Lading is now on the App Store. It's an iPhone app for tracking every box in a move: you photograph each box, print a label in its room's color, scan it onto the truck and off again, and see exactly what didn't arrive.
I'm a solo iOS developer, and I built Lading in SwiftUI. It started from the thing that goes wrong in almost every move: a box is missing, and nobody can say whether it never left the old place or just ended up in the wrong room.
What it does
- Photograph each box. Up to five photos per box, so you can see what's inside without opening it. Lading suggests a short description and a box size from the photos, worked out on your iPhone.
- Print labels that scan. Each label has a large box number, the room name and color, and a QR code. It prints on Avery 5164-style sticker sheets, plain Letter paper or 4×6 thermal labels.
- Scan on, scan off. Scan each box as it goes onto the truck and again when it comes off at the new home. A box scanned twice isn't counted twice, and a label that isn't in your list can be added on the spot.
- See what's missing. The missing list shows every box that was loaded but never scanned off, grouped by room, with the vehicle it was on.
- Print door signs. One big sign per room, in the room's color, to tape up before you unload.
What it costs
Lading is free to try with one room and up to 20 boxes, with every packing and scanning feature included. Lading Pro is a one-time purchase, $6.99 in the US at the time of writing, for a whole move: unlimited boxes and rooms, plus Move Crew. There's no subscription.
Move Crew
Move Crew, part of Lading Pro, lets you invite family, friends or movers to pack and scan with you. Each box records who packed it and who scanned it, with the date and time. Helpers use Lading free, and everyone needs to be signed in to iCloud.
Privacy
There's no account, no ads and no tracking. Your boxes, photos and scans live on your iPhone, with an optional copy in your own private iCloud. The details are on the privacy page.
Who it's for
Anyone moving more than a handful of boxes, especially with helpers or a moving company, where "did that box make it?" is a real question. For a studio apartment you might not need it. For a house with 40 boxes and four helpers, it saves an argument.
Lading is for iPhone with iOS 26.0 or later. The user guide walks through a move from the first box to the last one, and the Lading page has the rest.
If you try it, I'd like to hear how your move went. You can reach me from the support section on the Lading page.
