Keepthings: Home Organiser

Your things. Your privacy.

Keepthings is a personal inventory app developed by Elene Chekurishvili. Your inventory lives on your device. Optional online book lookup connects to Open Library.

Effective date: 17 September 2026 · Applies to Keepthings 1.0 for iOS.

What stays on your device

Item names, photos, categories, tags, rooms, storage locations, cover settings, item status and book-loan details are stored in the app’s local files. Keepthings does not operate an account service or an inventory server, and does not provide cloud sync. Room and location labels are text you enter; Keepthings does not request GPS location.

Tag suggestions, searching your own inventory, QR recognition and reading an ISBN from a photo run on your device. Keepthings does not send your photos or item names to an AI service.

Optional online book lookup

When you search for a book, Keepthings sends the book title or ISBN to Open Library, a service of the Internet Archive. It also requests cover images from covers.openlibrary.org. The service receives your IP address and ordinary network request information, including the requested URL and timing. A request URL can contain your search title, ISBN or cover identifier.

The Internet Archive’s policy describes server logging. Its handling and retention of these records are governed by its privacy policy. Keepthings’s developer does not receive those server logs. You can avoid these requests by adding books manually with your own photos instead of using online lookup.

Camera and photos

The camera is used when you choose to take an item photo or scan a code. The photo picker provides only the image you select. Selected item photos are copied into your local inventory; photos used for ISBN recognition are processed on your device. You can manage camera access in iOS Settings. Manual entry remains available.

Sharing, backups and deletion

QR labels contain a storage identifier, not a hosted copy of your inventory. Sharing or printing a label uses the destination you choose in the iOS share sheet. A matching inventory must exist on the device scanning the label.

You can delete items and their saved photos within Keepthings. Empty storage places can also be deleted. Deleting the app removes its local app data; offloading the app is different and may retain data. Device backups may include app data, depending on your Apple settings. Backup copies are managed through Apple’s backup controls. We cannot recover your inventory from a developer server.

Advertising and analytics

Keepthings contains no advertising, advertising identifiers, tracking SDKs or third-party analytics SDKs. It does not sell your inventory or use it for advertising. Apple may provide diagnostics or TestFlight feedback according to your Apple settings and its own policies.

When you contact support

If you email us, we receive your email address, message and any attachments you choose to send. We use this information to answer your request and troubleshoot the issue, and retain it only as needed for that support or applicable obligations. Please avoid including sensitive inventory details. You may ask us to delete your support correspondence.

This website

These privacy and support pages have no analytics scripts or advertising cookies. They are hosted by Netlify, which processes ordinary web requests and may keep operational or security logs under its privacy policy. These website requests are separate from Keepthings’s local inventory.

Your choices and questions

Use manual book entry to avoid Open Library requests, manage camera permission in iOS Settings, and delete unwanted inventory entries in the app. For privacy questions or requests relating to information you have sent us, contact Elene Chekurishvili at el.chekurishvili@gmail.com. We will update this page if Keepthings’s practices change.