Centriq shut down: where to go next

For years, Centriq was the answer to a specific small miracle: photograph the nameplate on your furnace and the app would find the manual, the parts, even the recalls. Hundreds of thousands of homeowners built their home’s paper trail inside it.

Then it ended. Centriq shut down at the end of January 2026. The app left the stores, the website went dark, and the company never really said why. Users got a retirement notice, a window to export, and that was that.

If you are one of the people it stranded, here is the honest map of what to do now.

The lesson before the recommendations

Years of your home’s records disappeared because one company retired one product. Whatever you choose next, check two things before you commit: can you export your data, and does the free tier hold the things you care about most? Every app below passes the export test better than a filing cabinet does, but the habit of asking is the real protection.

If you want the closest replacement: Homer

Homer is the nearest one-for-one substitute, and this is not a controversial pick: Centriq’s own shutdown notices directed users there, and Homer shipped a dedicated Centriq importer before the doors closed. If you still have your Centriq export file, Homer can read it.

The core loop will feel familiar. Photograph your stuff, let the app fetch manuals and product details, keep receipts and warranties attached to the right appliance. Homer’s base features are free, with a Premium tier at $4.99 a month, and it runs on iOS, Android, and Mac.

If the paperwork was never the point: Eden

Here is our bias, disclosed: we make Eden. But there is a real distinction worth naming.

Centriq was a filing system with some reminders attached. If what you actually wanted was the reminders (someone to tell you the filter needs changing before the furnace strains, the gutters need clearing before the first storm) then replacing the filing system misses the point.

Eden starts there instead. It builds a maintenance plan from what your home actually contains, adjusts it to your conditions, and folds the results into one Home Health score so you can see the state of your house in a single number. It is Android only for now, and everything is free during early access.

If you want more than Centriq ever did

Two other apps are worth a look if the shutdown is your excuse to upgrade rather than replace. HomeZada goes far past inventory into project budgets, home value tracking, and finances (maintenance scheduling starts in its $99-a-year Premium plan). Dwellin pairs a generated maintenance calendar with repair and utility cost estimates, with a Pro tier at $24.99 a year.

Both are covered in more depth in our honest comparison of the best home maintenance apps.

The short version

Your Centriq data has a home waiting at Homer, and that is the right call if the inventory was the point. If the inventory was always a means to a maintained house, pick the app built around the maintaining. Either way, export early and often. Centriq’s users learned that one the hard way.