Encircle Shut Down Its Free Home Inventory Tool — Here's What to Do Next

If you built a home inventory using Encircle's free consumer app, you may have noticed it's gone. Encircle discontinued its free home inventory product in December 2025, shifting its focus entirely to paid tools for restoration and insurance-claims contractors. If you're a homeowner or renter who used the free version, you're not the audience that product is for anymore.

Your existing inventory isn't gone — but it needs a new home

Encircle's own support documentation walks through exporting your data before the free product's shutdown takes effect for your account, typically as a spreadsheet or archive of your photos and item records. If you haven't exported yet, that's the first step — do it before worrying about where to go next.

What to look for in a replacement

Not every home inventory tool is built the same way. A few things worth checking before you commit to one:

• Is the free tier actually usable, or a trial? Some "free" inventory apps cap you so low they're really just a demo. Look for a free tier that can genuinely produce something useful for a real insurance claim, not just a handful of test items.
• Does it export in a format your insurer will actually recognize? A generic item list is fine for most purposes, but if your insurer publishes its own home inventory format (several major insurers do), a tool that maps directly to that structure saves you from manually reformatting a spreadsheet mid-claim.
• Can you get started without creating an account? Losing time to a signup flow when you're trying to document something quickly — especially right after a loss — is exactly the kind of friction worth avoiding.

Where Contents Proof fits

Contents Proof is a free home inventory tool built specifically for insurance documentation. You can start immediately at contentsproof.com with no account required — build room by room, attach photos to each item, and export a PDF that covers what most insurance claims need. If your insurer is one of the larger companies with its own published inventory format, Contents Proof can export directly in that structure rather than leaving you to reformat a generic list by hand.

Frequently asked questions

What happened to Encircle's free app?
Encircle discontinued its free consumer home inventory product in December 2025. The company's product is now focused on paid tools for restoration and insurance-claims professionals, not individual homeowners or renters.

Can I still get my data out of Encircle?
Check Encircle's own support documentation for current export instructions — this depends on your account status and may change over time, so it's worth confirming directly with them rather than relying on secondhand information.

Is Contents Proof really free?
Yes — the free tier supports multiple rooms and items with photo-backed documentation and a standard PDF export, no account or payment required to start. A paid tier exists for people who need insurer-specific export formats or higher limits, but it's not required to build a usable inventory.

Contents Proof is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Encircle. This article is based on Encircle's own publicly available support documentation and product announcements.