Set up Hardtack in two minutes.
Available on Google Play, coming soon to the App Store. Start for free, upgrade to the full version whenever you like: one payment, no subscription and no strings attached.
What the free version does
- Up to 10 items
- 1 storage location, 1 household profile
- Overall self-sufficiency score and limiting factor
- One starter kit, the 72-hour bag, editing included
- Search, filters, sorting and grid view in Stock
- Removing stock by hand, unlimited
What the one-time purchase unlocks
- Unlimited items, locations and profiles
- Detailed self-sufficiency, axis by axis (water, calories, medication)
- The eight starter kits, plus the kits you create or duplicate
- Advanced privacy, encrypted local sharing, CSV and JSON export
- Scan-out mode, stock decremented code after code without leaving the camera
- All themes (light / dark / red light) and all accents
One payment, no hidden subscription. Purchase restore works on each of your devices, with no account to recreate.
One-time purchase or subscription, what it changes
Almost every home inventory app, pantry tracker or emergency food storage app is billed by the month. That is not a whim on their part: the moment an app keeps your data on a server, that server costs money every single month, so a subscription makes sense. Hardtack stores nothing anywhere but on your phone, so there is nothing to fund month after month, and the pricing model follows.
| One-time purchase, the Hardtack model | Monthly subscription | |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay | Once, for good, v1.x updates included | Every month, with no end date |
| If you stop paying | Nothing changes, the app keeps working | Access stops at the end of the current period |
| Cost over five years | Known on the day you buy | Depends on the price revisions still to come |
| What justifies a recurring payment | Nothing to host, every calculation runs on the device | A server that holds your data and runs around the clock |
| Your data if the publisher stops | Already on your phone, exportable to CSV and JSON | To be retrieved before the service closes |
A comparison of business models, not of named products. No amount is quoted, for Hardtack or for anyone else: the price of the app appears in your own store, in your own currency, at the moment of purchase.
Every feature is detailed on the Features page, the usual questions are answered in the FAQ, and the step-by-step walkthrough is in the user guide. You can also estimate your days of supply without installing anything with the online calculator.