Stocktaking with your phone

Stocktake: hours instead of days

Mango Inventory: inventory management for organisations with a lot of inventory. Count room by room in the app. From CHF 69€69£69$69 per month.

Free to try up to 50 items · no credit card required

A stocktake on the iPhone: the open count with its progress bar, the location line of the current room and, per item, the buttons “Not found” and “Confirm”, with “Scan item” below them.
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Sound familiar?

“The stocktake got skipped again”

“Staff shortage”, the note says. And the audit report adds: the accounts no longer count as properly kept.

“And after the break-in: what exactly is missing?”

Police and insurers want to know what is missing — with serial numbers. Without an inventory, that is guesswork.

“In the end, somebody signs it”

The inventory goes to the audit signed. The name under it has to hope the list is right.

How your stocktake goes — in three steps

  1. 1CapturePhotograph your items, or upload your Excel list.
  2. 2SkipNo need to count the cheap or the recently used.
  3. 3CountIn the app, room by room.

Still all on paper or in Excel? That is exactly what step 1 is for.

“We haven't got any of it recorded yet.”

1 · Capture — faster than you think

  • Create by appTake a photo, the AI fills in the details, check them over, save.
  • Create by importUpload your Excel, look through the preview — and it is in.
  • Rather hand it over?If you like, we do the migration for you, free of charge.

Along the way you get a clean overview of your entire inventory — and it stays with you after the stocktake, too.

An iPhone showing a freshly photographed capture in Mango Inventory: the photo of an aluminium step ladder at the top, below it the “AI pre-filled 2 fields” note and the already filled-in “Name” (“Aluminium step ladder”) and “Category” (“Ladders & steps”) fields, and the buttons “Discard draft”, “Save” and “Create” at the bottom.
Photo taken — the draft is filled in already.
The import preview in Mango Inventory: every column of the uploaded file headed by its target — “Description → Name”, “Category → Category”, “Room → Home location” — and every row with its green “Create” action.
Upload, quick check — all in.

“Count all of it? We don't have a week.”

2 · Skip it, skip it, skip it

  • The biggest time saverYou never count all of it, and you finish sooner.
  • Leave out the cheap thingsItems worth less than, say, CHF 500€500£500$500 never go into the stocktake at all.
  • Recently used is already confirmedChecked out, moved or inspected in the last three months? Demonstrably there. Nobody counts that twice.

You see straight away how little is left to count.

“Tick the paper list, then type it all up again.”

3 · Count it, don't type it up

  • Count as you goScan the label with its QR code, or confirm the item in the app.
  • MultiplayerAssign the rooms, several people work in parallel.
  • The PDF reportSign it, file it, done.

The details: stocktaking step by step

Counting in the Mango Inventory app on the iPhone: the camera image at the top with a captured label, below it the active room with its open items and, per row, “Not found” and “Confirm”, and under that the rooms already finished.

See it on your own inventory: a few rooms, a few items — then you will know whether it fits.

Free to try up to 50 items · no credit card required

You came for the stocktake. What keeps you is everything after it.

01 · LabelingIn every plan

Every item gets a label

Collage: four items with QR labels and inventory numbers — a drill, a cable drum, a first-aid case and a tablet — next to them a hand scanning a label on a storage crate with a smartphone.
  • Stick the labels onPre-printed from us or straight from the app.
  • Just scanOpens the item: who has it, where it is, since when.
  • For the whole teamEveryone scans with their own phone.

More in the docs

02 · OverviewIn every plan

Your entire inventory at a glance

The item list in Mango Inventory: saved views, categories and quick filters above the table, below them rows with a picture, name, inventory number, category and next check.
  • How many? Where? Who has it?It is all in one list, no walk-around, no phone calls.
  • Everyone sees the same thingNo more juggling three Excel versions.
  • The way you workYour own categories, your own fields: The list speaks your language.

More in the docs

03 · Maintenance & inspectionFrom Premium

Maintenance plans that almost run themselves

  • Maintenance plansmake sure every item gets inspected.
  • Inspection intervalsremind you when a check is due.
  • Checklistsmake sure the check is done properly.

Discover maintenance in Mango →

04 · Defect reports & ticketsFrom Pro

Work assigned. Responsibility clear.

  • All managed in one placeDefect reports, maintenance plans, restocking, stocktakes.
  • Assigned automaticallyEvery task goes to the person responsible, automatically.
  • Gear that worksNo device sits broken for months.

More in the docs

05 · Check-out & returnIn every plan

Who has what? Always visible.

  • Checking outScan, pick the person, done.
  • ReturnOne click.
  • Your structureYou decide who and where things go to: people, teams, rooms — and you see at a glance what is still out.

More in the docs

Stocktaking: free to try, then in the Pro plan

Up to 50 items you try everything at your own pace, stocktaking included. For a real stocktake you want the Pro plan: CHF 69€69£69$69 per month per started 1,000 items, with as many users as you like.

Free

CHF 0€0£0$0

up to 50 items

Free to try up to 50 items — every function, stocktaking included. Like a demo, only with your own things.

  • All features included
  • Up to 50 items
  • Unlimited users
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Essential

CHF 29€29£29$29

per month per 1,000 items

without stocktaking

The complete Excel replacement for everyday work.

  • Items, categories & custom fields
  • Your whole inventory in one view
  • Check-out & return by scan
  • Printable QR labels
  • Excel import & export
  • Free Excel migration on request
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With stocktaking

Pro

CHF 69€69£69$69

per month per 1,000 items

This is where stocktaking lives, PDF report and all — plus tickets and orders.

  • Everything in Essential
  • Stocktaking in the app
  • Defect reports & tickets
  • Orders & reservations
  • Consumables & minimum stock levels
  • Free Excel migration on request
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Premium

CHF 119€119£119$119

per month per 1,000 items

For institutions and operations with IT requirements.

  • Everything in Pro
  • Maintenance plans incl. checklists
  • Single Sign-on (Microsoft / Google)
  • Directory sync
  • API & integrations
  • Advanced roles & permissions
  • Free Excel migration on request
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Detailed feature mapping. — Free includes all features — up to 50 items.

FeatureEssentialProPremium
Inventory & everyday use
Items, categories & custom fieldsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Item models for identical devicesIncludedIncludedIncluded
Check-out & return by scanIncludedIncludedIncluded
Scanner & printable QR labelsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Excel import with AI column mappingIncludedIncludedIncluded
Export (Excel/CSV), any timeIncludedIncludedIncluded
Saved views & dashboardIncludedIncludedIncluded
Item history & activity feedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Quick photo capture (drafts)IncludedIncludedIncluded
Processes
Stocktaking in the appNot includedIncludedIncluded
Defect reports & ticketsNot includedIncludedIncluded
Orders & reservationsNot includedIncludedIncluded
Consumables, quantities & minimum stock levelsNot includedIncludedIncluded
Organisation & IT
Maintenance plans incl. checklistsNot includedNot includedIncluded
Single Sign-on (Microsoft / Google)Not includedNot includedIncluded
Directory syncNot includedNot includedIncluded
API & integrationsNot includedNot includedIncluded
Advanced roles & permissionsNot includedNot includedIncluded

Free includes all features — up to 50 items.

Inventory & everyday use(9)
  • Items, categories & custom fieldsFrom Essential
  • Item models for identical devicesFrom Essential
  • Check-out & return by scanFrom Essential
  • Scanner & printable QR labelsFrom Essential
  • Excel import with AI column mappingFrom Essential
  • Export (Excel/CSV), any timeFrom Essential
  • Saved views & dashboardFrom Essential
  • Item history & activity feedFrom Essential
  • Quick photo capture (drafts)From Essential
Processes(4)
  • Stocktaking in the appFrom Pro
  • Defect reports & ticketsFrom Pro
  • Orders & reservationsFrom Pro
  • Consumables, quantities & minimum stock levelsFrom Pro
Organisation & IT(5)
  • Maintenance plans incl. checklistsFrom Premium
  • Single Sign-on (Microsoft / Google)From Premium
  • Directory syncFrom Premium
  • API & integrationsFrom Premium
  • Advanced roles & permissionsFrom Premium

Frequently asked questions about stocktaking

How do our items get into the software?

Three ways, and you can mix them: with your phone through the building — one photo per item, name and details suggested for you; through the Excel import, which proposes a target for every column; or one at a time via “New item”.

Docs: import & export →
How long does setting up take?

An existing Excel list is in within an afternoon, locations and categories included. If you start from scratch, you walk room by room and stop whenever you like — you do not need a finished inventory to begin.

What is a stocktake?

A stocktake is the physical count of all assets at a cut-off date, usually at the end of the financial year. Stocktaking software replaces paper lists with counting by scan and compares expected and actual stock automatically. Mango Inventory is the stocktaking software for organisations with a lot of inventory: you capture your inventory by photo or Excel import, count with your phone camera and close with a signed report.

Do we need scanner hardware?

No, the phone camera is enough — everyone uses their own device. A handheld scanner works just as well, and anyone who would rather count at the computer does it in the “My count” tab.

Docs: mobile app →
Can colleagues count without training?

Yes. Whoever gets an area is notified and finds exactly one task under “My tasks”: their own locations in walking order, with “Confirm” or “Not found” per item. It does not need much more explaining than that.

What happens when something is missing?

Every item ends with one clear outcome: confirmed, not found — or accounted for, because someone moved it in the app during the stocktake. The PDF report separates “marked during the walk” from “never checked” and lists every discrepancy in the appendix.

Docs: stocktaking →
What do we end up holding?

A PDF report with the cut-off date, the method and the result, location by location, with fields for the signatures. After that it is frozen and stays on file as your proof — even if something moves later on. The numbers you can export as CSV or Excel as well, if you want to carry on with them.

Docs: stocktaking →
How do I count consumables and quantity items?

Consumables like paper or whiteboard markers are not counted one piece at a time: per room you enter how many there are. That number becomes the current stock straight away, with a note of who counted and when. And you can only close the stocktake once every quantity item has its number in every room.

What does the stocktake cost?

Up to 50 items you try Mango Inventory for free, with every function and without a credit card. A real stocktake runs on the Pro plan, which includes it — the prices are further up this page.

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