Centriq alternative: what to use after the shutdown
Centriq gave homeowners a clever way to know what they own: photograph an appliance's nameplate and the app identified it. The service ended on January 31, 2026. If you kept your home's inventory there, this page covers what happened, what to look for in a replacement, and where Tidings does and does not fill the gap. We make Tidings, so read the comparisons accordingly.
What happened, dated
Centriq announced in late 2025 that it was shutting down, and the service ended on January 31, 2026. Users had until that date to export their data as a CSV file; after it, accounts were closed and the apps were removed from the App Store and Google Play. No official explanation was published.
One correction worth making, since the wrong version is widely copied: some sites date the shutdown to January 2025. That is off by a year. Archived captures of Centriq's website show it still operating in late November 2025. If a comparison page gets that date wrong, weigh its other claims accordingly.
What its users lost was real: a photographed inventory of everything in the house, with manuals and product details attached, went read-only and then away. The CSV export preserved the list, not the app around it.
What to look for in a replacement
Four criteria, each checkable in any app you evaluate. They come from what Centriq did well and from the one lesson its shutdown taught.
Where Tidings fits, and where it does not
The overlap: like Centriq, Tidings builds a registry of your home's equipment, and you can photograph a nameplate to register a unit instead of typing the model number. The difference in emphasis is what the registry is for. In Tidings each registered unit brings its manufacturer service intervals into your schedule, next to seasonal work matched to your climate, and everything you complete is logged into a history you can share as a home report.
Where it does not fill the gap: Tidings does not store your manuals and does not track product recalls. If those were the Centriq features you leaned on, keep your CSV export and the manufacturers' own sites for manuals. What Tidings does with the same equipment list is put the upkeep on a schedule and keep the record of it.
And when identification goes wrong, you can fix it. A close-but-wrong lookup shows suggestions to pick from, and a model the catalog does not know goes to a review queue where a person researches it and adds the schedule. A wrong match never silently sticks.
For the full category comparison, see Tidings vs. the checklist apps.
Built on real maintenance data, not generic checklists.
Questions from former Centriq users
What happened to Centriq?
Centriq, the home inventory app that identified appliances from nameplate photos, announced in late 2025 that it was shutting down. The service ended on January 31, 2026. Users had until that date to export their data, and the app was removed from the App Store and Google Play. No official explanation was published.
Did Centriq shut down in January 2025 or January 2026?
January 2026. Some sites report a January 2025 shutdown, but archived captures of Centriq's website show it still operating in late November 2025. The announcement came in late 2025 and the service ended on January 31, 2026.
Can I import my Centriq data into Tidings?
There is no automated Centriq import. If you saved the CSV export, keep it: it is your record of what you own. Registering those appliances in Tidings goes quickly, because you can photograph each unit's nameplate and Tidings reads the brand and model from the photo, then attaches that unit's service schedule.
Is Tidings free like Centriq was?
No. Tidings is a paid subscription, and current pricing is on the landing page. The subscription is what pays for the researched task catalog and the correction loop behind it. You can preview the full plan Tidings would build for your address before paying anything.
What happens to my record if Tidings ever shuts down?
The honest answer for any hosted service is that you should never need its permission to keep your own history. Tidings gives you a shareable home report of your maintenance record and a calendar feed of your schedule, both usable outside the app, at any time.
Start with the plan, not the sign-up.
Enter your address and see the maintenance schedule Tidings would build for your home before you create an account.