How to Use LokApp

1 Create Locations & Containers

LokApp organizes your belongings in a hierarchy: Locations (your home, office, storage unit) contain Containers (rooms, closets, boxes, shelves) which hold your Items.

Create a Location

1. Go to the Spaces tab
2. Tap the + button
3. Choose Location as the type
4. Enter a name (e.g., "London House", "Storage Unit")
5. Optionally add address, access info, and a photo
6. Tap Save

Add Containers Inside

1. Open a location or container
2. Tap + to add a sub-container
3. Choose a type: Room, Closet, Shelf, Box, Drawer, Cabinet
4. Name it and save

2 Add Items with AI

The fastest way to catalog an item: take a photo and let AI do the rest.

Single Item

1. Tap the camera button (center of the tab bar)
2. Take a photo of the item
3. AI instantly fills in the name, category, and tags
4. Cloud AI then enhances with brand, model, material, and description
5. Review, edit if needed, choose a container, and Save

From Gallery

Already have a photo? Tap the gallery icon on the camera screen to pick from your photo library. AI analysis works the same way.

3 Multi-Item Shelf Scanning

Photograph an entire shelf, drawer, or box — AI detects each item individually and creates separate entries for each.

1. Tap the camera button
2. Take a photo of a shelf or group of items
3. If AI detects multiple items, you're taken to the Multi-Review screen
4. Each item gets its own cropped photo and AI-filled details
5. Review each item — edit names, categories, or remove any you don't want
6. Choose a container for all items
7. Tap Save All to create them at once

Single vs Multi toggle

By default the camera looks for multiple items. Shooting just one thing? Tap the layers icon at the top of the camera to switch to Single mode — the whole photo becomes one item and multi-detection is skipped, so a single object never gets split by mistake. Tap again to go back to Multi.

4 Sell Your Stuff

Moving, decluttering, or just cashing in? LokApp turns anything you've catalogued into a ready-to-post marketplace listing — with an AI price estimate, guided photos, and one-tap export to eBay.

Switch to Selling mode

Tap the Packing ↔ Selling toggle at the top of the Home screen. Selling mode re-focuses the app on what's worth selling — your dashboard highlights items that still need a price, your active listings, and total sold value. Every feature stays available; the toggle just changes what's front and centre. Your choice is remembered on each device.

Get an AI value estimate

Open any item and LokApp estimates a realistic price range from its photo, category, brand, and condition. Setting the item's Condition (Mint / Good / Fair / Poor) sharpens the estimate.

Take great selling photos

Tap Sell this item to start guided photo capture. LokApp walks you through the shots buyers look for:

1. Front — the whole item
2. Back — flip it over
3. Label — brand tag or logo, sharp and readable
4. Defects — show any wear honestly

Skip any shot you don't need, or add extras. Re-shooting a photo replaces it instead of piling up duplicates, so you can polish a listing anytime.

Generate a listing

1. Open the item and tap List on a marketplace
2. AI drafts a title, description, and suggested price
3. Edit anything — add pickup dates, mark it free, or tweak the price
4. Your edits are saved as a draft, so you can come back to it later

Post to a marketplace

5 Find Your Things

Two ways to search your inventory:

Quick Search

Go to the Search tab and type a keyword. LokApp searches item names, descriptions, tags, brands, and models instantly.

Natural Language

Ask naturally: "Where are my winter gloves?" or "Show me all electronics in the garage". AI understands your question and finds matching items.

Filter by Category

Use the category chips below the search bar to quickly filter: Electronics, Clothing, Kitchen, Tools, etc.

6 Share with Family

Share any location with up to 6 other people. Everyone can see what's stored where.

How to Share a Location

1. Open a Location (e.g., "London House")
2. Tap the Members button in the header (people icon)
3. Tap Invite
4. Choose a role for the new member
5. Share the invite link via Messages, WhatsApp, email, or any app

Accepting an Invite

1. Tap the invite link you received
2. If you have LokApp installed, it opens directly in the app
3. If not, the link takes you to a page where you can download the app first
4. Tap Accept to join the shared location
5. The shared location appears in your Spaces tab with a members badge

Three Roles

Managing Members

As the owner, tap Members on any shared location to:

• See all members and their roles
• Revoke pending invites
• Remove members
• Generate new invite links

7 Offline Mode

LokApp works without an internet connection. Browse your inventory, add new items, and take photos — everything syncs when you're back online.

• Browse: Your full inventory is cached locally
• Add items: New items are saved locally and queued for sync
• Photos: Photos are stored temporarily and uploaded when you reconnect
• AI: On-device AI still works offline (instant name + category). Cloud AI runs when you're back online

Look for the sync banner at the top of the screen — it shows when items are waiting to be synced.

8 Tips & Tricks

QR Code Labels

Generate a QR code for any container. Print it and stick it on the box. Scan it later to jump straight to that container's contents.

Move Items

Open an item and tap the container name to move it to a different location. The app tracks movement history so you can see where things have been.

Export

Export your entire inventory as a CSV file from the Profile tab. Useful for insurance documentation or moving.

Container Photos

Add a reference photo to any container so you remember what it looks like from the outside.

Cloud AI Toggle

If you want faster, fully-offline item creation, you can disable cloud AI in Settings. On-device AI still fills in the basics.

Zoom the Camera

Pinch to zoom on the camera, or use the + / − buttons on the right to frame small items and labels more tightly.

Fix an Item's Size

LokApp estimates each item's dimensions for packing and shipping. If an estimate looks off, open the item and tap the Size row to enter the real length × width × height yourself — your value is kept and won't be overwritten by AI.