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Type in the search box at the top of the sidebar (with a keyboard attached, press /). Tap a result. The storage glows, any doors or drawers in the way open, an orange beam marks the spot, and arrows on the floor show the way. The card at the bottom tells you the distance, the direction and the height. Take me there walks you to it.

Search matches parts of words in an item’s name, category, tags and notes, and the name of whoever has it now. So “stap” finds “Stapler” and “pler” does too. If it still doesn’t appear:

• check the spelling, or try a shorter part of the word;
• look in the Trash, because deleted items don’t appear in search;
• search for the storage’s name instead, such as “top drawer”.

Touch and hold it. A small ring fills, then the storage turns see-through and shows every item inside it. Touch and hold again, or tap Solid again in its panel, to go back. Tapping a cupboard or drawer that’s already selected opens or closes it.

• Drag with one finger to turn around the room; pinch to zoom.
• Use the navigation pad under the cube for steady moves. Press and hold a button to keep moving. ⌂ shows the whole room.
• Tap TOP on the cube for a floor plan, or a wall letter to view the room from that side.
• Switch to Walk mode to move through the room at eye level.

Open View in the top bar and set Picture quality to Balanced or Battery. The view only redraws while something is moving, so it uses very little power when you aren’t touching it.

In the Add storage wizard, choose In / on other storage at the Where step, then pick the drawer or desk. You can nest storage as deep as you like.

Yes. Tap ＋ Room in the top bar to add another, and switch between rooms with the room menu next to it.

Yes. Use the Tray at the bottom of the sidebar. Add items from search results, lists or storage panels, then move, lend, return, mark as seen or delete them all together. Every move and delete shows Undo for a few seconds.

Open an item’s details, or a storage panel, and tap the camera button. You can take a new photo or pick one from your library. The first photo becomes the main one shown in search results; tap any photo to make it the main one or delete it.

You may have said “Don’t Allow” when iPadOS asked. Open the Settings app, go to Privacy & Security › Camera (or Photos) and turn Ubicato on.

Open the item’s details and choose Lend / take out. Enter who has it or where it went, and if you like an expected return date and a note. The item keeps its home, so search shows who has it and still points to where it belongs. The Out right now strip in the sidebar shows what’s out and what’s overdue.

It’s the last time an item’s location was confirmed. Tap I see it here now when you spot it, or checked, all here in a storage panel after checking a whole drawer. The date turns amber after 4 months and red after a year, so you know which records to re-check.

No. Everything stays on your iPad, and Ubicato works fully offline. See our privacy policy.

Tap Undo straight away, or open the Trash at the bottom of the sidebar and tap Restore. Restoring a cupboard brings back its shelves and everything that was in them. Deleting a whole room is permanent, which is why you’re warned first.

Ubicato saves a backup every time it opens and keeps the latest 14. You can also save one any time with ⋯ › Backup now. Find them in the Files app under On My iPad › Ubicato › backups, with copies of your photos in backups/photos. You can copy them to iCloud Drive or a computer for safekeeping.

[Not yet possible inside the iPad app. Either add a “Restore from backup” feature before release, or replace this answer with: “Contact support and we’ll walk you through it.”]

Set up the new iPad from a backup of your old one (iCloud Backup, a computer backup or Quick Start). Ubicato’s data comes across with it. Keep a recent Ubicato backup in iCloud Drive as well, just in case.

Yes. ⋯ › Export everything creates a file with all your records, including history, and opens the share sheet so you can save it to Files, AirDrop it or send it elsewhere. Photos aren’t included in the export, but they’re in the backups folder.

Delete the Ubicato app from your iPad. This removes all its data, including the backups in its Files folder. This can’t be undone, so copy a backup somewhere else first if you might want it later.