually use space, and the household sharing works for roommates without forcing everyone through a multi-user setup process. Sortly works for renters too, but its feature set is more aligned with homeowners managing larger properties.
Both apps support this. In Sortly you create separate folders for each location. In Vorby you create separate homes for each address and switch between them. Vorby'''s multi-home model keeps each location cleanly separated.
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