Hi - I’m Alex. I built ItemTally because inventory software forgot who it was for. Every tool I tried was built for a warehouse I didn’t have, or a spreadsheet I kept outgrowing. The good ones were bloated ERPs; the simple ones fell apart the moment I had one serialized item to track.
Why this exists
So I built the thing I actually wanted: scan a barcode, know what you’ve got, hand a piece of gear to a person with a due date, and have it all just work on a phone - even in a basement with no signal. It’s the register I use for my own stock. If it’s good enough to run my business on, it’s good enough to sell.
What ItemTally is - and isn’t
It tracks the two things most tools make you choose between: quantity stock and unique, serialized gear you hand to people. It works fully offline and syncs to a web register when you’re back. And it is deliberately not an ERP - no purchase orders, no invoices, no vendors, no shipping. Plenty of tools do those well. ItemTally does one job and respects your time.
Who’s behind it
That’s me. ItemTally is founder-run: when you email support, you’re emailing the person who wrote the code and made the decisions. I like it that way - it keeps me honest.
How it’s funded - and why that protects you
ItemTally has no investors and no plans to sell. It’s funded the old-fashioned way: people pay for it because it’s useful. That matters to you directly. I answer to customers, not a board chasing a return - so nobody is going to make me meter your items or hike your price to hit someone else’s number.
Items are never metered · the price never rises on you · your data is never held hostage.
I put the promises that matter somewhere I can’t quietly walk them back. You pay by how many people can edit - writers - never by how many items you store. It’s public, it’s signed, and it’s the whole deal: read the no-ambush pledge →
Built to stay
I’m not building ItemTally to flip it. I’m building it to run for a long time and get quietly better every month - which you can watch happen on the roadmap and the changelog. The goal isn’t to be the biggest inventory app. It’s to be the one you set up once and never think about switching away from.
Say hello
Questions, feature ideas, or just want to know if ItemTally fits your shop? Email me at [email protected]. Press folks, same address.