Gearit
A camera gear inventory app that scores your setup
A camera gear inventory app keeps a list of every piece of kit you own, what it cost, what it's worth and how it connects to the rest. That list is useful for insurance and for not buying a cable you already have. What makes it worth more than a spreadsheet is when the app can look at the whole list and tell you which item is the weak one, which is the question you're actually asking when you open it.
Why keep an inventory at all
Three reasons. Insurance, because a claim is far easier with a list and a value than with a memory. Money, because knowing you own £418 of gear scoring 40 is the start of a sensible plan. And wiring, because the question “what goes into what?” comes up every time you add or move something, and a list that knows the answer saves an evening.
A spreadsheet does the first part
Name, cost, value, date. A spreadsheet is fine at this and it’s where most people start. It’s also where it stops: a spreadsheet can’t tell you that your lighting is the reason your videos look flat, and it can’t tell you whether the mixer you’re looking at has the sockets your microphones need.
What the app adds
A board, not a list. Gearit lays your gear out showing what plugs into what and which way the sound and picture travel: webcam and mic going in, a stream deck in the middle, two screens coming out. Five items, their total value, and one score for the lot.
A score, and the weak link. The whole setup gets a number from Critical up to Elite, broken into Video, Audio, Lighting, Room & Position and Workflow. The app names the part that’s dragging it down. A £2,000 camera in bad light is still a weak setup, and it says so.
A plan, cheapest first. What to buy, in the order that moves the score most per pound, with real prices. The example setup goes from 44 to 95 for £335 in three steps.
A check before you buy. Look up a product and Gearit scores it, shows the good and bad side by side, and checks it against what’s already on your board. Then it gives plug-by-plug instructions, one cable per step, with a drawing of which socket and which way up.
Adding gear
Scan it with the iPhone camera or search by name. Gearit has a catalogue that grows as people look things up; if it doesn’t know a product, the words you typed go to an AI that works out what it is, and the answer joins the catalogue. Nothing about you goes with the search.
What it costs, and where your data lives
A lot of the app is free, including the board and the score. The plan, the weak-link name and the buy-check are a single unlock of £24.99, not a subscription. Your scans, photos and report stay on your iPhone; signing in is optional and only exists so a second device can see the same board. It works in 34 languages.
Questions people ask
What should a gear inventory record?
Each item's name and category, what you paid, roughly what it's worth now, and what it connects to. The first three are for insurance and budgeting. The last one is for the day you're standing in a shop wondering whether the thing in your hand plugs into the thing on your desk.
How do I add my gear quickly?
In Gearit you point your iPhone at the item and scan it, or type its name and pick it from the catalogue. The photo is checked on the phone and thrown away; only the result goes on your board.
Can it tell me what my setup is worth?
Yes. The board shows the total value of everything on it alongside the setup's score, so you can see both what you've spent and what it's getting you.
Is my gear list private?
It stays on your iPhone. You can sign in to see it on another device, but you don't have to, and searching the catalogue sends only the words you typed. There are no trackers or ads.
Can I share my setup?
Yes. A shared setup page shows the items, their categories and how they're wired, socket to socket. Serial numbers, receipts and prices never go on the shared page.