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Features
持物 iThings is built around local record-keeping, covering assets, statistics, reminders, widgets and a multi-platform data strategy. Everything below follows the capabilities of the current release.
01
Asset Records
Start with one everyday item and build a complete personal inventory.
- Four record types: physical assets, investments, virtual subscriptions and wish lists
- Price, purchase date, channel, category, tags, notes and photos
- Maintenance, resale and retirement records; warranty or protection info
- Asset status and lifecycle tracking
- App Store icon search and automatic background removal for asset icons
02
Statistics & Trends
Use data to answer: are these things worth it?
- Asset, investment and virtual group overviews with multiple summary styles
- Portfolio, upcoming charges, monthly acquisitions and expiring items
- Valuation trends, return scatter, stored-value balance and subscription spend
- Usage calendar with best-value and idle-item analysis
- Daily-average, per-use and per-unit costs, plus recovery rate
03
Reminders
Maintain what needs maintaining, renew what needs renewing.
- Asset and warranty-expiry reminders
- Virtual asset renewal reminders
- Wish list countdowns
- Recurring upkeep reminders for physical assets — charge cycles and other regular care, markable as done
04
Home Screen Widgets
Put the key numbers where you can see them at a glance.
- Companion, daily cost and countdown widgets
- Asset overview, renewal reminder and precious metals holding widgets
- Available on both iOS and Android
05
Photos & Icons
Photo processing happens on your device first.
- Take a photo or pick one from your library
- Cropping and compression on device
- Background removal with a built-in lightweight model, with an optional full model download
- App icons fetched via iTunes search
06
Precious Metals
Reference quotes to assist valuation — for personal record-keeping only.
- Gold, silver, platinum and palladium reference quotes (CNY/gram)
- Automatic valuation of precious metal assets
- Cached reference exchange rates for timely conversions
- Quotes proxied by our server; clients never call third-party APIs directly
07
Data & Account
Your data belongs to you and stays on your device by default.
- Local-first — record without a network connection
- Optional iCloud/CloudKit multi-device sync on iOS
- Local backup export and import (.chiwu, CSV, Excel)
- Accounts, membership status and device management on Android (up to 3 active devices)