A startup tech business consisting of 3 Tampa area friends stuck together during the pandemic last year released their the ItemEyes App. The friends, Ann Rose (Belleair Beach), Terry Colbert, and Yvonne Morris (Belleair Bluffs) became a “Tri-Pod” during the pandemic by socializing in person only with each other. After spending several months sorting and organizing their own household possessions, collectively they realized there had to be an easier way. Being seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs — they decided it was time to do something productive to compensate for the isolation. So they began to develop an App that would make it easier for anyone to catalog, document and manage all of their valuables and keepsakes. 

After downloading and testing out various apps, the trio wanted to create an app using the concept of “tagging” individual items in a single photo as opposed to taking a bunch of photos. Similar to social media where you can tag friends in a group of photos. This would simplify the process of documenting dozens of collectibles that were possibly inherited, gifted and/or purchased. With ItemEyes, you simply take a photo of a wall or a group of items in a room, tag the items in that single photo, title and describe each item. Under the description section, go into detail — about the size, what it’s made of, how you acquired it, what it means to you. In addition to the description, enter its physical location, date you acquired, whom or where you acquired, what you paid, estimated current value, and what you’d like to do with the item upon death. 

Your entire catalog of itemized valuables can be sent to your estate attorney, insurance agent, financial advisor, or Trustee to document your possessions for legal, insurance, and/or other business purposes. A professional version is in the works for antique sellers and pawn shops — where they’ll be able to promote items in their inventory by posting tagged photos for sale online. The uses of this creative approach to item documentation are endless.

The feedback has been positive and unanimously enthusiastic. “It helps me organize and know the value of my stuff”, said Paul Holly of Atlanta. Jane Anthony says, “ It’s easy to use. It lets me the user decide what and where and how to set up my categories. Not locked into ones the app pre decided.” For those concerned about security, the ItemEyes App is 

ItemEyes is available to download in the Apple App Store and Google Play. It is FREE for the 1^st 14 days, then only $1.99/month subscription.