Invite your partner, kids, or helpers to the same move. Everyone packs, searches, and scans the same box list — updated in real time.
Snap. Label. Move. Together.
Move invites require the Family plan ($29.99/year). Invited members can join with a free account.
Three steps. No shared logins, no texting photos of box labels back and forth.
From Settings → Move Sharing, send an email invite. Your helper taps the link on their iPhone and joins with their own account.
You tackle the kitchen, your partner does bedrooms, a teen handles the garage. Every box lands in the same shared inventory with photos and QR labels.
At the new house, anyone can search "chargers" or scan a QR label — even boxes they did not pack. No more opening twenty cartons to find one cable.
When someone adds a box or snaps a photo, it shows up for everyone on that move. One source of truth for the whole household.
Email an invite from the app. Universal Links open BoxBuddy on iPhone so acceptance takes seconds. Invites expire after 14 days for security.
Print labels once. Movers, grandparents, or babysitters scan a code and see what's inside — even if they did not pack that box.
Editor and viewer roles keep things organized. Editors add and update boxes; viewers browse and search. The owner manages the member list.
"Did you pack the kids' chargers, or did I?"
Family moves fail in the gaps between people — not because anyone is lazy, but because nobody shares the same mental map of 40+ boxes. One person labels "Misc." Another writes "Kitchen stuff." By moving day, you're both sure the router is packed, and you're both wrong.
BoxBuddy Family Sharing fixes the handoff: one move, one searchable inventory, visible to everyone you invite. When your daughter asks for pajamas at 9 PM in the new house, anyone can search and find Bedroom Box 4 — even if you packed it and she did not.
Shared inventory is not unique to BoxBuddy — several apps in this space offer it. What differs is who pays, what else you get, and whether the product is built for households or business teams.
BoxBuddy is the most complete package for households moving together: real-time shared moves plus photo cataloging, QR labels, voice notes, and keyword search in one consumer-priced plan — not a per-seat business model or a narrower home-inventory scope.
| App | Has sharing | What it costs | Also includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoxBuddy | Yes | Owner: Family plan $29.99/yr. Invited members: free. | Photo cataloging, QR labels, voice notes, keyword search, room-based box numbering — built for household moves. |
| Sortly | Yes | Paid required for any extra user; scales 2 → 5 → 8 → 12+ by tier. | Strong business inventory tools; no moving-specific QR label workflow or voice-first packing flow. |
| Everspruce | Yes | Free up to 4 total users / 50 entries; paid removes entry cap. | Home-inventory focus; narrower moving-day workflow vs. room + QR + search bundle. |
| Scan Your Boxes | Yes | Owner pays; invitees free; team tiers up to 15 users. | Box scanning focus; verify whether voice notes and full photo catalog match your workflow. |
| BoxOrganizer | Yes (claimed) | Pricing for collaboration specifically unclear. | Feature set varies; confirm sharing and QR/photo details on their site before comparing. |
| Boxes: Storage made simple | Not confirmed | — | We could not verify multi-user sharing from public feature pages. |
| BoxLynk | Not confirmed | — | We could not verify multi-user sharing from public feature pages. |
| SmartBox Organizer | Coming soon (not live) | — | Sharing listed as planned; not available to evaluate yet. |
Based on publicly available pricing and feature pages as of June 8, 2026. Features and pricing change — let us know if we've gotten something wrong.
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There is no fixed member cap in BoxBuddy. Invite spouses, teens, grandparents, or helpers with editor or viewer roles.
Sending move invites requires the Family plan ($29.99/year). Free and Single plans can join a move when invited, but cannot send invites.
Yes — each person accepts with their own BoxBuddy account using the invited email address. They do not need a paid plan to participate.
Invites expire after 14 days. The move owner can resend from Settings → Move Sharing if someone missed the window.
Family Sharing is available in the BoxBuddy iOS app today. Invited members need iPhone or iPad with BoxBuddy installed to accept and use shared moves.
Yes — Sortly offers team sharing, but it requires a paid business-tier plan with per-seat pricing that scales with team size (2, 5, 8, 12+ users by tier). BoxBuddy Family Sharing is built for households: one $29.99/year Family plan lets the owner invite members, and invited family members join free with their own accounts.
Both offer shared inventory. Everspruce includes sharing free for up to 4 users (50 entries); paid tiers raise the entry cap. Scan Your Boxes charges the owner while invitees join free, with team tiers up to 15 users. BoxBuddy bundles real-time household sharing with photo cataloging, QR labels, voice notes, and keyword search in one consumer-priced moving workflow. See our comparison research for details.
Step-by-step setup: Help Center → Family Sharing
Download BoxBuddy 2.1.0, upgrade to Family when you are ready to invite, and share one inventory for the whole household.
Get BoxBuddy on the App Store