ToolTally: A Free Offline Tool Inventory with an Insurance Claim Pack

A quick look at one of the small Android apps I'm building solo, with .NET MAUI, under Horizon Software.

Ask any tradesperson what their tools are worth and you will get a shrug and a guess. Ask them to prove it to an insurer the week after a van gets emptied and it becomes a genuine problem — receipts long gone, serial numbers unrecorded, and no photographs of anything. ToolTally is a free Android app that fixes that before it happens: a complete record of every tool you own, with the paperwork an insurer actually asks for, built on your phone and kept there.

A proper record of every tool

Log each tool with photos, brand and model, serial number, purchase date and price, your own estimated value, its condition, and where it lives — van, home, site or storage. Add per-tool insurance details (insurer, policy number, renewal date, sum insured and excess), and mark a tool Active, Stolen, Sold or Retired as things change. It is the sort of record that takes two minutes per tool and is worth a great deal exactly once.

Never miss a warranty again

Set a warranty expiry, or just enter the purchase date and the warranty length and let ToolTally work it out. You get a local reminder before it runs out, so you can claim or replace while the claim is still live. Reminders are scheduled on the device — no account, no server.

The Insurance Claim Pack

This is the feature ToolTally is built around. In one action it produces a single tidy ZIP containing a formatted PDF, a spreadsheet-friendly CSV and all your photos for whichever tools you choose — every active tool, stolen tools only, or a custom selection — ready to hand to your insurer to support a claim or a quote. It turns the worst admin week of a tradesperson’s year into a single export.

To be straight about what it is: the pack is a record you compile. It is not insurance, not a valuation and not proof of cover, and ToolTally does not provide or arrange insurance.

A bonus toolbox that earns its place

Because the phone is already in your hand on site, ToolTally includes a set of genuinely useful utilities:

Spirit level and angle finder, with a roof-pitch readout
Camera measure — estimate distance and area using your device’s AR
Trade calculator for feet-inch-fractions and millimetre tallies
Unit converter for common trade units
Metal and stud detector using the magnetometer
Materials estimator for paint, flooring and concrete

Free, and honest about the ads

ToolTally is free and supported by ads, with no in-app purchases. A banner sits at the bottom, and an interstitial appears when you open a Bonus Toolbox utility. One optional rewarded video opens a 24-hour Premium window that removes those interstitials (the banner stays) and unlocks the Insurance Claim Pack export, the materials estimate, custom multi-stage warranty reminders and extra tool slots.

What you get

A full record of every tool — photos, serial, purchase price, value, condition and location
Per-tool insurance details, and Active/Stolen/Sold/Retired status
Warranty reminders worked out from a purchase date and term
The Insurance Claim Pack — PDF, CSV and photos in one ZIP
Spirit level, angle finder, AR camera measure and stud detector
Trade calculator, unit converter and materials estimator
Works fully offline on site — no account, no cloud, no signal needed
Free to download

Get it on Google Play
Want the quick tour first? See the ToolTally app page.

Frequently asked questions

Is ToolTally free?

Yes — free to download, supported by ads, with no in-app purchases. One optional rewarded video opens a 24-hour window that removes interstitials and unlocks the claim-pack export and a few extras.

Does it work without a signal?

Completely. There is no account and no cloud, so it works in a basement or a paddock. Your records and photos stay on your device.

What is in the Insurance Claim Pack?

One ZIP with a formatted PDF, a CSV you can open in a spreadsheet, and every photo, for the tools you select — all active tools, stolen only, or a custom list.

Is ToolTally insurance?

No. It helps you compile your own record to support a claim or a quote. It is not insurance, a valuation or proof of cover, and it does not provide or arrange cover.