Minvy Help
Guides for getting the most out of Minvy. Search below, or browse the articles. Still stuck? Email support@minvy.ai.
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Getting started with Minvy
A quick guide to how Minvy helps you organize, label, and track your items.
Understanding Basic vs Premium
What's included in each tier and how to choose the right one for you.
Upgrading to Premium
How to subscribe to Minvy Premium and manage your subscription.
Onboarding: set up your property & categories
Choose a property name and pick the rooms/categories you want to start with.
Onboarding: permissions & adding items
Why Minvy asks for photo permissions and how to add your first items.
Terms & Conditions acceptance
How to review the user agreement and enable acceptance by scrolling to the bottom.
Items: the basics
What an item is, how it's organized, and where it lives in the app.
Adding an item with the camera
Use your iPhone camera to quickly add items with photos, barcodes, or OCR-filled fields.
Barcode scanning
Scan a product barcode to automatically populate item details.
Item Detail: viewing and editing an item
Open an item to see images, values, notes, and edit details.
Quick Edit: update title, cost, and value from the list
Swipe right on an item row to quickly update key fields without opening the full detail.
Delete an item
Remove an item from your inventory and what happens to its tags and manifests.
Categories: rooms and collections
How to create, rename, and manage categories to organize your inventory.
Labels: what they are and how to use them
Tag items with labels to add meaning beyond their category.
Search: find items fast
Use search and filters to quickly locate items and narrow results.
Carousel: browse selected items
Swipe through selected items in a full-screen carousel view.
QR codes in Minvy
Use QR codes to link items to bins, boxes, or locations — scan to retrieve later.
Minvy NFC tags: how they work
Tap a Minvy NFC tag to instantly view the items assigned to it.
Scan a QR code
Scan a Minvy QR code to view or update its assigned items.
Scan an NFC tag
Tap an NFC tag to view or update its assigned items.
Assign items to a QR code or NFC tag
Select items, then save them to a QR or NFC manifest for later retrieval.
Clear a QR/NFC manifest
Remove all items assigned to a QR code or NFC tag. This cannot be undone.
Share or print a manifest
Export the contents of a QR/NFC manifest as a PDF to share, print, or save.
Exporting your inventory (PDF & spreadsheet)
Create a PDF from a tag manifest, export a full spreadsheet on iPhone, or print a property Statement on the web.
Receipts: import from Gmail
Connect Gmail to search for receipt emails and attach PDFs to items. Premium feature.
Importing items via receipt scan (OCR)
Photograph a receipt to auto-populate item fields using on-device text recognition.
Documents & attachments
Attach PDFs, photos, and documents to items for easy reference.
AI credits: what they are and how they work
AI credits power Minvy's AI features. Premium users start with 300 welcome credits.
AI-powered item suggestions
Let AI suggest a title, category, and value for an item based on a photo or description.
Minvy Cloud vs iCloud: what does what
Cross-device sync is a Minvy Cloud (Premium) feature. iCloud is Apple's separate service — Minvy only uses it for optional backups, never for sync.
Backing up your inventory: Minvy Cloud and iCloud
Why cloud back-up matters for a home inventory, how Minvy protects your data, and how iCloud gives every iPhone user an extra layer of protection.
Cross-device sync (Premium)
Keep your inventory in sync between your iPhone and the Minvy web app.
Using Minvy on the web
How to access and use Minvy from a browser. Premium feature.
Privacy & security
How Minvy uses your data and what is stored locally vs in the cloud.
Managing your subscription on your iPhone
How to view or cancel Minvy Premium when you subscribed in the iPhone app (App Store billing).
Managing your subscription on the web
How to view, update, or cancel Minvy Premium when you subscribed on minvy.ai (card billing via Stripe).
Connecting and disconnecting Google
How to connect your Google account for Gmail receipt import, and how to revoke access.
Sharing your inventory with guests, web only
Invite people to view or edit part of your inventory — up to 3 guests at a time.
Inviting a guest
Send someone a secure, scoped invitation to your inventory from the web app.
Read-only guest access
What a Viewer guest sees — a locked-down, read-only view of just what you shared.
Accepting a share invitation
If someone shared their inventory with you, here's how to sign in and view it.
Managing or removing a guest
Remove a guest's access at any time and see what editors have changed.
Reminders Calendar
Subscribe to a private calendar of the dates Minvy tracks for you — warranty expirations plus insurance and other Property Document expiry dates — each with a reminder 30 days ahead.
Setting a warranty expiration date
Set an item's warranty end date so it tracks — and appears in your warranty calendar.
Safety recalls
Minvy checks your inventory against official recall databases and alerts you to any matches.
How recall matching works
How Minvy matches your items to recalls — exact for vehicles, AI-assisted for products.