Centriq shut down — how to rebuild your home inventory (and never lose it again)

Centriq — the app many US homeowners used to track appliances, manuals and recalls — shut down on January 31, 2026. Accounts were deleted with the shutdown, so for most people the records themselves are gone. If you kept years of nameplates, receipts and service notes in it, that stings, and it's worth saying plainly: your records should never be hostage to any one app's survival — including ours.

First: check whether you still have anything

• Search your email for old Centriq exports, purchase receipts, or recall notices — these often contain the model and serial numbers you'll want again.
• Photos you took for Centriq may still be in your phone's camera roll — nameplate close-ups are the most valuable thing to find.
• Order histories (Amazon, Home Depot, Lowe's, Best Buy) reconstruct purchase dates and models for anything bought online.

What to demand from any replacement

• Data export, anytime, in an open format — not a support ticket, a button. If an app can't show you the export button before you commit, don't commit.
• Real backups — ask how the service backs up your data, and how often.
• A free tier that doesn't hold your records hostage when you stop paying.
• Whole-home scope — appliances AND property-level upkeep (HVAC service, water heater flush, gutters), because the reminders are where the value is.
• Family sharing — a home's records belong to the household, not one phone.

How Your Home Docket handles those

• Export everything, anytime: Account → "Download my data" gives you a single JSON file with every home, item, service record and contact. No ticket, no waiting.
• Nightly backups, independent of the live database, with 90 days of restore points.
• Free. Track your appliances, warranties, service history and receipts, share with your family, and get reminders before things are due.
• It covers the whole home — items and recurring upkeep — and reminders arrive by email every Monday when something actually needs attention.

Rebuilding is faster than you think

You don't need to type it all back in. Walk through the house and photograph each appliance's nameplate or front — the app reads the photo and fills in what it can (brand, model, category). A receipt or invoice photo works too, including the purchase date and warranty. For everything else, type a quick list — "fridge, washer, water heater, HVAC" — and sort out details later. A typical home is back in the system in an evening.

Your Home Docket keeps all of this in one place — every appliance, its warranty, its service history, and a reminder before the next service is due, shared with your whole family. It's free. Create yours in a couple of minutes.